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Alex Parkview

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Born

in Batavia, The United States

Website

https://alexparkview.carrd.co/

Genre

Spirituality, Nonfiction, Mental Health Trauma/recovery

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March 2012

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Alex Parkview is a combat veteran of the U.S. Army, single dad to two grown daughters, proud polyjamorous genre-smasher, and survivor who finds truth in heavy riffs, buried scriptures, trail dust, and the small anchors that keep showing up each day.

His writing—blunt memoirs and sermon-style reflections—lays bare moral injury, PTSD recovery, chronic pain, fatherhood, and scandalously simple grace. The "From the Ruins" series (Cathedral of Scars, Doors Wide in the Ruins, Letters from the Ruins, Altars in the Ruins) builds altars from wreckage, while standalone works like Hearing the Echoes, Broken Mirrors, Steady Ground, and This Too Shall Pass? offer honest words for invisible wounds that don't heal linearly.

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	Cathedral of Scars: Fifteen Sermons from the Ruins That Became Sanctuary 4.78 avg rating — 9 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
	This Too Shall Pass?: Honest Words for Moral Injury it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
	Broken Mirrors, Steady Ground 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 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
	Coming Home to the Father: A 365-Day Devotional Journey into Belovedness, Rest, and Eternal Union 4.60 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
	Letters from the Ruins: Mercy for Every Wounded Heart it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 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
	Doors Wide in the Ruins: 20 Sermons from the Sanctuary That Never Closes 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 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
	Altars in the Ruins: Twenty-Five Sermons from the Ruins Redeemed by Grace it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	How TF Do I Even...?: Relearning Life Outside the Uniform it was amazing 5.00 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
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Why I Write: The Stories I Needed as a Veteran (And Still Wish Existed)

When I left the service and stepped back into civilian life, I searched for books that would tell me the truth about what came next. Not the polished recruitment brochures or the feel-good veteran memoirs that wrap everything in red, white, and blue. I wanted something unflinching—something that admitted the transition isn't a clean break, but a long, uneven road with ambushes waiting in the quiet Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 15, 2026 11:53 • Tags: faith, memoir, military-nonfiction, nonfiction, ptsd, spirituality, transition, veterans

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Alex Parkview made a comment on Atlas’s review of Doors Wide in the Ruins: 20 Sermons from the Sanctuary That Never Closes (From the Ruins) " I thank you for the honest take. All I ever ask or hope for is honesty and I'm glad that some of it landed with you despite it not being your usual cu ...more "
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Alex Parkview made a comment on his status " Critiquing wrote: "Thanks for the heads up. I will check them out. Appreciate you." No worries. If you check my catalog on Amazon I think one of my ser ...more "
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