."..why, why God, why? " presents a series of true and powerful stories about life. Some are conversations with God, and others are conversations author Robert Lee Harris had with other people. All the stories drive home some simple truths about life and its challenges-tales in which God has shown up and provided much-needed direction. Our journeys through life may follow many paths-some leading us in destructive ways that bring great pain and cause our hearts to be hardened, and others bringing us to great joy. The best path, however-whether it contains pain or joy-is the one that leads us to our Creator. It's in Him that we find our true calling and the purpose for which we were created, and it iss this path that continues to become brighter and brighter until the perfect day arrives. Robert Lee Harris has an important story to tell. From homelessness during his teenage years to prosperity and the good life as an adult, Harris has found the truth in his life through God. Living life at any level has troubles, with consequences that could lead to a destructive life, if not handled correctly. No one can or will help us the way that the Creator can help us. He is the way, the truth, and the life.

This superb collection of stories by some of today's finest genre writers are each set along Britain's northern coast -- Whitby, Scarborough and other traditional English seaside resorts -- where tales both grim and delicious are forged.

FRIENDS UNTIL DEATH
Every year, the Morris Avenue Boys--chums since childhood--gather for a Father's Day reunion dinner. Now late in middle age, these men can bask in the rewards of honest success. So which of them seizes the opportunity that fateful evening to pull out an ice pick and stab to death the group's most celebrated member, novelist Arthur Wein?
As investigator (and former nun) Christine Bennett peels back the layers of the past, forty years' worth of secrets emerge from the shadows--and the web of lies, theft, adultery, and blackmail woven by the once-innocent Bronx playmates rivals even the darkest plot of the dead man's novels. But in real life, this flesh-and-blood villain may never be caught. . . .

Existential gratitude-gratitude for one's very existence or life as a whole-is pervasive across the most influential human, cultural and religious traditions. Weaving together analytic and continental, as well as non-western and historical philosophical perspectives, this volume explores the nexus of gratitude, existence and God as an inter-subjective phenomenon for the first time. A team of leading scholars introduce existential gratitude as a perennially and characteristically human phenomenon, central to the distinctive life of our species. Attention is given to the conditions under which existence itself might be construed as having a gift-like or otherwise gratitude-inducing character. Drawing on a diversity of perspectives, chapters mark out new territory in philosophical inquiry, addressing whether and in what sense we ought to be grateful for our very existence. By analysing gratitude, this collection makes a novel contribution to the discourse on moral emotions, phenomenology, anti-natalism and theology.

Drawing on the ancient tradition of contemplation, Reflective Integration Therapy (TM) shows how mantra meditation and reflective therapy can be used with clients with high functioning autism. The Reflective Integration Therapy (TM) programme uses the cognitive differences in those with autism, such as their innate capacity for silence, withdrawal, intense focus and repetition as sources of therapeutic healing. This manual introduces this fresh, unique therapeutic approach, creating an essential resource for all practitioners working in the field of autism. All the material for twelve weekly sessions of therapy is included within the book.