This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Michael Moose Helps Santa by Dawn Harvey Kittle Santa's reindeer are all ill. Santa may have to cancel Christmas. A moose named Michael comes to the rescue. He helps Santa deliver the Christmas presents. Along the way Santa learns about the true meaning of Christmas. Dawn Harvey Kittle is a widow with grown twins, a boy and a girl.  She has four grandchildren.  Actively involved in the Greater Lan...

800 Sayings by Old Folks Who Raised Us by Wm. Rocky Brown, 3rd “The parents and grandparents of William Rocky Brown,3rd, who raised him, had roots in the southern USA. Along with that Southern upbringing came the ability to turn everyday activities or things of nature into wise sayings. His mother and grandmother had old down-home sayings that took him a while to understand. After talking to other...

Suicide Affair: Book One Dark Skies by Tony Stanford There is a way that seems right unto a person, but the way thereof is the way of death. It is the 1960’s. Above the rich Native American city of NuSprings, Missouri, the sky is turning dark with a deadly storm brewing on the horizon. Dark, intriguing, and sometimes chilling, Dark Skies pulls you down a path you would never wish to go. A story of...

ANY QUESTIONS? by Dr. Donald P. Forss Any Questions offers the reader a fresh look into the two-millennium old message of Redemption through Jesus Christ. It takes the reader beyond mere religious conformity and morality to the essence of the gospel’s message, the resurrection of Persons from death to life by the power of God.  Overcoming the Death begins as a spiritual work while we are still on...

A GENTLE HELL by Karan Bishop    Her entire life Tara has had a need to expose the dark side of the soul. She was exposed to the occult by her family growing up and suffered deep personal loses. She dealt with the grief and pain by becoming an undercover agent for the FBI. She teams with two other women who share a similar background. They are only called to action when the FBI needs a team of exp...

What If? by Loni Hunley In this world, chaos certainly seems to reign. World events and news leave many of us anxious and searching for help to navigate it all and worrying about what it all means for the future. If this is you as well, the Lord has the answers you seek. Are you curious about the Bible and what it says? Have you ever asked yourself, is the Bible really applicable to the world toda...

THE SAPPHIRE BOOK OF STORIES - GOD'S PROMISES by Ruby Klein  The sequel to The Emerald Book of Stories, it's a continuation of the spiritual journey of four teens. (Jazelyn, Derice, Allan, and Michael) who befriends a retired Sunday school teacher (Mrs. Joyce) who keeps a very sacred book in her living room (The Secrets of the Ages - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth). The book is a portal i...

THE SHAWS MULTIPLIED by Doris Howe We are all descendants of Adam and Eve. God told Abraham that he and his wife's descendants would outnumber the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. At last count, Douglas and Amanda Shaw have 133 living descendants. Sixty-six books of the Bible chronicle stories and instructions from the lives and descendants of Adam, Eve, Sarah, and Abraham....

HEALTH BENEFITS OF KINDNESS & LIVING MORE THANKULLY with Susan Smith Jones, PhD You've heard the uplifting stories: Passersby dropping scads of cash into charity collection buckets or anonymous donors paying off hospital bills for strangers. People helping victims during storms and natural disasters. Or the simple act of someone bringing food to elderly, sick neighbor or taking care of their g...

Hydrocarbon Man Memoirs of a 20th-Century Oil Business Executive: Experience the Age of Energy from an Oil Executive’s View—One Who Has Witnessed the Trials ... of an Industry Fueling Our Lives by Ronald Goodman Nelson Ronald G. Nelson grew up on a central Minnesota dairy farm, is a Petroleum Engineer and holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Minnesota. Mr. Nelson’s career spanned many coun...

Giving Is Not Just For The Very Rich: A How-to Guide for Giving and Philanthropy by Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson A valuable resource for you, Giving Is Not Just For The Very Rich is an inspiring, easy-to-use guide which gives you numerous creative ideas on how to reap the many benefits of giving. It’s all about your feeling connected to worthwhile programs, achieving a sense of purpose, and deriving...

Matriarch And World War III: A 9/11 Incursion - Internal State Terrorism in Australia by Daisy Snow The author was one of those people in Melbourne who knew about 9/11 before it happened. The terrorist squad of the police force harassed her in the late 1990's when the government began writing up its intended terrorist laws. The poor woman was nearly shot dead as a female terrorist just after the B...

