Searching for: Smoking Mirror: An Encounter with Paul Gauguin

Franciscan friar Orlando de Bolonia arrives in New Spain in 1530. While gaining converts he undergoes dramatic changes himself, and the Inquisition imprisons him for his sympathy with the Indians. Released, he retires to a mountain overlooking Lake Chapala. His Indian friends require a sacrifice to save their world. Only Black Tezcatlipoca, the god of the Smoking Mirror, can help them.

When Draco attends a celebratory ball, he meets Yolotli, who’s not what he appears to be. A vindictive act and a unique ship take the men on a deadly mission, meaning the duo and their burgeoning love might not survive.

Major Myles Webb is an American Federated States Space Marine who goes from teaching at the Military Academy to landing smack dab in the middle of the most important event in Earth's history. Major Webb soon finds out why a Marine with a degree in Xeno-biology is the only person qualified for this assignment. An assignment that will involve First Contact with Alien beings.

Aliens crash-land on Earth, and the chaos begins… Hinekiri is an explorer, an adventurer and a successful map-maker from the planet of Dalcon. She travels through space, charting unexplored territories. Hinekiri's maps are valuable, and she has attracted thieves who covet her charts. Janaya, Hinekiri's niece, is an elite bodyguard on Dalcon. She wants to protect her favorite aunt from the...

An Encounter with "Diex" is one of the best short stories I have read in a long time. It begins with the fear, anxiety, and pressure so common among students these days. Vinayak is also an 'average' student but he puts up a brave fight to perform and live up to the expectations of his teachers and guardians. One day in a feverish delirium he gets into a dream experience. But was it really a...

It is an intriguing story of my encounter with invisible people. This story will give you shrill and force you to sit and wonder, what lies in this world and beyond. Brace down to take a journey never taken before. Unleashing for you a story gravely real, a tale of shamans, the fortune tellers, the faith healers and the Goodman, who are so-called mediums, connectors between worlds.

Lucinda Potts would do just about anything to get out of her brother's home and out from under her hateful sister-in-law's thumb. After an encounter with the gadabout and notorious Lord Brookfield, Lucy is more determined than ever to escape London for a life of adventure. Unfortunately, the his lordship seems just as determined to stand firmly in her way.

No matter how improbable the vision Paul presents, it has about it the ring of truth, divine truth. To suppose otherwise is to supplant one miracle with another! That is, if Paul is not simply telling the truth about the supernatural Christ and the glory every believer may discover in him, then the letter itself becomes an inexplicable marvel.

In Mirror Earth Network we rejoin old friends from various Earths. While Elisabeth and Gloria work on making the portal transport system work optimally, Professor Holger can't stop planning new expeditions. Again there are many questions to answer and problems to solve. How dangerous are leatherbirds? Will Professor Holger ever make it to Mirror Earth and get his plans executed?

Prayer is one of the greatest assets that a Christian could possess, but sometimes it seems to be a real challenge to make it a full part of our devotional life. Brian Johnston examines the way the great prayer warrior himself - the apostle Paul - approached prayer. What were the key things that Paul prayed about and how did he do it? Paul was an expert in how to have a productive prayer life...