This novel is about our nation, during perhaps its most critical time in history. Our nation's leaders were at odds --- northern leaders and southern leaders failed to reconcile their differences over slavery and other issues.

Young Robbie Holcomb, reared in abolitionist traditions, ventures south to further his education. He finds friendships and love as well as minor hatred and biogtry. Evenso, he finds more good than bad in his southern life experience. Subsequently, when civil war comes, Robbie finds himself in the Confederate army.

The story is entertwined between fact and fiction.

This novel is about our nation, during perhaps its most critical time in history. Our nation's leaders were at odds --- northern leaders and southern leaders failed to reconcile their differences over slavery and other issues.

Young Robbie Holcomb, reared in abolitionist traditions, ventures south to further his education. He finds friendships and love as well as minor hatred and biogtry. Evenso, he finds more good than bad in his southern life experience. Subsequently, when civil war comes, Robbie finds himself in the Confederate army.

The story is entertwined between fact and fiction.

When she wakes up on the morning of her twenty-seventh birthday, Charlotte Edwards has no idea how drastically her life is about to change. Soon everything she thought to be true will be challenged, her very life threatened, and she will be forced to make the most important decision of her life: should she continue to conform to what is expected of her, or should she reach out and chase the dreams she has denied her entire life?

When she wakes up on the morning of her twenty-seventh birthday, Charlotte Edwards has no idea how drastically her life is about to change. Soon everything she thought to be true will be challenged, her very life threatened, and she will be forced to make the most important decision of her life: should she continue to conform to what is expected of her, or should she reach out and chase the dreams she has denied her entire life?

The pressures of life for someone at the crossroads to the future are sometimes difficult to bear, and no one understands those crossroads better than a teenager on the verge of graduation. On the surface it may just look like stress from decision making—having to choose a college and a major, taking the SAT, and going to the Prom. Beyond that surface stress, however, there is so much more brewing— as an invisible spiritual battle rages on.

Fortunately for Emily Newhouse, a high school senior from South Bend, Indiana, she has a champion in her corner. As her guardian and protector, Otium has been charged to take care of her at all costs, living invisibly Among Us, as he helps to guide her through this turbulent period. But as old foes surface with deadly consequences, Otium slowly begins to discover the serious, destiny- changing repercussions of his decisions as well.

As Emily and Otium struggle together through the physical and spiritual battles of life, they will both come to better understand destiny and faith on their journey to find their Pathways.

The pressures of life for someone at the crossroads to the future are sometimes difficult to bear, and no one understands those crossroads better than a teenager on the verge of graduation. On the surface it may just look like stress from decision making—having to choose a college and a major, taking the SAT, and going to the Prom. Beyond that surface stress, however, there is so much more brewing— as an invisible spiritual battle rages on.

Fortunately for Emily Newhouse, a high school senior from South Bend, Indiana, she has a champion in her corner. As her guardian and protector, Otium has been charged to take care of her at all costs, living invisibly Among Us, as he helps to guide her through this turbulent period. But as old foes surface with deadly consequences, Otium slowly begins to discover the serious, destiny- changing repercussions of his decisions as well.

As Emily and Otium struggle together through the physical and spiritual battles of life, they will both come to better understand destiny and faith on their journey to find their Pathways.

- Italy, 69 AD -

A Romeo & Juliet story set in 1st Century Italy with an awesome ending!

Claudia: The twenty-year-old daughter of the Roman Magistrate attends a Christian church where she meets and falls in love with the son of the bishop.

Anthony: The son of the bishop and a local merchant, he falls in love with Claudia as he teaches her about Christianity.

Marcus: Claudia’s father betroths her to his assistant, Darius.

Aurelia: Claudia’s aunt arrives after serving as a Vestal Virgin for thirty years with hopes of marrying her childhood love, Darius.

Step back in time and experience what it would have been like to be the daughter of the Roman magistrate, curious about the new sect of Christianity. Betrothed to a man she doesn't love, in love with a man her family would disapprove of, told that the gods she grew up believing in are false, Claudia learns to seek and follow God’s will while coping with her tyrannical father’s plan for her future and his goal of maintaining his “dignitas.”