The Key Master: When Seasons Collide by Jonathan R. Bacher The blending of fairy-tale fiction and history is not unique in any way as time travel stories have been told many times and in a variety of ways. It is the fascination of living within another realm that draws both the reader and writer into the mystical possibilities of fantasy. That seductive potential of transformation into another tim...

Squeaking Wheels of Comans Well, Sussex, Virginia by Hugh Mayes God calls people to be in His service. In 1592, one of my great-grandfathers was ordained a priest of the Church of England and later became the pastor of the Pilgrims in Holland. In 1773, another Great-grandfather was instrumental in building Sappony Baptist Church. I was ordained there in 1979. God is an awesome God who wants a rela...

The Christmas Story as it will be FOREVER Told: God's Graphic Image of a Savior Who Would Die for His People : A Personal Advent Devotional by Stephen S. Ahokas, DVM Thoroughly researched and thoughtfully written, Dr. Ahokas has provided his readers with a deeper understanding of the meaning and significance of Jesus' birth as "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" I would encourag...

Magic: The Life of Earvin “Magic” Johnson by Roland Lazenby The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life . Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American professional basketball from a seco...

The Song of My Hope:  How You Can Travel from Despair to Hope While Raising Your Special Needs Kids by Betsy Kay Ridgway Take Comfort in Hope on Your Parenting Journey. After eight and a half years of infertility and an excruciating wait for adoption, Russ and Betsy Ridgway received 24 hours-notice that they were going to be parents. But when baby Sean was just eight months old, the unthinkable ha...

Single Handed by Joseph M. Kress Drug addiction has been a growing problem in America for decades, yet the U.S. boasts one of the most successful drug awareness programs ever developed. How can the crisis be this dire? What retired lieutenant and police detective Joseph M. Kress discovered over the course of his career will leave you stunned. After his brother was killed, Joseph was compelled to a...

Put a Tiger In Your Tank by Sally Breeze Green Once again, the author grabs the hearts and minds of the young with a delightful children's story of a girl, a car, a filling station, and evangelism. Based on the old Esso gas slogan* of yesteryear, Put a Tiger in Your Tank is the third book by Sally Breeze Green, completing a trilogy of children's stories with deeper meanings. Her niece, Melissa Gre...

The Ratten Expedition by David A. Hornung The Ratten Expedition unfurls a steampunk adventure that begins in the East and travels to the Wild West. Technology has advanced rapidly in an alternate-reality world where the American Civil War lasted ten years. A decade after the guns of the South were silenced, the embers of war still burn white hot. English Canada and French Mexico still snarl at the...

Its Our World Too by Daniel Acosta-Walz "It's Our World Too" reminds us that we share this world, and we are not the only life created by God on this planet. There is only "One World" that we call home, and we are stewards of our world and all living creatures that inhabit it which includes our animal kingdom. Our planet is fragile, and its recourses are dwelling. Our natural habitats not only sup...

Ayurveda Demystified: For Optimum Western Living by Gayle Redfern Introducing Ayurveda into Western living involves understanding a new language, new philosophy and new lifestyle, not an easy task. However as an instructor, I quickly discovered that the wisdom is worth pursuing; following this modified basic wisdom taught in the accompanying class became an easy task. As an instructor of the intro...

Christian Bible Drama Series, Christmas Edition (Revised Edition): Two Musicals: Same Story, Same Message, Same Jesus, Different Stories by Rev. Dr. Errol E. Leslie In the gospel of John, the writer ends the story by stating the purpose of writing the Gospel. This purpose is recorded in verses 30 and 31 of chapter 20. Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not...

Honest To God by Jed Morehouse Life is hard. People search, sometimes their whole life, to find meaning and acceptance, but where can we find meaning and acceptance? These two things come from within. God can give you love, peace, joy, meaning, acceptance, and fulfillment. Unfortunately, many people never experience God's blessings. If we obey God and his commandments, he promises to bless us. Obe...

I Hear Smoke! by Dr. Sherry A. White I Hear Smoke! is a blistering recount of how two families collide (the Halfacre's and the Toogood's) as they survive the underbelly of the rural south from the 1930s through 1975. The multi-generational saga is riddled with humor, secrets, hardships, gut-wrenching loss, and self-acceptance. The historical references of the period's pop culture and winding path...