DREAMS in the DISTANCE on KindleDive right into this story dodging German bombs on the first day of the London Blitz Charge forward through clouds of sand as Panzer tanks advance in North Africa, but who’s that wee chap? Get your fangs out Ace in a dog fight with Jerry fighters after escorting Yank bombers over Berlin Then . . . WWII is over it’s 1952 . . . five young people—two ingénues & three veterans—set about choosing the paths toward their dreams in the distance. But what voicesRead more “ATTN: Gen Y & Zers & Cool Gen Xers & Baby Boomers — Kindle Alert”
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What Voices Influence Your Choices?
Do you hear voices? I do. If we’re honest, we’ll admit we all hear voices—those conflicting inner voices inside our heads. They whisper or SHOUT. And, even have names. Sometimes they sound like your mom or dad repeating messages of Encouragement or Ridicule. Or maybe scripture you had to memorize speaks Wisdom. Conscience usually takes on a still small voice. Culture booms so loud in our minds making its messages impossible to ignore.
On this site we’ll learn more about the voices from people who know how to defeat or welcome them. You’ll have an opportunity to share your struggles and solutions. It’s our choice, who will we listen to? Join me. You never know whom you might meet.
Book 1 of the Choice Series
Faced with your greatest choices, how do you know which one is right?
It is 1952 Britain. The war is over, but not the personal battles for beautiful Lily Whitely; brilliant Phila Claiborne; blueblood Hugh Claiborne; brave Ollie Ogilvie; and beguiling Dan McCauley.
But they have an enemy more insidious than they could ever have imagined, one bent on destroying their dreams – and their souls.
They find themselves tangled in a web of personal crises and deception, in London and Oxford, where they encounter angels, dark whispers, and choices that will change their lives forever.
Infused with the influences (and appearances) of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, Nan Rinella has crafted a powerful tale about the decisions we make (and where those decisions take us) that will delight readers far beyond their expectations.
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A Hobbit in Narnia
What? If you’re a J. R. R. Tolkien & C. S. Lewis fan, you get the gist. Once upon a time (2004), this petite down-to-earth journalist ventured into “The Fantastic Worlds of C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien” (a C.S. Lewis Foundation, CSLF, event)— my own personal Narnia (a world inhabited with academic scholars—elves, so to speak). I went forth in fear and trembling after reading the academic tomes of some of the speakers. Once there, I found a home-away-from-home. In 2009 the CSLF president invited me to direct its Texas retreats.
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The Making of The Choice
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien
Songs about Voices & Choices
The Turquoise Traveler
Coming Soon in 2020
Hopes on the Horizon
Book 2 of The Choice Series
It’s the New Year 1953. The Second World War has been over for eight years. But the war for the souls of Hugh Claiborne, Ollie Ogilvie, and Dan McCauley rages on. Dreams in the Distance revealed that this enemy has a range of weapons so insidious and deadly—and, oh so very subtle—aimed at infiltrating their minds intent on defeating their hopes. In Hopes on the Horizon the battle continues for these veterans and the young ingénues, Lily Whitely and Phila Claiborne.
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