Books by Steve Baker

Brain-talk Meets God-talk is a story that begins in Egypt's Eastern Desert.In Part 1, it's the year AD 356, and a wise old Christian fights his last spiritual battle in the darkness of the desert. Then time-leap forward to this decade in the United States and observe a Christian in Iowa fighting clinical depression.Discover the connection between the men. Get ready for the hope found in a gift that links them, though they are 1,600 years apart in time and thousands of miles distant in culture and country. They both find serenity and climb out of despair.Brain-talk Meets God-talk is primarily an instruction manual.Part 2 is the majority of the book with step-by-step teaching of how to find serenity with a new type of Christian meditation that counters depression and anxiety.Included are 19 illustrations that show HOW to meditate.There are 18 Daily Focus meditations with Scriptures that focus on the attributes of God, and each Daily Focus can be used twice to give the reader 36 consecutive days to develop new neural paths and override old and erroneous thinking about God.There are no controversial doctrines nor does it borrow techniques from Eastern religions. There is a clear focus to honor the Trinity as the reader purposefully and safely make changes in the brain to experience neuroplasticity.Steps 1-5 teach the method. Follow clear step-by-step directions. Merge neurology and theology. Enjoy over 30 days of Daily Focus scripts for meditation. Cultivate serenity for 20 minutes every day to begin a lifetime of health for the brain.

Explores how human beings use animals and images of animals to define themselves--and how those depictions interfere with our abilities to understand the true nature of animals.

Explores the intriguing and manifold uses of animal imagery in modern and contemporary art.