This book consists of my walking through the valleys of life, the painful times of my life, and testimonies of others as they relate their trips through their valleys. The book deals with the major crises of life and how God is there with us all the time, even when we think He has abandoned us. My drawing close enough to God to change my concept of walking with God started in 1994 with the suicide of my son. In serving God all my life, I have mentored and counseled people with many different problems, and I have always used God’s Word as the basis for my answers. Since my son’s death, I have become aware of the fact that God is the only answer to our problems, and I wish to show others how to navigate their troubles.

Transforming Twisted Thinking reveals the illusions to which people cling as they live in ways that distort their relationships and cause harm to others. By applying biblical insights into God’s mandate for healthy relationships, Jerry Price offers a path for reforming one’s life by subjecting one’s thinking to the honesty and integrity God desires.

Drawing upon life’s experiences, biblical insights, and field-tested models for transforming lives, Transforming Twisted Thinking presents this combination in a conversational style that does not spare honesty in revealing personal twistedness or forthrightness in offering God’s guidance. In addition to fourteen chapters that describe the diverse ways people twist their own thinking, four appendices offer resources on definitions of terms, the allures of excitement, advice for applying principles, and questions for study and discussion.

If you are seeking a new path for your life, one that takes you away from the dishonesty of twisted thinking, or if you feel a calling to support someone in his or her journey, then Transforming Twisted Thinking offers a grounded, faithful, and proven approach to finding healing through reshaping lives out of trust in God’s promises and willingness to conform to God’s desires.

Transforming Twisted Thinking reveals the illusions to which people cling as they live in ways that distort their relationships and cause harm to others. By applying biblical insights into God’s mandate for healthy relationships, Jerry Price offers a path for reforming one’s life by subjecting one’s thinking to the honesty and integrity God desires.

Drawing upon life’s experiences, biblical insights, and field-tested models for transforming lives, Transforming Twisted Thinking presents this combination in a conversational style that does not spare honesty in revealing personal twistedness or forthrightness in offering God’s guidance. In addition to fourteen chapters that describe the diverse ways people twist their own thinking, four appendices offer resources on definitions of terms, the allures of excitement, advice for applying principles, and questions for study and discussion.

If you are seeking a new path for your life, one that takes you away from the dishonesty of twisted thinking, or if you feel a calling to support someone in his or her journey, then Transforming Twisted Thinking offers a grounded, faithful, and proven approach to finding healing through reshaping lives out of trust in God’s promises and willingness to conform to God’s desires.

Michael Wrenn lost his military career, marriage, and other blessings because of his addiction to alcohol and drugs. When three rehabilitation facilities failed to provide him with the help he needed, he reached out to God for help and deliverance.

God answered Wrenn’s call for help and freed him from bondage. He now enjoys a life free of addiction, and in this inspirational account he shares ten steps that helped him beat addiction. Learn how to

• find the plan that God has for you;
• recognize the people that God has sent to help you;
• overcome the guilt and shame that comes with addiction;
• make God your ally in your fight against addiction.

Wrenn is familiar with the pain, misery, and loneliness of addiction, and he shares a message of hope for addicts, recovering addicts, and the family members and pastors who want to help them. By following God’s Addiction Recovery Plan, you can trade your addiction for a life of abundance, victory, purpose, peace, and joy.

My earliest memory was of being a victim of child abuse. At 17 I ran and escaped from that environment into the Army. I went to war in Viet Nam. I “celebrated” my 18th, 19th and 20th birthdays there. When I returned, the Veterans Administration rated me as 100% disabled from that experience. Then using the GI Bill I went to college. When I graduated, I lied about being disabled to gain employment. I became a cop. During the next 3 decades I saw the good and the evil that humans do to each other literally from the cradle to the grave. I was a Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Elderly Abuse investigator and then I went to Homicide. I was part of a group that facilitated many in their walk to either life in prison or onto Florida’s death row. During that time I had no belief in God. Then during a high speed vehicle pursuit, I fractured most of my spine. I experienced months of hospitals and rehab. When I was finally well, I did it again but much worse in a near fatal motorcycle crash. During my months of recovery, several Christian therapists that worked with me, helped me find my faith and accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. When I finally walked out of the hospital, I started a Christian ministry dedicated to helping others who have suffered devastating injuries and crisis in their lives. McDermott Ministries Inc. can be located on the web at www.OnesLifeRenewed.com

Transforming Twisted Thinking reveals the illusions to which people cling as they live in ways that distort their relationships and cause harm to others. By applying biblical insights into God’s mandate for healthy relationships, Jerry Price offers a path for reforming one’s life by subjecting one’s thinking to the honesty and integrity God desires.

Drawing upon life’s experiences, biblical insights, and field-tested models for transforming lives, Transforming Twisted Thinking presents this combination in a conversational style that does not spare honesty in revealing personal twistedness or forthrightness in offering God’s guidance. In addition to fourteen chapters that describe the diverse ways people twist their own thinking, four appendices offer resources on definitions of terms, the allures of excitement, advice for applying principles, and questions for study and discussion.

If you are seeking a new path for your life, one that takes you away from the dishonesty of twisted thinking, or if you feel a calling to support someone in his or her journey, then Transforming Twisted Thinking offers a grounded, faithful, and proven approach to finding healing through reshaping lives out of trust in God’s promises and willingness to conform to God’s desires.

Joseph, son of Jacob, was a victim of his brothers’ jealousy;  he suffered abuse and betrayal at their hands. Joseph’s experiences as a slave and victim in Egypt, as well as  his experiences as a survivor, set a perfect example to help victims of childhood abuse, rape, and domestic violence to overcome the pain and bondage of abuse. Author Sue Denney’s Victim or Survivor reveals how the lessons of Joseph can help heal the wounds of abuse and grant freedom to those of us who have been abused.

