For those who feel a desire for a natural spirituality in their lives, "Compass of the Heart" offers insights and suggestions based on Loren Cruden's lifetime of work with Native American and other Earth-oriented traditions. Further develops the ideas and practices set forth in the author's previous work, "The Spirit of Place."

In a world where so many people grow up without a father it's very important that everyone is exposed to a father's heart. Whenever my father would come to see me in some athletic, church or musical event, I would always play my best. There was something about a father's supporting, caring and loving you that brings the best out in you. In this story we see the real heart of a father. A father's heart is always relational and it's always about restoration. A father's heart cannot really be taught to you. A father's heart has to be shown by example in front of you. Then there can be an impartation in your life where you can take on the mantle of a true father.

Silviya, a girl living in our present day society in India, finds herself unexpectedly confronted with difficult questions about herself due to her horrible dreams. She was born amid bloodshed and violence in an obscure tribe of North America. Her grandmother Trisha who was an Indian took her to India for safety and solace and shattered all relationships with past. Silviya knew nothing about her origin but past cast its shadows through horrible dreams.Forced to pick up the pieces and deal with her past, Silviya embarks on a journey to an obscure region Bangolarrea with her friends, where she was born, to find out the truth and her identity. In the meantime, the Falcon tribe in which Silviya was born is threatened by the Naga tribe.As the time go by, Silviya finds herself falling in love with her collage friend Manav, but is it even possible for a girl from the obscure tribe having supernatural powers and a boy of modern day to have a happy ending together.The presence of a young warrior - Ralf - in her tribe and the future forecast prompts her to rethink whether it is better to forgot her past or to rehabilitate in India with Manav or whether to live in the past or destroy it once and for all? What would be the outcome of the war, would Silviya be able to survive? #v&spublishers

Tom Lee Parker is a fourteen-year-old boy going through his awkward teen years. What makes adolescence tougher for Tom, though, is that he is a preacher’s kid. His father, Reverend Parker, has pastored the church in his hometown Tom’s whole life, and Tom has gotten into plenty of scrapes at school because of it. For Tom, church is a Sunday morning chore—and bore. Tom just wants to find adventure, and he soon does in a run-down old mansion that is supposedly haunted but might also hide a fortune in gold. Tom and three of his friends decide to investigate, hoping to solve a hundred-year-old riddle. Along the way, they discover hardships and danger in their quest. They must battle unseen forces in order to succeed, but they also learn there is more to this “treasure” than they could have imagined. Tom sets off to escape his humdrum life as a preacher’s kid and find gold. Instead, he finds a different treasure—a treasure of the heart.

Six essays conveying the authors' "conception of the national psychology" of the allied nations.

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

The early 1960s were a heady time for Catholic laypeople. Pope Pius XII’s assurance “You do not belong to the Church. You are the Church” emboldened the laity to challenge Church authority in ways previously considered unthinkable. Empowering the People of God offers a fresh look at the Catholic laity and its relationship with the hierarchy in the period immediately preceding the Second Vatican Council and in the turbulent era that followed. This collection of essays explores a diverse assortment of manifestations of Catholic action, ranging from genteel reform to radical activism, and an equally wide variety of locales, apostolates, and movements.