Religious Histoires

"Darkness doesn't always hide. Sometimes, it blinds." *** Emmanuella Orinomwen Ignenedion. Meticulous. Pristine. Disciplined. Clean. A wonderful assistant pastor to my father's mega-church. That is the script I feed to the world. To my parents, I am the perfect, submissive daughter. But that is only what they are permitted to see. They have never heard the screams silenced by the fire. Or the nightmares' golden promise of unyielding terror. For a long time, I preferred it that way. I buried my survival inside a tight-knit bubble of schedules. Out of sight, out of mind. But my clockwork existence shattered the moment Mary forced her way into my orbit. Unpredictable. Uninvited. An eye that saw what no one else had seen. And she made me see too. Darkness. Gross darkness that fueled my father's church. A rotting ledger of hidden cash, stolen lives, and an ancient malice hiding right beneath our pristine marble floors. With her, I realized: Words can be as thick as knives. Smiles as thin as paper. And blood can ripple as cold as deep water. Holiness or piety is not by mere words or appearance. Because I know, now better than anyone, that anything can be faked. As even the devil masquerades as an angel of light. I spent my life blind to the abyss in my own home. This is the story of how I stopped pretending. Note: mentions of some triggering content in this book

Farida had long accepted that life wasn't fair. Raised by a father who never protected her and a stepmother who made sure she knew she was unwanted because she isfat, she never imagined that one day her late mother's family would come looking for her. Abdallah Abubakar Turaki, the Yariman Jigawa, had no intention of marrying anyone. Not after the humiliation of being abandoned two days before his daurin aure. But fate had other plans. An unexpected marriage. Two cousins who barely knew each other. And a life neither of them had planned. As old wounds heal and hearts slowly soften, Farida and Abdallah must learn that sometimes, Allah writes a story far better than the one you imagined for yourself.

This is a short story explaining why Emily goes Through what she does. Focuses on the arbitrators and how this came into existence!

"He gave his kingdom. He gave his elephant. Then he gave what he loved most." The Vessantara Jataka - A story about the perfection of giving. #jataka #buddha #moralstory

This story is about a girl who never believed in God and then something happened in her life which she had not even imagined.

Sa mundo ng luho, she yearned for freedom-ang nag-iisang bagay na inaasam niya noon pa man, and chasing her dreams was her biggest priority. Pero binago ito ng isang trahedya nang gabing tumakas siya sa kanilang mansion noong taong 2018, at pumasok sa buhay niya ang isang lalaking may matinding determinasyon-an independent, man of faith, a dreamer driven by passion and goals, at may layuning palayain at pasayahin siya sa mundo kung saan hindi siya pamilyar. Sa mundong bago sa kanya, magpapatuloy ba siya sa pangarap na iniwan niya, at manatili sa buhay kasama ang lalaki whom she believed was her soulmate... o gigising sa katotohanan na tila isang ala-ala na lang? A Stand Alone Novel written in Taglish.

Alma has never questioned The Sanctuary. Beyond the pine forests lies the Noise, a corrupt and violent world abandoned by the faithful decades ago. Inside the compound, life is orderly. Silent. Pure. Every morning begins with prayer, every choice belongs to the elders, and every girl is taught the same truth: Obedience is love. Raised within the rigid teachings of Father Vale and the Church of the Holy Silence, Alma has spent her life preparing to become the kind of woman the Sanctuary demands, quiet, devout, unseen. But when her closest friend disappears without explanation and whispers of hidden truths begin surfacing beneath the compound's careful rituals, Alma starts to notice the cracks in the world she was taught to fear leaving. Jonah has noticed them for years. Assigned to maintain the Sanctuary's generators and forbidden technology, Jonah has seen enough hypocrisy to know the cult's holiness is built on lies. He's spent years surviving in silence after his brother vanished for asking too many questions. But the closer Alma gets to the truth, the more dangerous they both become. As Father Vale tightens his grip and an arranged marriage threatens to seal Alma's future forever, Alma and Jonah are forced to confront the terrifying possibility that escape may be their only chance at freedom. But leaving The Sanctuary is only the beginning. Because the outside world is louder, crueler, and far more overwhelming than Alma ever imagined, and some forms of conditioning do not end at the gates. *Cult of Silence* is a haunting psychological thriller about control, faith, survival, and what it truly means to choose your own life.

Hi everyone, just a quick heads-up: this is the very first book I've ever written, so pls go easy on me haha! Set in Kansas City, Missouri, Midwest Boys, Late Summer, follows Caleb Turner and Evan Holt, two boys raised on church pews, summer storms, and unspoken rules. Best friends since childhood, they've grown up inseparable - and quietly in love - in a place where certain feelings are never named. Caleb, the taller of the two, has always been overprotective of Evan. Evan however, has always shown.. stronger affection to Caleb.. Caleb isnt really good at, showing emotion. Only around Evan, he feels thorough. As tornado sirens cut through humid nights and adulthood looms closer, Caleb and Evan learn what it means to want something they were taught to fear. This is a story about closeted love in the Bible Belt, about silence that feels holy and dangerous, and about the kind of romance that survives in stolen glances and almost-touches.

