"11 o'clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hours, in Christian America." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., circa 1960Segregation remains a reality in churches across America. Many congregations are still divided along racial lines even amidst our diverse society. How did we get here? And what does the Bible say about unity among all peoples in the church?In this compelling book, Dr. John S. Tinker takes us on a journey to under...

Is there a dividing line between family, friends, and fellow homo sapiens, or are we bound in a web of relationships with all who share this planet? How do we develop our sense of community and family, what do we inherit from our ancestors and how do we transmit what they taught us to those who follow in our footsteps? Where do memories come from, where do they go? In these pages, John "Tinker" Williamson continues to address these questions using the honored medium of the story. As you re...

According to Wikipedia: "John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic, stage writer, and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras."

Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and with works exhibited at the prestigious Biennale de Paris, New York’s Whitney Museum, the de Menil Collection in Houston, and other venues, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade started “keeping it weird” in 1961 when he arrived in Austin with his ’51 custom Ford hot rod and his slicked-back hair. Primed to study art at the University of Texas, Wade’s coif and dragster earned him his trademark moniker, and the abstract, welded sculptures he fashio...

Excerpt: "One evening in the beginning of the eighteenth century—as nearly as we can conjecture, the year might be that of 1720—some time about the end of April, a young man named Lamh Laudher O'Rorke, or Strong-handed O'Eorke, was proceeding from his father's house, with a stout oaken cudgel in his hand, towards an orchard that stood at the skirt of a country town, in a part of the kingdom which, for the present, shall be nameless. Though known by the epithet of Lamh Laudher, his Christia...

Excerpt: "The town of Castle Cumber it is not our intention to describe at more length than simply to say, that it consists of two long streets, intersecting each other, and two or three lanes of cabins—many of them mud ones—that stretch out of it on each side at right angles. This street, and these straggling appendages, together with a Church, a Prison, a Court-house, a Catholic chapel, a few shops, and half a dozen public houses, present to the spectator all the features that are genera...

In Margaret Wade Campbell Deland's novel, "The Vehement Flame," readers are immersed in a rich narrative that explores the complexities of human emotion and the struggles of societal expectations in post-Civil War America. Deland employs a lyrical prose style that captures the tension between individual desires and communal pressures, all set against a vividly drawn backdrop of the changing cultural landscape. The novel intricately weaves themes of love, guilt, and resilience, showcasing t...