Books by Michael Fox

What moved Abraham to open his home to his young, self-absorbed nephew, Lot, and later to wage war against a powerful alliance of kings to rescue his young charge? What moved Boaz, a near kinsman of Ruth, to marry her, to lift her up out of poverty? What moved Jesus to empty himself of the nature of God and to take upon himself the nature of man-indeed, the nature of a servant-to surrender his life on the cross to redeem humankind? What moved them was a sense of allegiance. A sense of family. A sense of tribe.

Following the Formula in Beowulf, OErvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien proposes that Beowulf was composed according to a formula.

Do you ache for the consolations of home? Do you feel, at times, a sense of desolation as if you are lost in a wilderness, without a sense of direction or connection? Perhaps you've reached a season where parents and siblings and even the home place are but a fading memory. Perhaps your longing is for a home you never had. Perhaps home for you is an elusive sense of identity, safety, warmth and assurance. This unique little volume might just be your third base coach waving you home. Safe at Home explores origins through the beauty of baseball as metaphor. The author, Michael Fox, is an executive coach, a trainer, a spiritual director, a writer, a reader, a baseball historian, and a graphic designer living in Northeast Louisiana.

It may not be what you think it is. Unless you think it might be an imagined series of brief conversations between Jesus and the Apostle Paul?historical fiction; that takes place on Mount Sinai and within Ancient Israel?s tabernacle; conversations that ultimately answer where?or better, who?are the thin places where heaven and earth intersect. On the other hand, if that?s what you thought it might be, it?s exactly what you think it is.Michael Fox is an executive coach, a trainer, a spiritual director, a writer, a reader, a baseball historian, and a graphic designer living in Northeast Louisiana.

We can touch the part of a person''s body that gets used to sexual rape, but we can''t touch what gets used in emotional rape - the higher emotions of love or trust, for example.Sexual rape is a violation of the human body - emotional rape is a violation of the human soul.This book is about identifying, preventing, and healing emotional rape.It''s about telling victims that they didn''t do anything morally wrong - that they are not to blame for what happened to them and that recovery is possible.It''s about telling victims how they can recover - to become survivors.Only after this underrated trauma is properly identified can survivors begin to heal their wounds. Only when it is discussed honestly and openly can we, as individuals and as a society, act effectively to prevent the spread of this destructive behavior.

A book on your dog behavior and care by one of the most thoughtful writers on animal care and behavior.

Presents an argument for a vegetarian lifestyle. This book addresses vegetarianism's cultural, historical, and philosophical background, and details vegetarianism's impact on one's living and thinking. It is aimed at anyone looking to explore the relationship between dietary choice, lifestyle, and the treatment of animals and the environment.