John Brooks

If we can't be honest with ourselves, how can we be honest with God. HONEST TO GOD is a clear and unvarnished look at faith as we know it, in light of the realities of daily life. Hope and disappointment, struggles, defeats and victories, fear and faith, all play a part in who we are and who we will become. It is too often taught that good things always come to the faithful, leaving those who stumble or are knocked from their feet to feel as if...

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Business Adventures comes the chronicle of the stock market crash of 1929 and its aftermath Legend had it that anyone who passed through Golconda, a city in southern India, attained tremendous wealth. But Golconda, now in ruins, ran out of riches, and its glory vanished forever. Some have painted a similar picture of Wall Street between the two world wars. But there is more to the story of the bull...

The works of African American authors and artists are too often interpreted through the lens of authenticity. They are scrutinized for "positive" or "negative" representations of Black people and Black culture or are assumed to communicate some truth about Black identity or the "Black experience." However, many contemporary Black artists are creating works that cannot be slotted into such categories. Their art resists interpretation in terms of conventional...

With the entire universe at his feet god chose to have a personal relationship with us. This is the premise of Breathless Mercy. To many, including Christians, God seems too far away to touch and too holy for us to approach. In the book of Hebrews, chapter 4, verses 15 and 16 the writer encourages us with these words. "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are,...

With nostalgia for retro shopping malls at an all time high, "Jasper Mall" shows the realities of the dying American mall and the individuals inside.