Essence Publishing: 455 books
Through Helen's Eyes
With Some Reflections on Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
“A small percentage (10%?) of those in the "helping professions" often develop gifts beyond man's five senses. These "gifts" are restricted to those of pure intent, as light and darkness cannot occupy the same space. I first met Helen, a psychiatric nurse, several years ago at the hospital where...
Alive in Christ
A Daily Journey
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
How often do you feel busy? Many times we are hurried from one thing to the next. God wants to encourage us to take the time and focus our attention on the "one needed thing." Is there any security in our future? At a time when the sinking sands of a worldwide economic freefall fill the...
by Tania Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Tania Hernandez has written a book for teachers, parents and all those who care about teaching. Teaching as a calling—teaching in all its forms—is celebrated. Her writing values what lies at the core of teaching and learning—a vibrant reminder to see learners as people. Lisa Graves MD CCFP FCFP...
Hear The Sound
Connecting by heart with our Living Lord
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Jack and Peggy Kennedy are best described by the “two silver trumpets” presented in Numbers 10. The “sound” of these trumpets is for movement of the camp, for leadership communications, for celebration, and for signalling divine help in times of war. Their ministry is all about the “sound...
House Secrets
Breaking the Bonds of Generational Dysfunction
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
They say a house cannot be haunted unless it has a history. How does a home’s dark past affect your feelings and perspectives and how you make decisions? How do house secrets affect your children and grandchildren? Some sins our children deal with are the same that afflicted our parents and infect...
Towards Healing: Book Two
A Book of Comfort and Help for the Hurting
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Within these pages see yourself or someone you know... worship God as you travel through this book of poetry and songs. Written from the heart, to help you to embrace the presence of God in troubled times. Rejoicing in hope, towards healing.
Heather lives in Mississauga, Ontario, with her husband...
The Isle of Knowledge
A Journey of Inspiration and Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
"The Isle of Knowledge is a captivating fable that puts you right in the middle of a magical journey of self-actualization and discovery. I found myself connected to the characters and entertained by the clever way Ceaser uses them to teach us about the KNOW System and useful lessons for...
A Year in Proverbs
A Devotional Response
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
A Year in Proverbs is a 365-day devotional study of Proverbs. Worship and witness are its beating heart. References draw upon literature, art and philosophy, placing everything in the context of Christ.
You are invited to a year-long immersion of Puritan-style thoroughness and immediacy framed...
by Augustus Bridle
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Billy Parker is the quintessential 1960s kid—bursting with energy and an insatiable appetite for adventure. Life revolves around the few square miles of the Don Valley that Billy considers his territory until he makes a discovery that will drag him and his pals into a deepening mystery. The valley...
Suicide Survivorship
The Symbiotic Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
In 2006, Ida Marie Kaufman lost her son to suicide. She learned firsthand the emotional dynamics of death and intense grief that demanded to be resolved. She gives an honest and transparent account of her grief work that brought her from the darkness of despair to a new perspective of her values and...
The Face of Love
A Christian Teacher's Memoir of an Astounding Year in a Deep Ghetto School
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
“I’m going to murder you!” the enraged student roared as he grabbed and shook my desk. His eyes were red with hatred, and his body shook with barely restrained violence. I could get no help…
Herein is merely a sample of the terror I faced almost daily the fateful year...
A Place Called Wallbridge
A History Of The Community Of Wallbridge
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
Alex McNaught was raised on a farm in the community of Wallbridge where he attended the Wallbridge Public School (SS #13 Sidney) and the Wallbridge United Church. He is a graduate of Quinte Secondary School, Belleville and the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., where he earned BPE, BA...
What To Do? What To Do?
A Guide for Newly Retired People
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Written by Sonia Davidson Illustrated by Victoria DeMarco
Sonia and Victoria are friends and neighbours and are retired after successful careers in teaching. They live in Toronto and enjoy travelling, entertaining and volunteering. In retirement they both find they have…lots to do, lots...
by Rolf Leben
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
This book is geared to be a transmission of life’s miracles, small and great, and to set your wheels in motion, going forward on your life’s pathway and with only one purpose in mind: to build your faith and trust in Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our salvation. By revealing myself to you,...