Category: Authors

Chad Hale

2/17/2020

Chad Hale (b. 1945) grew up in the South and has pastored in urban Atlanta, GA most of his adult life. He is an early pioneer of food cooperatives for low-income families and the founder and former Exec. Director of Urban Recipe (urbanrecipe.org). Much of his work has centered around how the church might be faithful working in situations of poverty; his efforts have focused on creating oases of food security and supportive community for people under stress. He is the pastor of Georgia Avenue Church in Grant Park, Atlanta. "Forgive Us This Day Our Daily Bread" is his first book. One of the pictures here shows him with Ella Duffy Haynes, friend and colleague in the formation of food co-ops for low-income families.

The picture of the author with hat is by Johnathon Kelso.

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Charles de Andrade

1/1/2020

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Charles de Andrade is the founding member of Scribblers, a Christian writers club based in Norcross Georgia. As an author he has six books published with one more planned to be released in late 2020. His works are Christian Historical Fiction where he draws on his many life experiences to share his stories of faith and life. Charles has served in the business world in many senior positions, including being president of a software company based in Atlanta, GA, owning and operating a restaurant, and serving as a business consultant focusing on sales, operations and finance.
He currently serves as the finance manager for a software company in Atlanta, GA, serves on two boards as a director, and owns and operates Bee Natural Products, distributing bee keeper products, and CdA Consultants, a business consulting group specializing in HR, Finance, and Operations.
He supports his wife, Gloria, in her Glorious Designs Embroidery Business. Married for forty-six years, he is the proud father of three daughters, and grandfather to eight grandchildren and one step-grandson. He currently lives in Summerfield Florida where he is active in his church and his businesses. In his free time, he can be found writing his next novel, playing his guitar, and cooking for his friends and family.

For more information check our his website:
www.charlesadeandrade.com or www.stewardseries.com.

See other purchasing options for his books on Amazon, Scribblersweb.com, and other book retailers.

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Eyewitness, The Tears of the Saints

Book 1 of the Miracles of Christ Series

The Steward Series by Charles de Andrade

About the Steward Series

The background on the Series

I took a seminary class in the 1980’s on the attributes of God. As part of that course, we were assigned to write a story looking at those attributes. I chose to write about the outworking of those attributes in the creation, and the fundamental background for this series was born.
Man was created in the image of God, and we were created with purpose. Our lives have meaning because the creation was a sovereign act by a purposeful creator. We are not random accidents, or grown up germs, as neither of these views would allow for purpose; hence the dilemma of so many who try to hold to those views of our existence. Life is without meaning without God the creator.
What was the purpose for the creation of man?
- Genesis holds all of the clues, and it is there for all to discover. I believe the title Steward, describes the primary reason for the creation of man. There is something amazingly grand in the simple words found in Genesis. We were assigned a role, and we were given a template to follow. God started the process, planting the first garden, organizing it, and placing our first parent in it. God brought all of the animals to Adam, and Adam named the animals. Adam was fulfilling with this, his first activity, the role he had been given. The animals understood the unique role and position given to the one who named them.
Amazingly the only “bad” thing found in the creation, was that man lacked a helper. Of all of the animals, there was none that was “bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh”. God cured that need as well. Creating the singularly most beautiful and perfect helper for man. God completed our first parents, and they together were the co-stewards assigned the care of the rest the creation.
But man fell under the siren lies of the master deceiver. There is a great mystery in the fall of man. There is even greater mystery in the fall of the master deceiver and his fellow angels. That mystery is only partially solved by the understanding of God’s purpose before there ever was a man, to display His attributes of mercy and of a love so great, that the angels that remained faithful long to see what God is doing with man.
The fall though, did not fundamentally change the Steward role for man. What changed were the conditions under which that role would now be played out. Now the ground would fight man, producing weeds and thistles, rocks and dry soil, and the necessity of hard work. The animals that once came to man freely and willingly to be named would now fear man and with good reason. Stewards care for their charges and the newly fallen man would still care, but the man now was conflicted. His nature was now bent, and the creation would experience the outworking of the Steward’s bentness.
The creation was subjected to futility, waiting for the revealing of the Son’s of God. The scripture says the creation “groans” in anticipation of that unveiling. God so loved mankind,(and by extension the rest of the created realm they were the stewards of), that He did something, he would not do for the fallen angels. He would provide an escape for man, unavailable to the heavenly host that rebelled. But that provision came with unprecedented and unparalleled cost. In order not to violate the very character of God, this provision would instead provide insight into facets of God’s character hereto before not experienced.
A battle that predated the fall of man, took on new and heightened focus. And now, this battle is joined on the field of our lives.
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. “ Ephesians 6:12 has defined the real battlefield and the war that rages around and in us.
That is what the series is all about.
We are called to be stewards, with all that this means.
God’s stewards are Chosen by God, and God’s Intervention in our lives draws us back to him and our original purpose. In that process we come to understand that we are Damaged Goods, but despite the depth of our own sin, God still reaches out to us, calling us to our Homecoming, where we embrace both our history and our destiny. Finally, with loud Exclamation we rejoice as we understand, in part, the great redemption provided for us, and join in the battle for the lives and souls of those yet held captive.

