What does trust mean to you? How have you been impacted by relying on trust? Do you consider trust instinctive? Or is it something that must be earned by facts and actions? Is trust a whim or a researched reality? What has occurred when you trusted others? Can we ever—and forever—really trust someone? Does self-interest always take over and destroy the trust that we once considered sacrosanct? The breadth of trust is, in fact, the pillar of all the elements of our lives. We need to be much...

Neglect, abuse, and starvation all are part of Mannie Veneno’s family legacy of pain. Starting in Pakistan, where his grandmother was married to an abusive husband, the cycle would continue for three generations. His mother was forced to marry a Pakistani gangster at a young age. Even after moving to the United States for a better life, she, Mannie, and his siblings were victims of his nightmarish rage. With an abusive dad and a mom who couldn’t walk away, Mannie didn’t have role models to...

A chance meeting with an old classmate leads Ryan Laughlin, a dedicated young physician, to an ancient Roman spa in a medieval village of Italy where researchers are studying two remarkable events that could change the course of history & mdash; a new technology that claims to measure the essence of life itself, the human spirit, and the final Dead Sea Scroll which was recently discovered in the West Bank. The Last Scroll reveals universal truths about the nature of life through Seven Bles...

God, unhappy with mankind, has sent a blue comet to destroy the earth, but has offered one chance and set a nearly impossible task; to place a golden disc on the outstretched left hand of a tall, gilded statue of Mother Mary atop a cathedral in Avignon, France. The golden disc must be found in one month’s time. Once the disc is in place God will cause the comet to miss the planet.The story involves the search for the golden disc and includes the Inca of Peru, the Hopi people of Ari...