We’re back for another Saturday night post! Today, I have Ron Chapman who is touring his book The Dark Side of Grace with WOW! Women on Writing. I’ll be sharing more about his book at the end of the post, but first, we have Ron’s recommendations for your Saturday night!
Take it away Ron!
Book Recommendation:
When Carlos Ruiz Zafon died in 2020, I realized as a tribute I needed to return to his magnificent Cemetery of Forgotten Books Series. The novels showcase books in a most wonderful fashion and in the mysterious realm of Barcelona. It was a magical experience reading them from start to finish during the pandemic. While the whole storyline is wonderful, The Shadow of the Wind strikes me as the most well-realized. Regardless, the entire mystical framing is utterly captivating, and I’m smiling warmly even now as I recall them here.
Movie Recommendation:
Whale Rider, the inspiring film from New Zealand filmed entirely with Maori actors is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve seen on film. Partly it is because of the incredible power of myth that is so poignantly portrayed, and how much it affects a society and its people. However, the acting of Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea Apirana is just stunning for one so young. It may be we live in a cynical time, but I will always make room for content that uplifts.
Wild Card Recommendation:
I’m captivated with Goldbelly.com and their whole “iconic foods” business model! It’s really fun to scroll through and find signature foods from all over the country that I’ve forgotten. And sometimes to have them shipped in just because we can. It’s really almost ridiculous that you can track down barbecue to die for, or a cheesecake with which you were smitten. Or for that matter, to try something you couldn’t even imagine. Seems like the ultimate decadent modern option!
What fantastic recommendations, thank you Ron!
About His Book, The Dark Side of Grace
A devastating terrorist bomb blast at a spiritual retreat outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, sends journalist Kevin Pitcairn and his beloved Emmy on a quixotic quest to understand the roots of violence. Traveling across the country deep into the bowels of Southern Appalachia, their search takes them through a long-standing rift in the American consciousness to confrontations with remarkable and anomalous characters, some of them deeply spiritual, others well-grounded in research and psychology.
In this sequel to the much-acclaimed A Killer’s Grace, Pitcairn and Emmy return to the exploration of innocence while adding to it a deepening understanding of injury and ordeal―and its amazing corollary of Post-Traumatic Growth. As the quest and its dangers rip their lives apart, doors open that lure them back and forth across the country in search of tendrils tying together the events and anguish, as well as bringing the protagonists more deeply together.
The Dark Side of Grace is available in print and as an ebook at Amazon. You can add it to your GoodReads reading list as well.
About the Author, Ronald Chapman:
Ronald Chapman is an author, speaker, and facilitator of approaches that increase well-being-ness and produce breakthroughs when practiced deeply and in a sustained fashion. He is the creator of Seeing True™ and Progressive Recovery, resources dedicated to exploring concepts of engaging, releasing, and transcending blockages in our lives. At the heart of Seeing True and all of his work is the Greek notion of “metanoia,” which could translate as a profound change of heart. Ronald maintains two core businesses as well. Leading Public Health provides facilitation, strategy and consultation to public health clientele, while Magnetic North delivers similar services to a broader array of clients.
Ron spent many years as a national award winning radio commentator on KUNM radio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is an elite Accredited Speaker through Toastmasters International, and an accomplished leadership facilitator working with clients from all over the world, including the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. Ron currently resides in Atlanta, and spends much of his time immersed in art and beauty wherever his travels take him.
Find Chapman Online:
https://www.ronaldchapman.com/author
https://www.seeingtrue.com/blog
https://www.progressiverecovery.org/
https://www.facebook.com/ron.chapman.5/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ronald-Chapman/author/B002AGK4J4
https://www.instagram.com/seeing_true/
I did enjoy Whale Rider.