Teddy Jones

Marva Cope, the fourth novel in the Jackson's Pond, Texas Series, brings new elements to the story of the small town in the Texas Panhandle. Marva arrives as the new postmaster in 2017. She brings with her a lifetime of hesitancy to open herself to others. It is here, while living with her elder Aunt Violet, that she comes to appreciate the value of true friendships. With new relationships, long walks, and conversations with herself, she comes to terms with her difficult past . . .the loss of a beloved teenaged brother in a tragic farm accident, her father's death from a broken heart, and a distant mother who had no love for the young teenager. Troubled teenage years followed as a flawed young man lures her to New Mexico, then leaves her alone with their newborn daughter. With her newfound courage of trusting others as friends, she reconnects with her daughter, and a college dorm-mate she had deserted in years past. In Jackson's Pond, she finds the ability to consider what to do with the rest of her life.

In Making It Home, the third novel in the Jackson's Pond, Texas series, Melanie Jackson is haunted by learning of the Ku Klux Klan murder of an African American man on Jackson Ranch in 1920. Now, in 2014, a modern-day Klan group led by Justin Reese, a neighboring rancher, builds a center for racist and criminal activity on his property. Danger in the area escalates from vandalism to cross-burning; slaughter of prime livestock; homophobic threats against Melanie and Ray's son, Chris Banks, and his partner, Andrew Mullins; domestic violence and a subsequent rescue of Justin Reese's wife and children; and kidnapping of the Havlicek and Montoya children. In the midst of this stormy period, Melanie accedes to her mother, Willa Jackson's, wishes and gives her away in marriage to her long-time companion, Robert Stanley, who has become Melanie's ally as she forges a path to reconciliation with the family of Lincoln Berryhill, the man killed in 1920. She finds strength and resolve as she enlists her mother; her daughter, Claire Havlicek; her African American friend and colleague, Dolores Montoya; and others to atone for the near-century-old murder and assure safety and harmony in present day Jackson's Pond.

Teddy Jones earlier novel, Jackson's Pond, Texas, began the saga of the Jackson family. Now, Slanted Light continues their tale. Claire Havlicek's late night call brings her brother Chris Banks from his home in New Mexico back to the town that bears their family name, Jackson's Pond. She's collapsed under the weight of threats to her thirteen year marriage that have undermined her confidence and her will. Her husband, J.D., responds to seduction by a woman in need; theft and the threat of a forced buyout jeopardize Claire's two clinics; drought imperils their ranch and cattle business; a teenage daughter turns to bulimia. When Claire admits her limits, her grandmother, Willa Jackson, and the other members of her family help her learn that being human, weaknesses and all, can be the source of strength and joy.

Teddy Jones offers us a trenchant analysis from God's word spoken to the prophet Obadiah and through the New Testament books of Philemon, II John, III John and Jude Pastor, Lecturer, Mentor and Theologian. Let's Major in The Minors offers readers the following benefits: * It is an excellent personal and corporate Bible Study Guide. * It is ideal for use as a textbook * It adds qualitatively to serious Christian thinking and application. * It offers us no respite from dealing with injustice and other evils * It confronts and challenges us, as God would, to treat with the issues of our times as He would. It focuses on the sin of pride in all the ways in which it presents itself in the life of persons including God's people. * It warns of the dangers and deadly venom of pride. * It talks about relationships and an antidote to social sicknesses as it explores Philemon and the Johannine corpus and Jude

The Marks and Blessings of the Crucified LifeIs suffering still a mark of true discipleship in the 21st Century?The Crucified Life serves as a reminder to the church community that the cross remains the centre of the Christian faith. In a day when there is the downplaying of pain, suffering and discipline, it as a clarion call to return the faith to its primary claims, that faith in Jesus Christ, the One crucified at Calvary, is the only way of salvation and the only way to remain in right relationship with God.In this book, Pastor and Seminary Lecturer, Rev. Napoleon Black looks seriously at the enemies to the life that pleases God. In this book you will discover: A fresh message and outlook on the crucifixionThe place of suffering, surrender and self-denial in the Christian lifeThe marks and blessings of the crucified lifeHow to experience the freedom and victory that come with living the crucified life. The Crucified Life is for the Christian who wants to get a better understanding of his faith and go deeper in his faith. It serves as an apologia against some of those new-age type notions that have seeped into the Christian faith. It is a very useful resource to pastors and church leaders to prepare their congregations to understand the cross and the new life in Christ.ABOUT THE AUTHORNapoleon St. Patrick Black has been serving on the pastoral team of Maverley Gospel Hall in Kingston, Jamaica since 2002. He is an adjunct lecturer at the Jamaica Theological Seminary, lecturing in disciplines including critical thinking and philosophy. Napoleon has been married to Aneita for over thirty years. They are parents to two children and two grandchildren. His passion is reading and research. He is an unrepentant Arsenal fan.

