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BOOKS
Sarah Burning
The acrid smoke filled the valley with the smell of burnt home, burnt hopes, burnt dreams, burnt flesh.
On a cold night, in the short span of less than five minutes, the Ritter family crossed a threshold from which there was no return. Peaceful slumber in the early morning hours of October 27th, 1959, quickly became madness and horror.
Cruel blue, orange and yellow flames leapt high into the air casting an eerie glow on three blackened and blistered survivors huddled on the ground under a towering oak. Barely visible, save for the ever-present mist emanating from their nostrils as they panted and shivered, they suffered together in a singular wailing cry.
Nearby, barely conscious, broken and bleeding in the bottom of the overgrown and thorny ravine, lay another blackened and burned survivor. Worst of all, among the horrifying remains of the once-proud simple farmhouse, somewhere beneath the blaze and collapsed beams, lay two burning bodies, their screams at last silenced.
How do you continue with life when you’ve lost everything? How do face each day when you know it means more pain from the burns? How do you get past the guilt, knowing you lived, and others died? How do you silence the echo in your head; the sound of him screaming your name as he burned alive?
After more than 60 years, the story of the survivors is ready to be told…
You’re invited to learn the history of this real-life tragedy, within the pages of the award-winning Sarah Burning.
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Audiobook version of Sarah Burning available here!
Soul Sketches, 2nd Edition
Have you ever ached so badly for someone special, you whispered their name just to feel better? Have you ever been so overflowing with anger that you wanted to scream in your back yard? Have you ever been so happy that you wanted to burst out laughing? And through it all, did you wonder if you were the only one who ever felt that way?
Soul Sketches, 2nd Edition is, quite simply, an exploration into the human experience, exploring love, marriage, divorce, death, depression, and sexuality. To read the pages of Soul Sketches, 2nd Edition is to find a bit of yourself, and a reassurance that whatever you have experienced, you are not alone.
$8.99 for paperback through Amazon.com, ORDER PAPERBACK HERE.
Also available in Kindle format for $1.49, ORDER KINDLE HERE.
The Lantern 2016
A handy tool for understanding Masonic symbolism, The Lantern 2016 contains ten Masonic education lectures as presented at several lodges in southwest Missouri. A great gift for new Masons entering the fraternity, The Lantern 2016 gets to the heart and soul of many issues which men face, and discusses how the principles of Freemasonry can help guide one through such matters.
$6 through Amazon. Order here.
The Lantern, Volume 2
The second in my series of Masonic education books, The Lantern, Volume 2 continues to offer common and meaningful reflections on the meaning of Masonic symbols and concepts. The Lantern, Volume 2 contains twelve lectures appreciated by entered apprentices through master masons alike.
$10 through Amazon. Order here.
Many more books are coming! Keep an eye on this page for future releases.