As a young child, I didn’t believe God existed. I had prayed and prayed for God to stop my torment, but He didn’t. As I grew, I kept hearing, “Jesus loves the little children…” So I figured that if God does love kids, he surely hates me. And, He must hate me because I am…
I couldn’t tell you exactly why, but I’ve been intrigued by stories of religious persecution since I was a teenager. I won’t argue with you if you come back and tell me that it’s morbid, but I’m encouraged by accounts of people who remain faithful in the face of intense opposition. I think for a…
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Guest Post: “Confessions of a Broken Man” © Joseph Schneller 2011 Your Average Joe: Unplugged In the fall of 2008, I left my job in the hope of something new, something better, something far less stressful than operating a quick-service restaurant. More than anything, I left in the hope of a professional writing career. I’d…
The inspiration to compose “Goddess Mother Speaks” came to me as a direct insight and message from the Goddess Mother. As a spiritual Guru, I spend much time communing with the God Force through meditation and contemplation. Over the years of development, I began to develop an attunement to certain higher frequencies such as the…
I was inspired to record my story based on my experiences in surviving domestic violence. Due to the violence in my home I suffered extensive damage stemming from the emotional, physical and mental abuse I endured. My story began innocently as I was looking for love and married someone who, unknown to me, had a…
One Holy Night started out as a short story back in the late 1980s. I was working with another author to develop a book of short stories that revolved around Christmas, each with a different theme, and all within a larger story that tied them together. I was assigned to write a miracle story, and…
The story behind My Son, John is an amazing one, and I tell it quite often. It began nearly twenty years ago, when AIDS was just becoming known in America as a killer disease. We knew little about it, but most of us weren’t too concerned since we figured it would never touch us because…
I envisioned writing a book for nearly twenty years. As I approached my 4oth birthday, I realized that I needed to move forward with my goal, so I quit my full time job and took a part time teaching position at a college so I could focus on building my life coaching practice and write…
