For more than forty years the Institute for Oral History at Baylor University has dutifully gathered the flesh-and-blood memories of the World War II generation in the state of Texas. Tattooed on My Soul brings together seventeen of the most compelling narratives from Baylor’s extensive collection of more than five thousand interviews. Taken together, these selections provide an authentic and powerful mosaic of those critical years and offer intimate glimpses into the reality and meaning of the war for those who fought it. For them, World War II is more than history. And when they tell their stories, it becomes more than facts and dates, victories and defeats for those who listen. Representing a cross-section of Texas’ population and a wide range of wartime assignments, these recollections reveal the personal perspectives on many events and figures of World War II. On land, in air, and by sea, in the Pacific and in Europe, they fought for America’s future. With the clear ring of authenticity and a surprising immediacy, even after all these years, their stories make a global war personal.

How do you fight despair and learn to meet the world with a loving heart? How do you overcome shame? Stay faithful in spite of failure? No matter where people live or what their circumstances may be, everyone needs boundless, restorative love. Gorgeous and uplifting, Tattoos on the Heart amply demonstrates the impact unconditional love can have on your life. As a pastor working in a neighborhood with the highest concentration of murderous gang activity in Los Angeles, Gregory Boyle created an organization to provide jobs, job training, and encouragement so that young people could work together and learn the mutual respect that comes from collaboration. Tattoos on the Heart is a breathtaking series of parables distilled from his twenty years in the barrio. Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and glowing generosity, these essays offer a stirring look at how full our lives could be if we could find the joy in loving others and in being loved unconditionally. From giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JCPenney fresh out of prison, we learn how to feel worthy of God’s love. From ten-year-old Lula we learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Pedro we understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the darkness. In each chapter we benefit from Boyle’s wonderful, hard-earned wisdom. Inspired by faith but applicable to anyone trying to be good, these personal, unflinching stories are full of surprising revelations and observations of the community in which Boyle works and of the many lives he has helped save. Erudite, down-to-earth, and utterly heartening, these essays about universal kinship and redemption are moving examples of the power of unconditional love in difficult times and the importance of fighting despair. With Gregory Boyle’s guidance, we can recognize our own wounds in the broken lives and daunting struggles of the men and women in these parables and learn to find joy in all of the people around us. Tattoos on the Heart reminds us that no life is less valuable than another.

The souls of men and women have chosen this season in history to speak in a unique and special way. The soul is writing its secrets on the live canvas of the skin with permanent ink... with tattoos. Many see a person covered in tattoos walk by and harbor a snarky and judgmental response, when in fact the tattoos just told a very personal story. The stories of pain, loss, hope, and other sentiments of great importance are revealed on the skin of the wearer. And those without tattoos may very well have missed a loud, yet intimately revealing, message. The first book, God and Tattoos: Why Are People Writing on Themselves? and this new edition, both take a look at the WHY. After 1000 tattoo interviews and several tattoo parlors and conventions across the nation, Dr. Allan Dayhoff shares his research, and his love for his many new tattooed friends.

You may not have a single tattoo on your body—or you may have run out of space for new ones. Either way, God offers something far more permanent than ink on skin. In Isaiah 43, God declares eternal promises of His love ... four tattoos for your soul: You Are Mine I Will Be With You I Love You I Created You for My Glory Engraved by the hand of the Master, these soul tattoos will never fade.

Robert Paul had a best friend... (The boy-girl with the dangling earing), they were truly best friends. They used to live walking distance away and would hang out all the time. But times change as people do and people move as well... geographically. Robert did not see his friend as much as he used to but they stayed in touch. They considered each other brothers. Every time they would meet Robert Paul would have a new story for his "Brother"... One day his "Brother" yelled at him and told him to

When twelve-year-old Mary Walker's parents are killed in a tragic car accident, her perfect world comes crashing down around her. Over the years, Mary strives to heal from the tragedy by learning to appreciate the little things in life. She soon realizes all she wants is to fall in love and be happy. But misfortune visits her again when Mary's storybook romance is shattered by her husband's affair and the death of her only child.Mary must find the strength to rise above her grief and break an ancient family curse, before it's too late. However, when Mary discovers there is a malevolent force preventing the curse from being destroyed, she must find a way to defeat it before it silences her forever, thereby dooming her family to endless torment.

Thug Mentality Exposed was written by Rayford Johnson, a retired correctional counselor for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where the book takes center stage. Johnson is a credentialed and certified gang specialist, a life skills instructor, a Christian minister who specializes in praying for healing and deliverance for people and a photojournalist for over thirty years while freelancing for entertainment publications, celebrity award shows and television entertainment outlets, such as BET. Johnson brings his wealth of knowledge and eye-opening experiences that reveal the satanic, ritualistic, dark side of the entertainment industry and introduces compelling, spiritual solutions in this book, which encompasses introducing principles and truths that give the reader hope in good overcoming evil. This book will give you a deeper understanding and revelation of the scientific and witchcraft methods being utilized by big corporations for profit, thus, driving mainstream humanity to crave for more of the immorality that is promoted in the compromised entertainment industry. You will hear about seventy graphic, genuine inmate stories that capture raw, honest footage from a mixture of gang members, Satanists, pimps, drug dealers, former honor students and pastor’s kids. Their testimonies are compelling, revealing and worth its weight in gold! Thug Mentality Exposed takes the reader all the way back to the ancient root of Thug Mentality—to India’s infamous and notorious Thuggee Tribe. As you familiarize yourself with the way a thug thinks and operates through the hearts and minds of these inmates you will gain a greater understanding of this wayward lifestyle that deceives so many young people and leaves them broken and emotionally bankrupt. Your journey will take you to the current gang, street, and drug trends. You will learn dark, occultic truths about the music industry that are hidden from the general public. You will delve into how the entertainment and ad industry utilizes scientific and occultic information and methods to manipulate and change one’s belief system without the individual even being aware of it. Other riveting topics featured in this mysterious book include: • The occult’s historical roots • Music’s influence on human behavior, including back-masking • Learning about how pimps think and operate • The influence of the homosexual movement in thug culture, and much more! The book also has a life-skills, personal development segment, which has been utilized as curriculum by correctional, drug treatment, and youth programs across the United States.