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W.J. Novack

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I live in central Florida, have been married to one beautiful woman for 35 years. We have been blessed with five wonderful children and nine fantastic grandchildren who all call me Papa - a title that has become music to my ears.

I have enjoyed writing for most of my adult life. When I began my long process of recovery from PTSD due to childhood trauma, writing took on a whole new dimension. It allowed me a way to express myself, something I have found difficult or next to impossible with the spoken word. Writing had become way more than something I enjoyed—it became an avenue of healing.

We are all sojourners traveling this road of life together. My greatest literary goals are to glorify God in what I write and to bless my readers—that what ...more

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	Purgatory: Heaven's Healing Waters 4.13 avg rating — 40 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncomfortable : Childhood Sexual Abuse, PTSD, What I Wish I Had Known, & The Cost of Silence. 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Centering Prayer: Meditation & Contemplation 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	"Cosmic Christ": The Voice of the "Serpent" (The oldest lie #1) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Musings of a Fool: A Meditation on the Lord's Prayer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Many people speak of God as being just. I don’t see God in that way. Of course God is just, but He is so much more. The scales will be balanced on the last day, only it will be with the substance and compassion of Christ’s suffering. How many of us feel that we want God to be just and fair when the reality of our lives is that, deep down inside our hearts,

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The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Burden of a Mountain Man: Logan Mountain Man Western Series - Book 4 (A Logan Mountain Man Series)

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When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age Story about a Native American Boy Caught Between Two Worlds

by Hal Borland

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