Farm and ranch women are the heart of an important American institution, agriculture. Their strength is a critical resource for their families and communities. This book offers those women their own special prescription for health and well-being in one hundred small doses. Some "capsules" remind of care to be taken daily, some to be taken regularly, others to take as needed, several to give to family and friends and still more to apply to the community. Reading this book won't make you immediately "feel good" like a warm beverage or a serving of your mother's best meal. It won't always bring a tear of nostalgia to the eye or a longing for the good old days. But like a good tonic, these capsules of advice and encouragement will stimulate you. You'll find essays that will boost your morale. Others will prompt you to be grateful. Several instruct about health matters. And some will even make you laugh. There's no better prescription than that, is there? Teddy Jones, R.N., Ph.D., is a Family Nurse Practitioner. Before she and her husband began farming his family's land near Friona, Texas, she was a Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, in Lubbock, Texas. Growing up in a rural town in central North Texas, she spent lots of happy times with cousins on their families' wheat and dairy farms. Those experiences and her admiration for those who farm and ranch prompted her to develop and teach elective courses in Rural Health Nursing. That same interest spurred her to develop the concept for her health promotion column, "In The Middle Of It All," which appears monthly in "The Farmer Stockman." She practices part-time as a Nurse Practitioner in New Mexico and writes when she's not helping with the farm work. Sue Jane Sullivan, B.S.Ed., teaches in the only school in the only town in Borden County, Texas. That rural school is not far from the area where she grew up, surrounded by ranches, farms and oil wells. Like most people in farming and ranching areas, she can and does fill many roles. She teaches English, Spanish, history and government and coaches Interscholastic League literary events including debate, journalism, and spelling. She's a free-lance newspaper writer and her newsletter, "A New Song," is a regular source of encouragement for the special group of friends for whom she publishes it. A major inspiration for her work is her maternal grandmother who was widowed at 41, during the Great Depression. She managed to keep and operate the family farm and raise five children long before the term single parent was invented.

Elinor Delight Gregg, R.N., the first Supervisor of Nurses for the Indian Service, holds the microphone and begins to speak. Her memories--vivid with details of 80 years of an independent woman's life of adventure, frustration, triumphs, and personal commitment to caring--begin to fill the first tape. She wonders how the two University of New Mexico nursing students, Melody Johnson and Alice Fryer, can possibly benefit from what she has to say. Her stories tell of times far before they were born--of miles she traveled through World War I, on Indian Reservations, in Washington, D.C., and all the journeys between and since. But as always, since she's agreed to help, she will.Melody and Alice want to learn from Elinor's experiences, but conflicts and questions about marriage, the Vietnam War, commitment, women's roles, adventure, and about the type of nurses they'll become threaten to distract them. Can Elinor Gregg help them find answers? And, once when they visit her in Santa Fe, another question arises--what is the purpose of the basket full of stones "Aunt El" keeps near her chair?This thoroughly researched true biography set within a fictional relationship between Elinor Gregg and two University of New Mexico nursing students in the summer of 1966 will instruct readers interested in nursing, gerontology, history, and the Women's Movement, and will fascinate the general reader who enjoys a good story.

Elinor Delight Gregg, R.N., the first Supervisor of Nurses for the Indian Service, holds the microphone and begins to speak. Her memories--vivid with details of 80 years of an independent woman's life of adventure, frustration, triumphs, and personal commitment to caring--begin to fill the first tape. She wonders how the two University of New Mexico nursing students, Melody Johnson and Alice Fryer, can possibly benefit from what she has to say. Her stories tell of times far before they were born--of miles she traveled through World War I, on Indian Reservations, in Washington, D.C., and all the journeys between and since. But as always, since she's agreed to help, she will.Melody and Alice want to learn from Elinor's experiences, but conflicts and questions about marriage, the Vietnam War, commitment, women's roles, adventure, and about the type of nurses they'll become threaten to distract them. Can Elinor Gregg help them find answers? And, once when they visit her in Santa Fe, another question arises--what is the purpose of the basket full of stones "Aunt El" keeps near her chair?This thoroughly researched true biography set within a fictional relationship between Elinor Gregg and two University of New Mexico nursing students in the summer of 1966 will instruct readers interested in nursing, gerontology, history, and the Women's Movement, and will fascinate the general reader who enjoys a good story.Edwina McConnell, a nurse consultant and nurse educator, maintained a career-long interest in the life of Elinor D. Gregg, R.N., the figure about whose life this book revolves. McConnell first studied Gregg as a figure in nursing history during her undergraduate education. Fascinated by the spirit and character of this pioneering nurse, she collected primary and secondary research materials toward a biography for many years. The biography of Elinor Gregg was the focus of her work at the time of her death in 2002.Teddy Jones is a nurse practitioner and nurse educator whose initial collaboration in this project was limited to critical reading of the developing manuscript and encouragement for her friend and colleague, McConnell. She also made a promise to complete the work should anything happen to prevent McConnell from doing so. Jones' participation as co-author began when McConnell bequeathed her the research material and the partial manuscript. Or perhaps it began when she made that promise.Both McConnell (BSN, MSN, Ph.D.) and Jones (BSN, MSN, Ph.D.) have numerous publications in nursing and health care. This is their first work of biographical fiction.