Essence Publishing: 455 books

God’s Words for Life’s Seasons will give peace to Christians and non-Christians as they fight life’s stormy battles. There is something in God’s word for all the challenges you will ever encounter. Whether you experience challenges with marriage, work, family, children, stress, despair, faith,...

 During the early years of the 20th century, small towns across Canada competed to have large factories locate within their boundaries. Perth, Ontario, was no exception. In 1910, it gave the Winn family $20,000 to bring their shoe factory to town. A year later, when it was discovered that the...

I was born near Madoc, Ontario, Canada, and raised three children of my own. I worked in the women’s wear business, eventually opening my own shop. After retirement we travelled to research my origins, and a family tree was put together. During this time, the idea came to me to try to put together...

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to see people’s potential die untapped. A greater tragedy is to see potentials live unreleased. Can you imagine how many solutions to the problems we face today are buried with someone you knew? Only a few choose to use their gifts, abilities, talents and...

Harry Keating grew up in a village in Ontario. His early writings were poems published in a monthly railway magazine, as his father was a section hand with Canadian National Railway. He also wrote a weekly book review column and other articles for the Marmora Herald. Later, he wrote a feature for...

Monica Julita Burton, an educator with a theological background, is an activist and a Spirit-filled and Spirit- led woman of God. Her prolific and prophetic expressions of praise, gratitude and faith compel us to look for meaning and value in the ordinary activities that make up most of our lives....

“Daring according to Merriam-Webster means ‘venturesomely bold in action or thought,’ which is precisely what characterizes the opening story and healing theme in R. V. D’Alessio’s new book. It also summarizes the author’s bold yet well-substantiated position toward God’s heart in every...

The time-worn steps of the one-room schoolhouse, the echo of the school's bell calling pupils to their lessons, the dusty chalkboard brushed clean each afternoon after lessons had ended for the day, the little pot-bellied stove with its neatly-stacked wood, the water pail with its single metal dipper,...

Gifts from Heaven is a book that relates to men and women from all walks of life, especially in an impartial world of uncertainties, where so many are searching for the solutions to life’s most daunting queries. On this premise, enclosed within these pages you will discover that no matter who you...

Aken V. Wariebi calls herself  “A Student of life”. A graduate of both Rutgers and Syracuse Universities, she loves to help others and make a difference in their lives as they too make a difference in hers. She believes that the life we live, breathes on the path we walk and on this path...

Although Battle for the Mind is the first published book for this author it is only the next project in a long list for the accomplished playwright, composer and singer. As an instructor for singles, marriage and leadership seminars he has encountered  many people who need guidance through times...

Free offers a contemporary perspective and reflection on freedom—from the challenges of political-cultural freedom sought by all throughout the world, to our own personal battle with psychosocial freedom, and of how we let the pains and triumphs of our past shape how we manage our present, and...

There are many ways of crushing the human spirit: few in the workplace know this better than aggressively targeted employees. The National Standard of Canada is an important risk-mitigation tool for ensuring all workplaces are psychologically healthy and safe. About five percent of Canadian employees...

This is a “must read” for any single person or couple planning to be involved in a stepfamily situation. The five main points are clearly presented—Children, Communication, Comparison, Compromise, and Commitment—followed by nineteen stepfamily situations.  With blended marriages on...