Fiction (Catholic/Christian)

   The fourth installment in the Joshua series, Joshua and the City reaches some encouraging and very important conclusions. In an urban community where poverty, senseless violence, racism, and AIDS seem like insurmountable problems, Joshua manages to sow seeds of renewal with his words of love. He reaches out to every person with transforming openness, showing how to regenerate the city and bring about undreamed-of economic revitalization.    Yet many other problems remain that money cannot help. And it is, most importantly, to these that Joshua addresses his healing message. In a world of despairing doubt, Joshua and the City gives the reader hopeful answers that lead toward peace and understanding...

When university student Michael Card meets professor Bill Lane, the two immediately connect, and Bill becomes Michael's mentor. Over time, their deepening relationship changes both men's lives. This book shares the story of how Michael grapples with God and how his music flows in response to conversations with Bill. Then, when Bill is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he tell Michael, "I want to show you how a Christian man dies." Woven throughout are accounts of how Jesus mentored His own disciples, creating a rare mix of storytelling and study that will encourage the reader's own walk with the Lord...

There are countless paths to follow when seeking spiritual guidance, but thousands of years of religion and theology cannot replace the premier example that Jesus himself set. In A Portrait of Jesus, bestselling writer Joseph Girzone recaptures the truth of Jesus that is presented in the Gospels and gives a compelling vision of the person Jesus' contemporaries must have known. In his most powerful work yet, Girzone seeks to personify Christ in the minds of readers by asking some simple questions: "What did people see in Jesus as he walked down the street? How did he approach others and what would these people take away from meeting him? What do his actions tell us about how we can live our lives today?" It is Girzone's empowering and loving understanding of the heart of Christianity that will make A Portrait of Jesus a groundbreaking classic in the tradition of his bestselling books, Joshua and Never Alone. Joseph F. Girzone retired from the active priesthood in 1981 for health rea..

She thinks she can settle for less. He thinks he knows best. After a riding accident, Rose becomes re-acquainted with success-driven Henry, the boy she has grown up with and the man she secretly loves. But does he love her? Rose is prepared to settle for the traditional role of wife and mother even if he doesn’t love her. For a moment it seems they will share a future together and she will have the family she longs for. But a conventional life is not as easy to attain as Rose imagined; the odds seem stacked against her. Set in New Zealand in the early twentieth century against the backdrop of a small rural town and WW1, this is a story of hop, faith and love, and a merciful God whose ways are not ours...

This is not a devotional classic.  It is a dangerous tale : a call to the high stakes of every Christian’s journey.  Do not pick up expecting quaint amusement – It is a story woven through with undeniable truth, great cost, and overwhelming joy. One of the most widely read books of all time, this adventure reveals John Bunyan’s intense grasp of the Scriptures. Penned while in prison for refusing to compromise the gospel.  The Pilgrim’s Progress is a guide for the journey from death to life. The times have changed, but the landmarks and adversarise are very much the same...

A young parish priest calls for help in dealing with a problem beyond his experience and capability. A veteran priest comes out of unwanted retirement to answer the cell. Father Gilbert, a former missionary, has served in one of the world’s toughest missions, before a breakdown and fall from grace saw him unworthiness, he stole. Overcoming a profound sense of unworthiness, he has returned to the priesthood. Not wearing the disgrace of his former life lightly, he is driven to make amends. He forms an unlikely alliance with the young Father Ward, and together they fight an ancient Enemy, wearied no by time. A very compelling story within a contemporary setting. I had difficulty putting the book down and that hasn’t happened in a long time Sir Patrick J. Lynch. KNZM, QSO. This book really resonated with many aspects of what it is to be priest. It would make good reading for seminarians and a copy should be in the seminary library. Father Larry Rustia. Only a Priest is poignant, fu..