Somewhere along the way it became a machine. Hierarchical. Industrial. A pew-packing complex built to fill seats faster than people slip out the back door.

A licensed therapist, a former CEO, and a man who left the machine, David Dennis offers a compass—not a verdict—to the leaders running it, the laity sustaining it, and the lost sheep who walked out the door it built. “A movement does not need pews. It needs a table,” he says.

Suddenly alone, with injuries that will never heal, Abe wakes from his coma to unrelenting pain and an ominous question. Does he have the strength, or even a reason, to fight on? Can he build a new life for himself? A legacy for the son he saved?

Abe chooses to fight, winning respect and even love, creating for others the refuge and healing that he is denied.

But his secret treasure, like his quiet life, is ultimately lost to time and buried in the ruins of war.

Lost, that is, until his great-great-granddaughter finds herself on the suddenly-crowded trail of his hidden story.

A devastating automobile accident left Mary K. Hoodhood permanently paralyzed—facing a future she never imagined. What followed was not the end of her story, but the beginning of a remarkable life.

In What I Can Do, Mary K. shares lessons from more than four decades living as a quadriplegic—with courage, clarity, humor, and faith.