Life can be perceived as a game very much like football, with four quarters and a break in the middle. In Purpose in the Fourth Quarter, author Bernie Brown describes how life is often difficult and challenging but can still be the most rewarding, satisfying, and wonderful game played on the face of the earth. As in the game of football, each quarter has a distinct purpose; in life, the fourth has some unique characteristics. Health and wealth can weigh heavily. In some cases there is a tw...

Telling stories from his long career as a distinguished health care executive and educator, Bernie Brown shows how he put Christian leadership to work in the secular world.Bernie Browns Lessons Learned on the Way Down made me laugh and remember. Hon. Roy Barnes, governor of the state of Georgia, 19992003I found myself identifying, laughing, and agreeing with the life lessons shared. James Micky Blackwell, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation (Ret.)Lessons Learned on the ...

This is an intriguing and inspiring collection of devotionals based on messages gleaned from signs along the roads we travel. It can be meaningful to adults, fascinating to children, and even helpful to youth learning to drive. Each message is supported by words of wisdom from the ancient Book of Proverbs. If we will just slow down and observe, even something as seemingly mundane as a road sign can convey a powerful lesson. Mr. Brown, in the future, I would appreciate it if you would pay a...

An intergenerational book: This is a great reference for grandparents, parents, and also grandchildren who are currently preparing for or have recently entered adulthood. It is an impassioned and inspiring account of experiences and lessons that an eighty year old grandfather shares with his grandchildren. Their ages range from early teens to early thirties. It focuses on living that is abundant and eternal. It explores the rapid changes that are occurring in our culture and offers answers...

Telling stories from his long career as a distinguished health care executive and educator, Bernie Brown shows how he put Christian leadership to work in the secular world.Bernie Browns Lessons Learned on the Way Down made me laugh and remember. Hon. Roy Barnes, governor of the state of Georgia, 19992003I found myself identifying, laughing, and agreeing with the life lessons shared.James Micky Blackwell, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation (Ret.)

A last-minute date led to a life-changing commitment for two college students. Snookie and Bernie share the journey of their life together and many of the lessons they have learned along the way. This is their story.(From their children)They make an incredible pair, yielding higher results in their life together than either could have produced alone.Jenny Brown Bailey, the first bornIt is interesting to look back and see how their faith and trust not only guided them but also how these vir...

This is an intriguing and inspiring collection of devotionals based on messages gleaned from signs along the roads we travel. It can be meaningful to adults, fascinating to children, and even helpful to youth learning to drive. Each message is supported by words of wisdom from the ancient Book of Proverbs. If we will just slow down and observe, even something as seemingly mundane as a road sign can convey a powerful lesson.Mr. Brown, in the future, I would appreciate it if you woul...

A last-minute date led to a life-changing commitment for two college students. Snookie and Bernie share the journey of their life together and many of the lessons they have learned along the way. This is their story.(From their children)They make an incredible pair, yielding higher results in their life together than either could have produced alone.Jenny Brown Bailey, the first bornIt is interesting to look back and see how their faith and trust not only gui...

Throughout history, there have been stories about extraordinary, unexplainable, supernatural events. You may have read one of these stories, or you may have seen a story on television or heard one from a friend or relative. When you heard the story, you probably thought it was a fantasy or the person telling it was a fake, a fraud, a weirdo, or a phony. If you read the story in the Bible or in a book, you may have thought that stories about supernatural events do not occur in modern-day so...

An intergenerational book: This is a great reference for grandparents, parents, and also grandchildren who are currently preparing for or have recently entered adulthood. It is an impassioned and inspiring account of experiences and lessons that an eighty year old grandfather shares with his grandchildren. Their ages range from early teens to early thirties. It focuses on living that is abundant and eternal. It explores the rapid changes that are occurring in our culture and offers answers...

Life can be perceived as a game very much like football, with four quarters and a break in the middle. In Purpose in the Fourth Quarter, author Bernie Brown describes how life is often difficult and challenging but can still be the most rewarding, satisfying, and wonderful game played on the face of the earth. As in the game of football, each quarter has a distinct purpose; in life, the fourth has some unique characteristics. Health and wealth can weigh heavily. In some cases there is a tw...

Over Sixty Years of Tales of Fun, Folly, Friendship, Faith, and Fishing We are recording our adventures in this little book with heavy hearts. Due to the many issues that accompany the aging process, we may be closing a very important chapter in our lives. But this will not keep us from continuing to share our experiences, our tales. It all started like a Mark Twain novel, but the Tom Sawyers and Huckleberry Finns in our stories have never grown up. Though we all have now passed the sevent...