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St. Francis parishioners and friends of St. Francis, your copy of Fr. David’s first book is ready for pick up. Please pay for your copy by clicking the button below or bring a check to the parish office when you come by to pick up your book. Since 70 people have signed up to get a copy, please contact me if you want more than one copy. (I printed 100 copies). I just want to make sure that everyone who reserved a copy gets their book. Once your payment has been received, I will leave the book(s) with the receptionist at the church office with your name on it.
Please note that after printing cost, proceeds from the sale of this book. as per Fr. David, will go to St. Anthony Friary in Petersburgh Florida.
If you are paying by check, please make it out to Diogenes Ruiz and leave it at the front desk or mail it to: Diogenes Ruiz / 217 Woods Ream Dr. / Raleigh / NC / 27615.
If you will be paying with cash, please have the receptionist call me and I will meet you in the Welcome Center or you can put the cash in an envelope and leave it for me at the front desk. (You can also call me and I will meet you at the front desk.)
If you need the book shipped to you, please add $3.50 for shipping. It will be sent via USPS.
Books 2 and 3 are being prepared for print. I will send you an email when they are available.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: As a Franciscan priest I believe that we are called to pray with our eyes opened onto the world. These reflections in verse (I dare not call them poetry) are my attempt to put into words what I have experienced and how I have responded to the glory of God shining through the world. My prayer for those who peruse or read this book is this: As the LORD blesses and keeps you, may you bless and keep others, May you be the face and graciousness of the LORD in the world, May you give the peace of the LORD to all you meet.
Fr. Steve Kluge’s second book of poetry features a collection of poems that will resonate with you and provide wonderful glimpses into many common themes as seen through the eyes of a gifted man of God with a wonderful focus on the extraordinary in the ordinary.
NEW: Mustard Seeds From a Parish Priest is Fr. Steve Kluge’s third book of poetry. It features richly sharp and witty one liners which provide statements upon which one can further contemplate.
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NEW: Teeny Tiny Toni and the Terrible What-Ifs was written to help children and their caregivers understand and manage anxiety. Follow along with Toni as she discovers and uses tools that help her conquer her anxiety-generating What-If thoughts.
REVIEW: “A Rabbit’s Tale offers a wonderfully funny, and at times laugh-out-loud hilarious, story of ingenious twists and turns. The author has assembled a rich cast of characters, sympathetically drawn in the case of hero Juan Arias and dastardly villainous as personified by Monty McPride, who messes things up in grand fashion. The array of humanity in these pages spans the spectrum of likeable to detestable.
The storyline is a roller-coaster ride of humorous flashes of comedy and touching moments of tender pathos. Its many twists and surprises kept me guessing about how seemingly unrelated events would weave together…
I especially enjoyed the story’s outrageous central premise, a leap of fantasy based on a stupendous “what-if.” Juan’s trials and tribulations are those of an everyman, an ordinary and decent fellow who dresses up as the Easter Bunny for a kids’ party and has a medical emergency which catapults the antics into high gear.
Highly creative, wildly imaginative, tremendously enjoyable — this tall tale has the makings of a classic.” ~John Howard Prin
ABOUT: In spite of his good looks and popularity with the ladies, Fr. Oliver wants to serve God, but keeps getting kicked out of churches where he is assigned. He sees things he shouldn’t be able to see. If he speaks of them, people will die. After a gun-toting stranger pays him a visit and demands to be baptized, Oliver is thrust into a world of evil unlike anything he could have imagined. What can one man do against a tsunami of evil no one else seems to notice as it seeps into the fabric of the Catholic church and infects the souls of thousands of unborn children?
REVIEW: I recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense, surprising twists and knowing that good conquers evil. This book held me hostage until I finished. It provides an important message of faith and opportunities for forgiveness in our lives. It reminds us of the choices we are faced and how they affect every aspect of our lives and those whom we live and love. Well done!
REVIEW: I really liked this book! It kept me up until 4:30 am, reading it. Then when I got up I had to finish it.
Music Catalog 1: Drum Prophet
Music Catalog 2: Diogenes Ruiz