- Italy, 69 AD -

A Romeo & Juliet story set in 1st Century Italy with an awesome ending!

Claudia: The twenty-year-old daughter of the Roman Magistrate attends a Christian church where she meets and falls in love with the son of the bishop.

Anthony: The son of the bishop and a local merchant, he falls in love with Claudia as he teaches her about Christianity.

Marcus: Claudia’s father betroths her to his assistant, Darius.

Aurelia: Claudia’s aunt arrives after serving as a Vestal Virgin for thirty years with hopes of marrying her childhood love, Darius.

Step back in time and experience what it would have been like to be the daughter of the Roman magistrate, curious about the new sect of Christianity. Betrothed to a man she doesn't love, in love with a man her family would disapprove of, told that the gods she grew up believing in are false, Claudia learns to seek and follow God’s will while coping with her tyrannical father’s plan for her future and his goal of maintaining his “dignitas.”

The Agony of the Cross Loomed for Jesus …

“Our brother Jesus was on a reckless course and I had left Jerusalem because I was angry with love for him. I felt helpless to change him and terrified for his life.”

James and his brothers don’t know what to do with Jesus. Is their eldest brother the prophesied Messiah, or is he simply out of his mind? Soon enough, events in Jerusalem during Passover bring James and his family to their knees with sorrow: Jesus has been crucified.

As the family and followers of Jesus eventually encounter the risen Lord, they joyfully come to believe in him as the promised Messiah. But their own Jewish leaders want to stamp out the “heretical” believers—and the high priest, Caiaphas, takes extreme measures and enlists a young Pharisee named Saul to begin a violent assault against them. In the face of threats, persecution, and death, James, John, Peter, and the rest of the church must rely on raw and untested faith to overcome fearful times and carry out Jesus’ command to build a kingdom that will change the world in his name.

See Christ’s final weeks on earth through the eyes of those closest to him. Witness the early church’s exciting first days—and then its struggle to remain. Take an up-close and intimate journey into first-century Israel in …

His Kingdom Come

The Agony of the Cross Loomed for Jesus …

“Our brother Jesus was on a reckless course and I had left Jerusalem because I was angry with love for him. I felt helpless to change him and terrified for his life.”

James and his brothers don’t know what to do with Jesus. Is their eldest brother the prophesied Messiah, or is he simply out of his mind? Soon enough, events in Jerusalem during Passover bring James and his family to their knees with sorrow: Jesus has been crucified.

As the family and followers of Jesus eventually encounter the risen Lord, they joyfully come to believe in him as the promised Messiah. But their own Jewish leaders want to stamp out the “heretical” believers—and the high priest, Caiaphas, takes extreme measures and enlists a young Pharisee named Saul to begin a violent assault against them. In the face of threats, persecution, and death, James, John, Peter, and the rest of the church must rely on raw and untested faith to overcome fearful times and carry out Jesus’ command to build a kingdom that will change the world in his name.

See Christ’s final weeks on earth through the eyes of those closest to him. Witness the early church’s exciting first days—and then its struggle to remain. Take an up-close and intimate journey into first-century Israel in …

His Kingdom Come

Two ancient cultures meet. Two nations clash. The recent updating of Egyptian chronology puts a new slant on the history of Egypt and Israel. Moses and Hatshipsut are raised as brother and sister and then grow up to become leaders of these two nations. From palace privilege to desert deprivation, the character of Moses is forged. While Moses, the Prince of Egypt, turns his back on the throne, his sister, “Hat” dreams of becoming Pharaoh. How this unique woman overcomes personal tragedy and loss to rule successfully for twenty years the most advanced civilization of her time is a fascinating story. Fast forward to the early 20th century. Imagine the excitement when out of the murky depths of King Tot’s tomb emerged the magnificent golden throne of that short lived ruler, a descendant of Hatshepsut. The Prophet and the Pharaoh takes us back to1446 B.C. with the account of Moses emerging from the spiritual darkness of polytheistic Egypt to reveal to the world a gleam of gold…The Golden Rule, embedded in the Ten Commandments.

