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A reflection on the strange, gentle spark that keeps showing up even when the road is dim.

Introduction: Hope as a soft, stubborn light

Hope isn’t a thunderclap. It’s a soft light tucked into the chest, a whisper that says: not yet, but perhaps. It arrives in ordinary moments—an unexpected smile, a friend’s message, a small act of kindness—and it reframes what seems to be loss or exhaustion. The wonder of hope is that it can grow in places that feel almost empty, turning even a narrow corridor...

Ah, yes, it was fun and frustrating at the same time. My interest in producing an audiobook was piqued five years ago when I began following Derek Doepker creator of Audiobooks Made Easy. They still aren't, but it was a nice side hobby to explore.

A year ago, I laid the audiobook track down in 19 different files in a free app called Audacity, but then came the real challenge with audiobooks. Editing. My radio background had me working with magnetic recording tape and razor blades to make...

After all the drama surrounding Covid settled down in 2022, I entered a new season of life, started reweaving, cutting up, and revising stories I had already written, and birthed a new series, An Odyssey of Hope.

I captured a new vision as I began to grasp how I was called to write my story to a new audience with a new author “voice.”

I had struggled with faith throughout my life. Sometimes, it burned bright, other times the light dimmed, sometimes it went out totally leaving me in total...

I have to say this past decade has been a whirlwind journey since I first published Beyond the Horizon: A Memoir January of 2015.

2025 was not only declared the Jubilee of Hope by the late Pope Francis, but just three months before I was working through writer's block and resistance, confused about the direction I should take with my double length book.

I was a member of a Christian Writer's Group that met over Zoom every Monday morning. The title of the group was Momentum, yes designed to...

The day after Christmas and the peace that remains.

We had a fun Christmas, the four of us, playing games in the morning and reading my wife's diary of the first days of my daughter's birth and adventures in our household.

The day after she was baptized at four months, the landlord showed up at our doorstep and gave us a 30 day notice to vacate as the house was going to be demolished to make way for a new apartment building project.

Yeah, 25 years a memories are beyond that, stretching faith...

The Second Key to Overcoming Loss: Be Ready to Let Go

Loss is an inevitable part of life, and it often leaves us feeling broken and uncertain. However, the journey of healing begins with a vital step: letting go. This blog post explores the importance of standing on your own two feet and embracing the journey ahead, much like the Phoenix rising from the ashes.

Understanding Loss and the Need to Let Go

• The Nature of Loss: Loss can take many forms—death, relationships, jobs, or dreams. Each...

Embracing Change After Loss

Hey everyone!

Today, I want to share some thoughts on a powerful key to overcoming loss. It's important to realize that change has occurred. When we experience loss, we often find ourselves in a world that feels different—because it is!

Here are a few reflections:

• Acceptance of Change:
  • Acknowledge that things will never be the same. This realization can be tough, but it’s also a pathway to healing.
• Positive Perspective:
  • Change doesn’t have to be negative. It can...

Key Publications was born many years ago, actually when I attended college at Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Mo.

I had big dreams back then I guess. Actually, Key Publications has always been a vision of mine, a key to unlock the universe's secrets.

I remember the day that I heard the track on my Kansas album, Questions of my Childhood. I guess I always had many questions, but that is when I discovered the golden key.

"Can you get me through these changes?

Well I sure don't know about...

And so it begins.

Clearing off the clutter of past publications and announcing my Odyssey of Hope memoir series.

The debut entry Rising Beyond Hope: Crisis of Faith will be released January 2026 in ebook, paperback, and audiobook.

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A boy’s world unravels in the turbulence of grief, adolescence, and shattered faith—but from the ashes of loss, he discovers a hope that refuses to die. Rising Beyond Hope is a powerful memoir of one man’s journey through crisis to unexpected grace....