Most Christians have experienced the laundry list phase of spiritual life, in which praying means giving God an agenda of needs to handle. But how do you move to having real conversation with God? How do you hear what God is saying back to you? How can you make your experience of God's presence part of everyday life? In this six-session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study, Jan Johnson covers the disciplines of prayer and of practicing God's presence. Goi...
If you like clean romance with humor, love and poignancy you'll love Windows of My Heart.
TINA Halverson loses her brother to batten disease and her mother to cancer. She must find a way to move on without the woman who defined her and seek a path into her dad's heart.
She loves her job as a nurse with her three best friends. When her dad asks her to volunteer at his batten foundation, her life changes when she meets attractive NATE Bronson.
T...
KAITLYN, a recent nursing grad is driven by two desires. Find a job. Find her soul mate. Not necessarily in that order.
Kaitlyn and three friends from her cohort get hired at Mercy Hospital where they're in for some unexpected patient adventures. At orientation, the beautiful hospital they're introduced to is in stark contrast to the floor they are assigned, with Nurse Ratchet as their Charge. Kaitlyn begins to question whether "being the hand...
At 35, Howard Rea was searching for what God had in mind for him. As God took him on this journey, Howard never expected to be diagnosed with a brain tumor that would leave him paralyzed. How could he work or support his wife and three young children ? What purpose did God have for him now that he was paralyzed? Would God provide?
I Will Enter His Gates is written for those who are experiencing personal crisis, any type of chronic illness, t...
So, have you moved on? Or do you still love her?"
Did he? Absolutely. That Sophie shaped hole in his heart that was never filled.
The question was, would she let him back in?
When Sophie's Europe plans are cancelled, she pivots to a job as activity director at Christmas Tree Lodge.
The same lodge where she was proposed to three years earlier.
To a guy who dumped her in a text!
Enter Sam who is there with his four-year-old daughter.
C...
Jan Johnson provides a definitive account of Galveston's fight against outbreaks of Yellow Fever, which transformed an island paradise into the City of Dreadful Death.In the summer of Galveston's founding year, a mysterious malady accompanied by black vomit descended upon the inhabitants. Names for the devastating plague came quick and fast as the body count rose. Saffron Scourge. Bronze John. Yellow Jack. Yellow Fever. The disease's cause and...
Reading the Bible is one of the most important disciplines we can engage in. Developing the skills of Bible study and meditation allows us to go deeper into God's Word and grow closer to God.
How do we practice real conversation with God? Instead of prayer becoming an agenda of our needs for God to handle, how can we experience his presence as part of our everyday life? How do we hear what he is saying back to us? As we explore the disciplines of prayer and listening through these six sessions, we will draw closer to God in everything that we do.
Growing Compassionate Kids features practical everyday ways for parents to help their children care about people in need. Jan Johnson, a well-known author who deals with Christian spirituality, helps parents learn to incorporate social outreach and mission into the often-hectic everyday realities of family life.Questions for reflection plus personal and family devotions are included in each chapter. More than half the book is devoted to concre...
This book takes as its starting point the concept of 'the good life' and the challenge of ensuring people with intellectual disabilities are included in 'the good life.' The book explores the values underpinning current discourses of disability, analyzes their strengths and limitations, and proposes some alternative approaches to theory and practice. It deconstructs key concepts, theories, and practices within the learning disability field in ...
The disciplines of prayer and of practicing God's presence are presented in this guide. Going deeper in these areas will help readers to draw closer to God in everything they do.
Jan Eric Johnson's autobiography set during the turbulent Vietnam and Civil Rights era is a reveling look into the real life adventures and challenges of a young man trying to reach his dreams. This no holds barred memoire is at times funny, exciting and dangerous. Mr Johnson's ability to reference the many key events and cultural influences as parts of his story makes for a highly provocative read. His 2 year feud with the highly successful U...