Two ancient cultures meet. Two nations clash. The recent updating of Egyptian chronology puts a new slant on the history of Egypt and Israel. Moses and Hatshipsut are raised as brother and sister and then grow up to become leaders of these two nations. From palace privilege to desert deprivation, the character of Moses is forged. While Moses, the Prince of Egypt, turns his back on the throne, his sister, “Hat” dreams of becoming Pharaoh. How this unique woman overcomes personal tragedy and loss to rule successfully for twenty years the most advanced civilization of her time is a fascinating story. Fast forward to the early 20th century. Imagine the excitement when out of the murky depths of King Tot’s tomb emerged the magnificent golden throne of that short lived ruler, a descendant of Hatshepsut. The Prophet and the Pharaoh takes us back to1446 B.C. with the account of Moses emerging from the spiritual darkness of polytheistic Egypt to reveal to the world a gleam of gold…The Golden Rule, embedded in the Ten Commandments.

At the trial of Jesus, one man spoke in his defense.

Nicodemus is destined to be a great scholar of Jewish law from a young age. Despite being betrothed to a girl who insists on putting love before the law, he becomes a respected Pharisee. When his wife becomes terminally ill, Nicodemus seeks out Jesus, a radical teacher rumored to heal the sick. They meet in secret because Jesus is viewed as a threat to the Pharisees and to the volatile relationship between the Jews and their brutal Roman rulers. After meeting Jesus in person, Nicodemus believes Jesus could be the long-awaited Messiah who will save the Jews from their oppressors. As factions in Jerusalem conspire to have Jesus killed, will Nicodemus be able to stop them?

Other people from the Bible you will meet in Nicodemus:

• Zacchaeus, the in-law no one wants to invite to family functions

• Simeon, who was promised he would not die before he saw the Messiah

• Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect who did not want Jesus’s blood on his hands

Enter the world of the Jerusalem elite and experience the story from a perspective that has never been told before.

In 4 BC, two babies were born beneath a brilliant star that shone down on the town of Bethlehem. The brilliance of the star was taken as a sign from God. Both were destined to survive the purge of Bethlehem.

One child was Jesus of Nazareth, whose Jewish parents fled with their newborn son to Egypt in order to save his life. The second child was Marcus Titus. He was the son of a Jewish woman and Roman man. Knowing that their son faced certain death, they hid Marcus among some rocks on a hillside just beyond Bethlehem. There, he was found by Roman soldiers and sent to Rome to be raised as a Roman citizen.

This is the story of two star-crossed lives. One life has been written about extensively, its history retold for multiple generations. The other life has remained a mystery except to a very few for an equal number of generations. Yet both are intimately connected to the Christian faith.

Chosen by Jesus of Nazareth to write the history of his life and ministry, Marcus Titus wrote three gospels, two of which are contained in the New Testament.

This is a story based upon fact, inspiration, and speculation about the one referred to in the New Testament as “the other disciple.” Within this story are lessons that provide the foundation for life.

In 4 BC, two babies were born beneath a brilliant star that shone down on the town of Bethlehem. The brilliance of the star was taken as a sign from God. Both were destined to survive the purge of Bethlehem.

One child was Jesus of Nazareth, whose Jewish parents fled with their newborn son to Egypt in order to save his life. The second child was Marcus Titus. He was the son of a Jewish woman and Roman man. Knowing that their son faced certain death, they hid Marcus among some rocks on a hillside just beyond Bethlehem. There, he was found by Roman soldiers and sent to Rome to be raised as a Roman citizen.

This is the story of two star-crossed lives. One life has been written about extensively, its history retold for multiple generations. The other life has remained a mystery except to a very few for an equal number of generations. Yet both are intimately connected to the Christian faith.

Chosen by Jesus of Nazareth to write the history of his life and ministry, Marcus Titus wrote three gospels, two of which are contained in the New Testament.

This is a story based upon fact, inspiration, and speculation about the one referred to in the New Testament as “the other disciple.” Within this story are lessons that provide the foundation for life.