Joseph did not choose to be a prisoner and a slave, but he trusted God to keep him safe. Through his faith in God’s love and healing, Joseph rose from victim to survivor to hero, and even when faced by his abusers, he found forgiveness for them in his heart.

Denney, author of Garden of Life and Boats of Life, is herself a survivor of childhood abuse. She has experienced the awesome power of finding peace and freedom through God, and this power was gained by facing the truth of her memories, working through the pain, and then forgiving her abusers. Through God's Word and healing power, we can all become survivors.

Victims of serious abuse—whether it be childhood abuse, rape, or domestic violence as an adult—often feel alone in their struggles. Often, they can’t see past the pain. They try to run away from it, hiding long-standing wounds deep in their subconscious minds. Abuse survivors are often too tied up in their own suffering and pain to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Peace seems impossible, and escape seems unrealistic.

So what does abuse have to do with boats? More than you might think. Four stories in the Bible are about boats and occurrences on their decks. These stories teach valuable lessons that can aid in the healing process, no matter the horrendous level of past abuse. For instance, Jonah tried to run from his responsibility—his pain. God sent a storm that wrecked his boat; Jonah eventually realized that he could have found his peace, if only he had turned to God in the first place.

Utilizing the stories of Noah’s Ark, Jonah and the whale, Jesus calming stormy water, and Paul’s shipwreck, abuse survivor Sue Denney illuminates the lessons learned in each Bible tale. By focusing on biblical characters, abuse survivors can find trust in the Lord, which eventually leads to healing, freedom, and peace. It’s never too late to overcome pain; it’s never too late to cast your eyes upon Jesus.

Michael Wrenn lost his military career, marriage, and other blessings because of his addiction to alcohol and drugs. When three rehabilitation facilities failed to provide him with the help he needed, he reached out to God for help and deliverance.

God answered Wrenn’s call for help and freed him from bondage. He now enjoys a life free of addiction, and in this inspirational account he shares ten steps that helped him beat addiction. Learn how to

• find the plan that God has for you;
• recognize the people that God has sent to help you;
• overcome the guilt and shame that comes with addiction;
• make God your ally in your fight against addiction.

Wrenn is familiar with the pain, misery, and loneliness of addiction, and he shares a message of hope for addicts, recovering addicts, and the family members and pastors who want to help them. By following God’s Addiction Recovery Plan, you can trade your addiction for a life of abundance, victory, purpose, peace, and joy.

Michael Wrenn lost his military career, marriage, and other blessings because of his addiction to alcohol and drugs. When three rehabilitation facilities failed to provide him with the help he needed, he reached out to God for help and deliverance.

God answered Wrenn’s call for help and freed him from bondage. He now enjoys a life free of addiction, and in this inspirational account he shares ten steps that helped him beat addiction. Learn how to

• find the plan that God has for you;
• recognize the people that God has sent to help you;
• overcome the guilt and shame that comes with addiction;
• make God your ally in your fight against addiction.

Wrenn is familiar with the pain, misery, and loneliness of addiction, and he shares a message of hope for addicts, recovering addicts, and the family members and pastors who want to help them. By following God’s Addiction Recovery Plan, you can trade your addiction for a life of abundance, victory, purpose, peace, and joy.

My earliest memory was of being a victim of child abuse. At 17 I ran and escaped from that environment into the Army. I went to war in Viet Nam. I “celebrated” my 18th, 19th and 20th birthdays there. When I returned, the Veterans Administration rated me as 100% disabled from that experience. Then using the GI Bill I went to college. When I graduated, I lied about being disabled to gain employment. I became a cop. During the next 3 decades I saw the good and the evil that humans do to each other literally from the cradle to the grave. I was a Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Elderly Abuse investigator and then I went to Homicide. I was part of a group that facilitated many in their walk to either life in prison or onto Florida’s death row. During that time I had no belief in God. Then during a high speed vehicle pursuit, I fractured most of my spine. I experienced months of hospitals and rehab. When I was finally well, I did it again but much worse in a near fatal motorcycle crash. During my months of recovery, several Christian therapists that worked with me, helped me find my faith and accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. When I finally walked out of the hospital, I started a Christian ministry dedicated to helping others who have suffered devastating injuries and crisis in their lives. McDermott Ministries Inc. can be located on the web at www.OnesLifeRenewed.com

After a lingering and chronic cold he contracted as a freshman in college more than forty years ago, author William Stephens vowed he would always carry a handkerchief, whether he actually needed one or not.  He also promised himself that if he ever wrote a book, as improbable as it seemed at the time, he knew then what the title would be. Years later, his unlikely book title took on special meaning, symbolizing his dependence on God in his battle against depression. Depression affects the body, mind, and spirit and is best treated using not only medical and psychological tools but spiritual ones as well. That’s what you’ll find in Life Is Hell without a Hankie.

Although many of us suffer from depression, we are often too proud or afraid to tell our friends, family members, and fellow churchgoers. We may fear dismissive attitudes or criticism from other Christians, some of whom seem to believe that if we simply have enough faith, we’ll get better.

Plagued with anxiety and adrift with no sense of purpose, Stephens chose to fight his depression from every angle. Many books address the medical and psychological aspects of depression. Others focus on it as a spiritual problem. Based on the premise that knowledge is power, Stephens takes an integrated approach to all three areas in honest, easy-to-understand language that takes the whole self into account. He also discusses the role “spiritual warfare” plays in depression, an often-neglected subject for Christians. Provoking questions and exercises will challenge you to grow and think, and Scripture passages provide inspiration.  Fighting depression takes work and commitment but the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel can indeed represent the hope of recovery rather than an oncoming train. Let your hope be renewed as you begin your journey toward the life God intended for you!