Book Signing - Woodstock, Georgia 30188 - The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta: Saturday June 29th, 2019

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Gisela Tomlinson

11/6/2019

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Gisela Tomlinson is a retired Fitness Professional who is passionate about health and wellness. Upon completing high school she married and started a family. After moving from the big city to the country and when both children started school Gisela took many courses and trained to become a Fitness Instructor on land and in the water; Nutrition and Wellness Specialist as well as a Personal Trainer and Yoga Teacher.

In 2003 she received the "Volunteer of the Year" award for her district. Gisela enjoys swimming, bicycling, reading and travelling with her family.

At the age of 39 Rheumatoid Arthritis changed her life dramatically. She is an inspiration to many. Her passion to share her knowledge is the reason for writing her first book, "Moving On" How Arthritis Gave Me a New Life.

She is writing another book about health and wellness.

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Claire Hertzler: The High Sheriff of Greene County

6/20/2019

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L.L. Wyatt was recruited, at age 21, to Greene County during Prohibition of the 1920s to break up a thriving moonshine industry. Known as the moonshine capital of Georgia, this little area east of Atlanta was the source of liquor for the best hotels in Atlanta and across the South. Young Wyatt’s battles with the bootleggers soon made him a larger than life figure. Stories of his fearlessness, his agility, his honesty and his fairness in enforcing the law rippled throughout the county Greene and swept all citizens up into the aura of L.L. Wyatt. Bolstered by a sense that God was protecting him, Wyatt was totally fearless. He was “shot at, spit upon, bitten, and cursed,” but in five years, he transformed the reputation of Greene County to one of the most crime free in Georgia. For 52 years, he was on the job confronting the ongoing battle between good and evil. Wyatt, at 70, received national acclaim and the attention of Hollywood when he stopped the car of armed bank robbers and freed two hostages.

More than a story out of the past, Sheriff Wyatt shows the reader that one person can change his/her culture. His ideals challenge law enforcement and society alike to hold a firm respect for the law while enforcing it in a manner that preserves dignity. Long before integration, Wyatt was known as “the black peoples’ friend” and the “white people’ friend.” He was a community-oriented lawman before anyone ever heard of one.

This story is set in an area rich in Georgia history described well by the author.

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Portia Wayne

10/29/2018

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Dr. P. K. Wayne is an adult educator and freelance writer. She graduated from Spelman College and continued on to earn a Doctorate in Education. Wayne is the founder of The Write Aide, a non-profit organization advocating literacy. Wayne currently resides in Decatur, Georgia with her husband and three children. When she's not swimming with mermaids or dueling with dinosaurs, Dr. P. K. Wayne is brainstorming her next goofy kid adventure. Her daily life with her three kids serves as the source of inspiration for her children's books. Wayne awes audiences with funny stories sure to tickle the hearts of little ones everywhere. Dr. Wayne has released her debut novel, Strings Attached. And for younger readers, she has penned three children's books titled, A Bad Hair Day and Booger Bites: A Nose Picker's Battle with an Icky, Sticky Habit and A Dinosaur in Decatur.