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Alex Parkview

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Born

in Batavia, The United States

Website

https://alexparkview.allauthor.com

Genre

Spirituality, Nonfiction, Mental Health Trauma/recovery

Influences

Tim O'Brien, Karl Marlantes, Brenning Manning, Elaine Pagels, Phil Kla ...more

Member Since

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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Average rating: 4.38 · 89 ratings · 48 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	Broken Mirrors, Steady Ground 4.14 avg rating — 14 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
	Cathedral of Scars: Fifteen Sermons from the Ruins That Became Sanctuary 4.80 avg rating — 10 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
	Letters from the Ruins: Mercy for Every Wounded Heart really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 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
	This Too Shall Pass?: Honest Words for Moral Injury 4.20 avg rating — 10 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
	Out of the Darkness: A No BS Guide to Shadow Work for People Who Can't Answer the Damn Prompts 4.86 avg rating — 7 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 4.50 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
	How TF Do I Even...?: Relearning Life Outside the Uniform 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	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
	Doors Wide in the Ruins: 20 Sermons from the Sanctuary That Never Closes 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Religion or Relationship: The Truth About Christianity 4.20 avg rating — 5 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

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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 is now friends with Wendy Boling
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Alex Parkview liked N.L. Mayers's review of Religion or Relationship: The Truth About Christianity: "Religion or relationship - this is what it comes down to for every single Christ-follower who spiritually understands the difference between a corporate experience and an honest walk with Christ day-by-day. The author struggled with PTSD (and probabl" Read more of this review »
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Alex Parkview made a comment on N.L. Mayers’s review of Religion or Relationship: The Truth About Christianity " The follow up "Relationship Restores the Church" actually addresses a lot of these points :) ...more "
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Alex Parkview made a comment on Basil Sparks’s review of Religion or Relationship: The Truth About Christianity " You'll be happy to know that I actually wrote a follow-up based on your review. "Relationship Restores the Church" ...more "
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Alex Parkview liked Basil Sparks's review of Religion or Relationship: The Truth About Christianity: "THOUGHT PROVOKING Alex Parkview's, 'Religion or Relationship: The Truth about Christianity ' caught my attention. I have always contended that if we got loving God and loving others right, the Church would look very different from what it often does. " Read more of this review »
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