Showing results by publisher "Kharis Publishing" in Biographies & Memoirs

Jim Valekis’ The Christian in the Cult: And How I Discovered Humanity in Christ uses the author’s life story to take us deep inside the culture of the Greek Orthodox Church, Herbert Armstrong’s Worldwide Church of God, and modern Evangelicalism. After journeying through three versions of “the only true church,” Valekis deftly invites his listeners to join him in his ongoing discovery of humanity in Christ and what it can mean for the church and the world.

Charlotte Thomason endured unspeakable sexual, physical, and emotional abuse at the hands of her parents and other family members throughout her childhood. What Kind of Love is this? Finding God in the Darkness follows Charlotte as she guides her granddaughter, Angel, through her chaotic life. As the story unfolds, Charlotte is mired in doubt that anyone could love her, let alone God, and her life is torn apart by sexual addiction and mental illness. She realizes her life depends on remembering, accepting God's love, and learning to cope with her forgotten childhood trauma.

Letters from a WWII Airman: How his faith sustained him, is the true story of one of those men from what we acknowledge as “the “Greatest Generation”. Like so many who experienced war, Ken Hathaway (1918-2001) was reluctant to talk about those experiences, but the letters and scrapbooks he left behind contained information that, when pieced together, provided a compelling story.

Blue House: Ten Years on the Way Home tells the struggles, traumas and tragedies of a family in the former USSR during Stalin’s reign, pre-WWII. Dispossessed of the happy home and wealth they built through their own sweat and labor, they were forced to withstand horrors and hardships as their daily bread…when there was any bread

Anyone who loves somebody suffering from addiction should pick up Mitchum and Denofio’s 2022 biography, Addicted to Hope: a chronicle of Michelle Mulledy’s life as the wife of an addict.

On August 15, 2014, I received a phone call that would forever change my life. My husband of 19 years, Larry, and only child, nine-year-old Landon, had just died in a plane crash. This is my survival story. I say survival because at times I thought I would die of a broken heart. Although this story is the raw, vulnerable truth of grief, my survival is anchored in hope and faith that was shaken to its core. God met me right where I was and walked with me on the most difficult and burdensome journey of my life. My prayer is that my story helps pave the path for others on this journey.

Once There Was a Girl is the poignant true story of Wendy, a young black woman struggling to grow up in a housing project in New Orleans. Facing abject poverty, rampant crime, and formidable challenges, she believes against all hope that she will somehow survive. Her mother teaches her how to pray - and pray she does - even when all hope of a better life seems fleeting and perhaps impossible. As time passes, Wendy struggles to not give up, and fervently asks God to perform a miracle and deliver her from the projects to the world she hopes and dreams of.

Written by a three times cancer survivor, this audiobook is a must-listen for anyone facing and fighting cancer as well as for their caregivers. Called from a scientific background into Christian ministry, Philip has the ideal background to furnish valuable factual advice and spiritual counsel to his listeners. He shares candidly about how God helped him overcome malignant melanoma and prostate cancer and about his present struggles against multiple myeloma. Philip sees no conflict between receiving medical treatment and exercising faith in God for healing.

This is the chronicle of every believer: a relationship with Jesus. He loves us and we are learning to love him. He cares for my life in this world. He is involved with the details of my life. He is very near. Yes, that includes me. His supernatural, life-changing miracles transform me into his servant, his friend, his bride.

This book is about faith and hope. The old-fashioned kind of faith we have almost forgotten. Benji Evans had only been married a few years when he began a long and dark path of illness. Most people would have given up, but not Benji and his family. This journey is told through the eyes of Benji’s wife, Davina his mother, sister, as well as a great friend that is a doctor. Their community in rural Oklahoma prayed, helped, and refused to believe God would abandon Benji.

In Worthington’s book, Ultra Productive, he details the tried and true methods of hard work, consistency, and discipline. In his compelling memoir, Worthington takes you through the trials and tribulations he faced during his college years and shows the path to a more purpose-driven life - one that allows the listener to get ahead, overcome any obstacle they face, and ultimately, graduate from college debt-free!

Victorious records the true story of a little girl's battle with an aggressive brain tumor through the personal lens of her mother’s journal. Told primarily through direct journal entries, listeners are ushered into the heart of a mother whose world is shattered overnight when her previously healthy 10-week-old daughter is diagnosed with a rare brain tumor.

Follow the unique story of a young woman who suffered through five uncontrollable brain hemorrhages and brain surgery that left her paralyzed. Gain insight and perspective from her and her family as she chose to embark on the fight of her life to regain independence. Hard times are inevitable, but you have control over how you react to them. Learn how to change your perspective and feel empowered amid your toughest battles. Learn how to control an uncontrollable situation. Learn how to be Head Strong.

What would happen if we were bold enough to let Jesus heal us, redeem even the darkest parts of our lives, and give others hope that he will do the same for them? Your story is the key that will unlock others into their healing, freedom, and deliverance.

His Eye Is on the Sparrow recounts the remarkable journey of Juhn Joong Ki, from a polio-stricken Korean orphan to the resilient figure of faith, David Pearman. Despite abandonment and abuse in Korea and America, his story is a powerful testament to the human spirit's ability to overcome adversity through faith and forgiveness. David invites listeners to find echoes of their own stories within his words.

BUT...GOD Gave Me a Pencil is an autobiographical memoir in which Dr. Rhonda Richmond explores her transformative journey from being abandoned by her mother to accepting her autism and learning disabilities in reading, writing, and math. Despite being functionally illiterate when she graduated high school, Dr. Richmond developed a pathway to literacy and began teaching her own children to read and write. Working with her children supported her creation of a new way to teach literacy skills, which helped her as a special education teacher and principal.

Author Julie Fillinger says, “As long as there’s pain and suffering in the world, there’s a need for us to tell our stories, and this is mine.” In Courage to Live Julie shares the raw, honest story of her survival after the death of her oldest son. She describes her grief journey during which she discovered joy and sorrow can coexist and God’s grace is sufficient. She shares practical ways she managed her grief, and discusses what others did and did not do to help during her journey.

As I watched the flames dance across the twilight sky, consuming everything in their path, I realized they represented my life. In my pursuit of pleasure and partying, I had ignited an addiction worse than any forest fire. After five arrests, a dozen allegations, a v-squad of cop cars chasing me down center street, and years of worshipping all the wrong things led me to the brink of death, I finally found hope in life.

Known as "the feisty one," young Barbara will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her younger siblings from the predators in their lives. Her experiences are extraordinary—from countless nights sleeping under a clawfoot tub to evade her abuser to witnessing the burning of an interracial couple. Though the self-appointed protector of her mother from various abusers, those lessons were not always applied as she pursued her own adult relationships.

As David Motte states in The Gift of Blarney, “God wants to be involved in our lives. We have the freedom to choose His involvement or ignore His presence every day.” That was never truer than on April 20, 2018, at the 600-year-old Blarney Castle in County Cork Ireland. That day, David received a gift more precious than wishes from kissing the Blarney Stone. In fact, he never reached the stone! While climbing the castle steps, he suffered a cardiac arrest, collapsed, and had no heartbeat for 15 minutes. Yet David is alive!