Kindness Stones: Stories for Melissa
Apr 2026 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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“In this book,” Mark Allan Powell says, “I offer the world the best that I can do: often humorous but sometimes poignant stories to engage the heart, soul, and mind.” Here readers will meet a man who has fallen in love seven times, but never fallen out; a teacher whose devotion to children has (so far) distracted her from a guilty past and a present loneliness; a troubled soul who finds meaning in life by recounting tales of Greek mythology to Girl Scouts and vagrants; a retired priest who is (literally) haunted by memories of a girl he once loved. The stories differ wildly in mood and genre: they may be raucous, sentimental, sexy, or spooky—but they are all entertaining. Powell says, “Perhaps you’ll laugh; perhaps you’ll cry; perhaps you’ll think (but not too hard—that would not be the point). Enjoy!”
“In this book,” Mark Allan Powell says, “I offer the world the best that I can do: often humorous but sometimes poignant stories to engage the heart, soul, and mind.” Here readers will meet a man who has fallen in love seven times, but never fallen out; a teacher whose devotion to children has (s...
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Mark Allan Powell is known as an author of academic books in the fields of religion and culture. He edited The Harper Collins Bible Dictionary and wrote the award-winning Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music; his numerous textbooks have sold over half a million copies. This is his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that, while not particularly religious, are informed by an understanding of intangible or spiritual aspirations and appetites.
Mark Allan Powell is known as an author of academic books in the fields of religion and culture. He edited The Harper Collins Bible Dictionary and wrote the award-winning Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music; his numerous textbooks have sold over half a million copies. This is his first w...
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