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  An encounter with God rarely announces itself with fanfare. It may arrive in silence, in crisis, in beauty, or in the ordinary rhythm of a day. Yet when it happens—when a person truly meets the divine—the axis of life tilts. What once seemed central begins to shift, and what once felt peripheral becomes luminous. 1. The Disruption of Certainty To encounter God is to be interrupted. The tidy architecture of belief, identity, and control suddenly feels too small. You realize that the divine does not fit inside your categories—it dismantles them. This disruption is not destruction; it’s revelation. It exposes the scaffolding of self that was never meant to bear the full weight of meaning. 2. The Reorientation of Desire Transformation begins when desire itself changes. The encounter awakens a hunger not for possession or achievement, but for presence. You start to crave integrity, compassion, truthfulness, and mercy—not as moral duties, but as the natural language of love. The heart ...

  Tucker, Georgia is the kind of place that doesn’t try to impress you. It simply is —steady, neighborly, and quietly proud of its own rhythms. Spend an afternoon there and you start to understand why people stay, why they show up for one another, and why the city’s motto, “Where families flourish and businesses prosper,” feels less like branding and more like a lived truth. The Heartbeat of Main Street Main Street Tucker is the city’s front porch. On any given day, you’ll see retirees lingering over coffee at the Corner Cup, teenagers drifting between shops, and families stopping to chat with the kind of ease that suggests they’ve known each other for years. There’s a gentle hum to the place—cars rolling slowly past, the occasional dog tugging its owner toward the smell of fresh biscuits, and the unmistakable sound of someone greeting someone else by name. The charm isn’t curated; it’s inherited. Tucker grew up as a railroad town, and you can still feel that sense of connection a...

Just in, a recommendation for  You're Not Too Old, and It's Not Too Late (Berns-Zare) from MidWest Book Review:  Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "You're Not Too Old, and It's Not Too Late: Weekly Practices of Meaning, Mindfulness, and New Possibilities at Midlife and Beyond" by psychologist and educator Ilene Berns-Zare will prove to be extraordinarily accessible and of maximum value to the non-specialist general reader dealing with the stress of a midlife crisis or seeking to enrich their enjoyment of life in their later years. Insightful, motivational, and 'real world' practical, "You're Not Too Old, and It's Not Too Late" is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and college/university library Self-Help/Self-Improvement collections and supplemental Aging/Longevity curriculum studies lists. Read the rest of the review here:  MBR: Small Press Bookwatch, July 2026 Book Description Designe...

Most authors think of legacy in terms of readers, reviews, and the quiet hope that their books will outlive them. And they will. Books have a way of slipping past our lifespans, finding new hands long after we’re gone. But there’s another side of legacy that authors rarely consider — the practical, invisible side that publishers see every year. It’s the part that determines whether your books continue to thrive or quietly fall into disarray after you’re no longer here to guide them. This is the legacy conversation most authors never have, but every author needs. 🌿 Your Books Will Outlive You — But Only If Someone Can Steward Them When an author dies, their books don’t vanish. They keep selling. They keep earning royalties. They keep needing decisions: reprints, rights renewals, permissions, pricing, metadata updates, and the occasional crisis that only a human can resolve. If no one is designated to handle these things, your books become orphans — still alive, but without a guar...