Doug, a ‘burned out’ and disillusioned psychotherapist, seeks serenity, peace and self-awareness by walking his favorite pier in order to sort out his painful experiences and make sense of his life. While on his walks, he is approached by unsolicited clients who seek his help. Walks Along the Pier is a series of fictional psychological case studies in the literary tradition of Linder, Viscott, Sigmund Freud and many others. Cynical, irreverent, often hilarious and always insightful, Walks ...

The world is weird. If any proof was needed, the first few months of 2020 provided it. But did we need proof? Didn't we already know that you only have to scratch the surface to see the weirdness beneath? Sometimes it oozes out, suppurates, infects; sometimes it leaps out, takes root and blossoms.We get used to it, carry on as if it wasn't there. But we have it inside us - we are weird. What you see as normal is just the mosaic of abnormality that you experienced last week...

“In this marvelously accessible book, philosopher-Christian Jim Stump provides the reader with new eyes for a journey through time, the origin of the soul, suffering, and morality, and reveals how the latest scientific findings about what it means to be human have led him to a deeper and more authentic faith.”—Francis S. Collins, Director of the Human Genome Project and Founder of BioLogos, author of The Language of GodA thought-provoking and eye-o...

Discover the magic of an old house in The Keeper, a heartwarming tale about history and connection. When young Gabe explores a weathered home, he discovers it isn't empty-it is a "keeper" of memories, joy, and love. This enchanting story inspires readers of all ages to cherish the past and become keepers of their own family stories.

No one blazed a trail through American politics quite like Donald Trump, and no one was better equipped to track it than Stump Connolly. In columns going back to 2012, Connolly reports on Trump’s triumphs and tragedies in all their grandiose absurdity. With insight and humor, he takes us through the 2016 conventions, the emergence of Trump Nation, the Wall, the Russian investigation, coronavirus, missteps at home, pratfalls abroad, Trump’s 2020 defeat, and the growing snowball of denial th...

This book reveals the queen behind Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. Placing Spenser’s epic poem in the context of the tumultuous sixteenth century, Donald Stump offers a groundbreaking reading of the poem as an allegory of Elizabeth I’s life. By narrating the loves and wars of an Arthurian realm that mirrors Elizabethan England, Spenser explores the crises that shaped Elizabeth’s reign: her break with the pope to create a reformed English Church, her standoff with Mary, Queen o...

The doctrine of the atonement is the distinctive doctrine of Christianity. Over the course of many centuries of reflection, highly diverse interpretations of the doctrine have been proposed. In the context of this history of interpretation, Eleonore Stump considers the doctrine afresh with philosophical care. Whatever exactly the atonement is, it is supposed to include a solution to the problems of the human condition, especially its guilt and shame. Stump canvasses the major interpretatio...

In The 707 Revolution, author Harvey Stump examines the economic impact that this phenomenon has had on the economy of the United States. During our countrys early years, corporate America had no major competition. It thrived, helping to create one of the greatest and wealthiest countries in the world.In 1955, the Boeing 707 passenger jet was commissioned. This sparked what Stump calls the 707 Revolution, created by jet cargo transports and semiconductor technology that ch...

With stunning original photographs, an Antarctic scientist and explorer takes us to one of the most sublime, remote, and pristine regions on the planet.The interior of Antarctica is an utterly pristine wilderness, a desolate landscape of ice, wind, and rock; a landscape so unfamiliar as to seem of another world. This place has been known to only a handful of early explorers and the few scientists fortunate enough to have worked there. Edmund Stump is one of the luc...

Step-by-step instructions for 25 projects you’ll be amazed were made from pin loom weavings!Pin looms are hot! These palm-sized weaving looms go anywhere and make just about anything you can imagine, from fashionable wrist cuffs to full-sized blankets. Just drop a pin loom in your project bag with a ball of yarn and you are on your way to fast, fun weaving.Margaret Stump, author of the original Pin Loom Weaving, has outdone herself with the 25 designs in this new book. Ther...

Red is a curious girl who loves exploring. She finds an unlikely friend at the pond, and they are having a truly glorious time together. Unfortunately, something happens that make her doubt her new friendship. This book proves that we are not all created equal, but we were created to help each other and to show kindness.

Few philosophers or theologians exerted as much influence on the shape of medieval thought as Thomas Aquinas. He ranks amongst the most famous of the Western philosophers and was responsible for almost single-handedly bringing the philosophy of Aristotle into harmony with Christianity. He was also one of the first philosophers to argue that philosophy and theology could support each other. The shape of metaphysics, theology, and Aristotelian thought today still bears the imprint of Aquinas...