title: Draw Close to the Fire: Finding God in the Darkness
author:  Terry Wardle 
description: Draw Close to the Fire is starkly personal and authentic. Wardle shows us how to find God and our own wholeness by embracing emotional pain rather than running from it. In so doing he is not just telling us what works for him. He is standing on the shoulders of the wisest people in history. --Dr. Robert E. Coleman, Director, Billy Graham Institute on Evangelism, Wheaton College&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best book I have read in a long time. I will be recommending it to everyone I know. Wardle's honesty and realistic approach are both refreshing and disarming. --Robert S. McGee, author of The Search for Significance, and founder of the Rapha Treatment Centers<br /><br />Draw Close to the Fire is starkly personal and authentic. Wardle shows us how to find God and our own wholeness by embracing emotional pain rather than running from it. In so doing he is not just telling us what works for him. He is standing on the shoulders of the wisest people in history. --Dr. Robert E. Coleman, Director, Billy Graham Institute on Evangelism, Wheaton College
zlib_text: Pools of Darkness
  
  Book 2 of The Pool Trilogy
  
  By James M. Ward and Anne K. Brown
  
  Scanned, formatted and proofed by BW-SciFi  
  Ebook version 1.0  
  Release Date: November, 4th, 2003
  
  
  PROLOGUE
  
  
  "Not again! It won't happen again!"  
  Eyes ablaze with uncontrolled fire, the god sprayed bolts of lightning on all
  who cringed before him. Those that missed showered through the sky and onto
  the innocent and unsuspecting population of Faerun. Merchants, farmers, and
  mothers with small children ran for cover.  
  "I've played by the rules. I've organized, I've attracted worshipers, I've
  even granted a few of them special privileges! I'm getting nowhere in this
  realm and I'm fed up."  
  The god slammed his fist on the arm of his throne. As he glared at those
  assembled around him, his eyes sent waves of fear among the creatures who
  looked on.  
  "Something must be done! I will not lose one more worshiper! What is it going
  to take for those pathetic humans to respect and fear me? Any ideas?" he
  hissed