Straight Pipes, a devotional for bikers , is unlike any other devotional in that it speaks directly to the biker culture. Designed with a faded denim or leather cover, each page has wide margins for notes or names with biker illustrations in the background. The book is designed top travel in motorcycle trunks, saddlebags, or vest pockets to encourage believers who ride to build a prayer life, study the Bible, share their vision with others, and disciple new believers. With 120,000 members, Christian Motorcyclists Association CEO, John Ogden, has endorsed this book. The book opens with several pages of promises and ends with ideas for further study. Its simple format provids easy, thought-provoking, yet short readings that will inspire and open minds to the possibility of walking where God leads and obeying the promptings of the Holy Spirit to minister and serve.

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In Two Up, Riding With The Lord, Barbara Ann Derksen creatively illustrates the importance of what it means to be God’s adopted child… Accepted, Secure, Significant, and Free… through faith in God’s one and only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. You will discover the privileges of being a child of God, your strength as a believer, and the power given to you by God’s Holy Spirit as you spent time in His Word through these daily readings.

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313 pages,
6” x 9” paperback

Road rage is a phenomenon that seems to be occurring in increased numbers, something that never happened years ago. Is there an increased number of angry people on the roads today or are people just expressing their anger easier today?

Mind Trap depicts a woman who, in a fit of temper, rams a total stranger for no apparent reason into a brick wall. Is it road rage or is it something altogether different? The story takes the readers through her lawyer's discovery of why, with plenty of merging relationships to add some spice. Mind Trap could be the story of any one of us or it could be the story of the girl next door.

Why does a strong Christian woman commit murder? Read on to find out.

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201 pages,
6” x 9” paperback

Second to None-Warrior Voices

The stories compiled in this book are about the veterans of the SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION of the Army. Division members have served in WWI, WWII, and Korea and they are still serving in South Korea, Iraq and Fort Lewis today. These are true stories written by the veterans of the Korean Conflict and passed on to me to be included in this book. The book is dedicated to the brave men who fought to preserve our freedoms at a cost that many of us can only imagine.

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Dance With A Broom, a Household Management guide for Young Moms, will be released October 15th.

Finding time for simple pleasures during the busy life of a mom is difficult. Dance With a Broom offers practical suggestions for time management, as well as tips on incorporating your children into your management plan allowing for more free time for the things you would like to do - read a good book, manicure your nails, take a bubble bath, etc.

Dance With A Broom adds helpful hints for the marriage relationship as well as ideas on keeping priorities straight, with God as your number one priority. each chapter is interspersed with recipes and a fun column called 'It Seems To Me...'

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New CD!!!

Choices, a new Music CD by Henry Derksen.

With two CDs completed, HC Derksen, a singer/songwriter with a gospel flavor, inspires his audience to rethink the paths they’ve taken and the choices they make in his new album Choices. His toe-tapping rhythms encourage people to clap their hands to accompany the message. His audience will also enjoy several selections from his first CD Miracles, original songs about God working in the lives of his people. Both albums can be heard on http://www.cdbaby.com/ or at http://www.hcderksen.com/.

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Miracles, a Music CD by Henry Derksen.

Each of these tracks, except one, are original songs by HC Derksen. They deal with topics such as a person's Christian walk, giving encouragement and guidance. HC takes an upfront, in your face approach with much of the album while, at the same time, keeping it lighthearted.

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Scruffles Finds a Home

Re-release for Christmas 2008

Scruffles Finds a Home is the story of a field mouse who seeks shelter from the onset of winter. She lands inside Santa's Castle, a Storm Lake, Iowa landmark, and finds herself running from a fearsome man in a red suit. Find out what happens to the little mouse in this delightful children's story for ages 2 through 3rd grade.

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Trumpeter Swan Adventures

The three books in the Trumpeter Swan series are stories based on the reintroduction of the Trumpeter Swans into the Iowa landscape. The series has three CDs with two stories on each. Each CD includes a 12-page full-color booklet. The stories, narrated with sound effects, depict the progression of baby Trumpeter Swans (cygnets) from hatching to migration. Educating children in a fun and imaginative way, they tell the story of Wonker the mink and Breezy the coyote, natural predators to Trumpeter Swans. For children ages 2 and up.

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Shih-Tzu Puppy Adventures

Introducing the Shih-Tzu Puppy Adventures series. Six stories tell about the birth of a litter of Shih-Tzu puppies, their adventures and the search for a permanent home. Children ages 2 on up will enjoy listening as the puppies romp with Grrummpp the Frog and Willy the Worm. Each CD includes a 12-page full color booklet.

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Cards

Inspiration cards designed with original photos by Barbara Ann Derksen. The flowers come from a variety of places but the landscape scenes have a location printed on the back page of the card. Each card has an encouraging message, one that will inspire and comfort the receiver. These cards are intended as tools to help you reach out to family and friends as the Holy Spirit prompts.

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