Lucille Redcliffe, fresh out of the university, full of dreams, and a restless kind of passion, stands at the edge of her carefully planned life in Windsor, Connecticut. Before she can decide her future, she begs her father for permission to travel west, for a single summer, to visit her aunt and uncle in the Arizona Territory, in the year 1879. What she does not realize is that, in accompanying her colleague and friend Julian Hale on his journey west to take up teaching. She will discover something she has never truly known before: danger, excitement, and a challenge that steals the breath from her lungs and reshapes everything she thought she wanted. The heat of the desert is only the beginning. Lucille finds herself stepping into a world far removed from polished Eastern society. The town is alive with whispers of superstition, and old grudges buried too shallow to stay hidden. Beneath it all, something far darker begins to surface. A murder quickly takes center stage just after arriving. What should have been a quiet summer turns into a tangled mystery of spilled blood. The lines between truth and lies blur as Lucille is pulled unwillingly into the search for answers. Silver Mesa is a place where ranchers guard their land with stubborn pride, where silver mines promise wealth and destruction in equal measure, and where faith and morality stand as fragile anchors against a rising tide of greed and corruption. Christianity and moral conviction echo through the town, tested constantly by temptation, violence, and betrayal. And within it all, a mysterious man begins to circle her world, unpredictable, intense, and impossible to ignore. His presence unsettles her nerves and challenges her patience in equal measure, as though he knows more than he says and sees more than he should. Now Lucille must decide whether to remain in Silver Mesa long enough to uncover the truth behind the murder and the growing conspiracy or flee back to the safety of her father's home.

Illiana, an ancient elf left behind by the human age of magic, and Kiku, an orphan who once dreamed of becoming a hero, both grapple with inner turmoil and love as they question the world they have accepted.

In Libro de Lux (Liber Lucis) is a scripture-style presentation of the Avernite sect of the Luciferian faith-an Orthodox, theist, Right-Hand Path tradition emphasizing covenant, and disciplined devotion. Structured by doctrinal "Keys," it brings together theology, philosophy and moral formation. Lifestyle discipline, and religious works for prayerful and communal practice. For readers of esotericism, religious and occult studies. Luciferian and Satanic theology, and scripture-form devotional literature. Composed for both the learned and the seeking it is written in clear, accessible language. This book welcomes everyone regardless of prior religious knowledge. (If you want to support this work, buy a physical copy on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSVNYSLX?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback)

I shared this to support your ministry, to grow your personal relationship to God and to deepen your understanding about HIS word. my prayer for you is to success in your ministry and to follow the Lord's will obediently. MAY GOD GIVE YOU MORE WISDOM TO UNDESTAND AND BE FAITHFUL IN HIS WORD. #You can use and change it according to your own way. GOD BLESS YOU!

A fragmented novel about the body, desire, pentecostalism, shame, tenderness, sexuality, exhaustion, faith, and collapse. Part confession, part case file, part residual memory, the novel follows scenes that refuse to disappear: hospitals, prayers, erotic encounters, family violence, humanitarian journeys, masculinity, dissociation, and the strange persistence of the body after emotional rupture. This is not a story searching for purity or redemption. It is an open archive.

Every morning Ivy Munin wakes up and has no idea who or where she is. She relies on a crumpled piece of paper to remind her of everything about herself every time she wakes up from sleeping. Her parents were forced to suffer for disobeying King Tynan. They stood by as he poisoned Ivy as a baby. She fought back and survived. The king killed her parents when he hears she survived his deadliest poison. He not only took away her family, he took away her memories and any hope of her having a normal life. One morning she wakes up in a dungeon; one infested with rats and one that smells like vomit. She reads the card in her hand. It tells her that the king really is going to kill her this time.

"While the world outside is busy facing its major global challenges, Billy finds himself still trapped in his own small world in his thirties. Living with NVLD (Non-Verbal Learning Disorder), he grows up slowly. However, he has just found out that he really is queer, which also conflicts with his religious beliefs as a Muslim. Dealing with all three leaves him deeply anxious as he battles internal hate and fear. Will he ever manage to make peace with it all and finally find hope for his own future? This is just another classic 'gay versus faith' story, styled as a coming-of-age investigation, blended with elements of magic and mystery."

'And if I told you that I brought you here because I like you? Because I think one day I might fall in love with you? What would you say?' we came to a stop in traffic and he turned to look me in the eye as if daring me to lie. For a moment I almost did-for a moment I almost denied it so much I might have started to sob right there in his passenger seat. I might have lied even as he wrapped his arms around me, and I leaned in and begged him never to let me go, but I could not lie to those eyes. I couldn't hide my feelings, couldn't bottle it up and send it away. He didn't know me at all, but he suddenly knew me better than anyone else I had ever met in my entire life. How could someone be so honest, so bold? How could he be so sure of himself and sure of the future that he said whatever he wanted however he wanted without a care for anybody else's ideals, religion, or morality? How could I tell him I envied him without giving him too much ground?

The adab and decipline

Caroline Carlyle has finally shed the heavy shackles of grief and rediscovered her heart's song. Between her return to making music and a budding relationship with the charming Roderick Adair, Caroline's life is full of fresh inspiration and hope. But just as she begins to experience this freedom, Caroline discovers one of her piano students is carrying a painful burden of her own. Bella, a prodigious musical savant living with autism, and her grandmother, Gretchen, share a dark, hidden past-more dangerous and complex than Caroline ever anticipated. The more Caroline uncovers, the deeper her loyalty grows. Can Caroline help Bella and Gretchen find the same power of love to break free from the hold of secrets and oppression?

How are nicknames and depression connected? A Flash Fiction story. Cover generated on Canva.