Teresa Meyerhoeffer Christensen Boeken

Do you believe that a drought of the land which causes many people to die of famine or a drought of the human soul that affects the lives of those nearest him/her is more devastating? Can droughts of the soul can be more damaging than those of the soil? The analogy buried in the book "Drought" uncovers the dichotomy (or juxtaposition) of both. In one storyline we meet Anoop, a boy who lives in 1876 India and is named for water yet battles the lack of water on his family farm. The desire of his heart is to do something great, maybe by bringing water to the world, but he ends up watering in a greater capacity. In the second storyline, Conifer, named for an evergreen tree, is an autistic twin living in Oregon over one hundred years later who speaks only in rapped song lyrics. This human Conifer needs to be watered to enable him to grow and become the mature man that he was destined to be despite having a father that nurtures his son's roots with nothing but drought. The reality that we all need water to survive is artistically portrayed in this analogical tale with a touch of history and science added for depth.

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." Mother Teresa "Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can be, the sweet love story that is older than the sea"... These opening lyrics from the Theme from Love Story have been stuck and swirling in my head for over thirty years. This little book lightly explores seven aspects of love... its definitions, expressions, self-love, love of mankind, love of country, love that surpasses understanding, and reminds us that love never ends. Join in on a contemplative journey through the most important commodity on earth...LOVE. Ironically, recent efforts intensely professing that people must love and accept one another equally only seem to have increased the level of animosity not love in today's society. I believe love among mankind is out there but the more we are told that we do not love one another the more the world believes it and fails to see all the goodness that is going around. We are all playing on the same team of humanity...we can all win with love.

Three is a magical number. Not only were there three magi, but there are three musketeers, three witnesses are often required, and there are three in the Godhead or Trinity. Good things often come in threes. The number is popular in refrains, proverbs, and from fairytales to Hollywood blockbusters. The rule of three principle suggests that things that come in threes are inherently more humorous, satisfying, and effective than any other number of things. There is something powerful in that combination. The three young people in this story...Solomon, Esther and Misha... have been deemed less than exceptional by the world's standards. Together they bring to life not only the power of the trio but the value of their individual gifts, ones that are not always honored in the world today. When a mysterious man named Elias lets each of them see themselves in an ancient mirror, they realize they possess more than can be seen through the eyes of those around them. The main message in this story is that who we inherently are and what we eventually become are more important than what we do to get there...we don't have to be famous, or brilliant, or stand out in a crowd in an extraordinary way to make a difference in the lives of those around us.

In this offbeat whodunit, Mayor Dankworth is found dead and the only suspect is golden-boy, high school track star Aiden Birdwhistle. Unfortunately, Aiden fled the crime scene taking refuge at a tea maker's treehouse before turning himself in to the authorities. Will Aiden be convicted of a crime that he insists he did not commit due to the ineptitude of his attorney uncle? Or will his newfound quirky friends uncover the truth in time to free him from an awful fate? A Tale of Three Cities takes place along the Scenic Solar Loop that weaves through the animated towns of Starville, Moonburg, and Sunlight City while paying homage to Dickens's classic novel from which its title is derived. The surnames in this story come from a list of eleven endangered last names more common in past centuries which are now considered to have fewer than twenty contemporary bearers possessing them.