"Let The Story Heal You" is a brief study guide for individuals and groups considering any stories. It is written for a companion book for all of the Karl C Evans stories. If given room to operate, stories can and will provide good guidance for personal growth and relational healing. "Let The Story Heal You" asks questions and suggests concepts which should let the story work its magic in your hears.

Simple stories of the life, events and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth seen through his time and the truth of being fully human and the chosen one of God. His life might be divided into three periods. The first begins with the promise of the birth of John and closes with Jesus' move to Capernaum. Second, the community around the Sea of Galilee then was his home and mission grounds from that move until he left for Jerusalem one last time. The third portion of his humanity filled the few months from the time he left for Jerusalem until the Phillippian official was baptized in the desert. These short stories provide easy reading and deep personal search for the history, culture and relationships of his life. Each story opens up for the reader a new and deeper appreciation for Jesus' life and ministry. These doors to his times and events swing open thru looking at the lives and fortunes of many around him. The scenery of his life shows us the life and culture of the time through the lives and personalities of his family, childhood friends, probably employers, disciples and other followers, miracle recipients and, finally, those around his death and resurrection. Often we are limited to understanding him through only a few words in one of the Gospels. When this happens, these stories create a strong yet comfortable account with accent on the precipitation of those few words or actions. Usually the characters are not named in the Gospels. Sometimes a tradition has grown up which names specific characters. Where these names could be located, they are used. Otherwise, names are often supplied for the accounts. A word about the separate events and dialogue. All the major events recorded in the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) are included in these accounts. A few of John's significant events and relationships are listed as well. A few incidents seem to raise the issue of how Jesus dealt with his perplexing questions of his humanity, messiahship, divinity and death. Along with his temptations, enough doubt is raised to raise the eyebrows of every searcher and scholar. All these stories have been told to audiences in some format. Most have been used as sermons. Many have provided discussion material for youth and adult classes. Some have been used as dramatic readings. All have been recorded and used for radio broadcast. Reading or reciting for an audience takes from twelve to twenty-five minutes. Most of all, the intent of this work is to help ordinary folks to a deeper faith relationship with Christ. By seeing the ordinary human side of Jesus, as well as his divinity, that deeper relationship will be enhanced. His personal issues will not be seen as a blot on his life and mission, but as added relevance for his words and actions. Many of these works have been previously published in "Jesus - The Nazareth Stories" and "Jesus - The Capernaum Stories," both published by Karl C Evans and Createspace.com. The books have been combined, the stories re-written, and new stories added. So enjoy the book. Almost every reader from age ten will be able to comprehend and enjoy the work. It is written in Grade Reading Level Five. Please enjoy the book, and tell me what you find there for you.

Poverty-proof your family, community and world. And Crown Thy Good is the outgrowth of 25 years of professional mission and ministry among some of the lowest income people of the United States. Nearly all of us would choose to alleviate the poverty of others if we knew how. And Crown Thy Good is the answer to that God-designed desire. In 1988, four of us were commissioned by the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church to study America. Our task was to visit the 25 lowest-income rural counties and report. Our theme was simple. Why are these counties low income, and what could and should the Church and outside society, at all levels, do about it? And Crown Thy Good is a rare glimpse into the poverty of rural America. Our team asked about economics, education, religion, politics, gossip, and every sort of potentially important issue we could find. The data taken by itself in the book taken from trusted census and commercial sources is invaluable to pastors, mission leaders, denominational leaders, politicians and others as we try to rebuild the economies of the poorest of the poor.

Large Print Jesus shaped the world as he developed relationships with the people around him. From John the Baptist to the Ethiopian diplomat, every person who came into contact with Jesus changed. These two books, published here in large print, should help many develop a more lively sense of the reality of Jesus' life.

Large Print Jesus shaped the world simply by living out his own life in the best way he could. His choices of tools were his own love and commitment, his own healing touch, and the clarity of his mission. This book is another set of stories of people around him as he carried out his mission from Capernaum to Philip's baptism of the Ethiopian diplomat. These people, having had their own lives changed by contact with him, then changed the world. Everything Jesus did seemed to require human assistance in some way, even if he had to bring it to bear on the task. Enjoy the book. The next book should be out within a year.

This series tells the stories of generations who found their lives changed by contact with the Lord. Some are the subject of pages of Biblical text. Some are only mentioned in passing. However, all these persons are mentioned directly or indirectly in the Bible.