Hey everyone!



My name is Christie Gerschutz [Ger as in Gary--shoots], and I am a singer, songwriter, musician, and author from the Toledo, Ohio area. God called me in the music ministry field when I was 15. I had a homeschool praise and worship band called SpiritFire, which is where the title of my first book came from. I have written four books so far, working on my fifth. They are:



Rekindling the SpiritFire: Reflections of an American Homeschooled Teen--A 30-chapter, 90 page devotional for teens, complete with study questions. It contains insights I wanted to pass along to my generation and the next. $10.50



Samuel the Camel and the Lone Star--The first in the "Eyes of the Stable" series. When a young camel named Samuel and his best friend, Ono, graduate from the Dromedary Academy of the East, they find the most important lesson of all is still ahead of them. They also learn that Abijah, the class bully, is the least of their fears as they are chosen from the graduates for a secret mission. Grades 3-5, although a lot of my adult friends love it too! $7.50



Ken-tah-ten: Land of Tomorrow--The first in the "Land Of" series. Emma O'Brien had always wondered what was behind the forbidden door in the cellar. Her sixteen-year-old cousin, Eric, had kept her from finding out the secret with stories of rats and trolls that lived in the room, but eight-year-old Emma's curiosity is becoming greater. Her suspicion continues to mount after the family is accused of helping runaway slaves. Emma's family then faces deadly peril when the Battle of Perryville rages near their farm in Kentucky (Ken-tah-ten in the Iroquoian language). Follow the O'Brien family as their faith is tested through the trials and tribulations of the Civil War era. Grades 5-8. $8.95



Jacob the Donkey--The second in the "Eyes of the Stable" series. When a one-year-old donkey named Jacob was given to a young carpenter as a betrothal gift, he worried about a trip he would have to make to Bethlehem. To make matters worse, he learned that he would have to carry the carpenter's wife, who was expecting her first child, all the way there. With the encouragement of his animal friends, however, he not only made the journey to Bethlehem, but also realized he had a very special role in another gift that changed the world forever. $7.95



I write my books from the heart, and God is my inspiration. I love writing books that are good and moral and upright, so that kids these days have something healthy to read. The biggest kick I get out of writing is when kids tell me they love my books and want more. My dream is to help kids figure out what God wants them to do with their lives and help them fulfill that. Eventually I'd love to build a Fine Arts center for kids, with a good library and practice rooms and art centers. I try to be real in whatever I do, write books about real people. The world, especially the church world, is too full of people just trying to fool other people into thinking they have it all together. I DON'T have it all together. I get scared and frustrated and sad and lonely and heartbroken just like everyone else. God loves you for who YOU are, not who everyone else wants you to be. Jesus hung out with thieves and liars and prostitutes, and people just like us. We don't have to pretend anything with Him. =]

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Rekindling the Spiritfire: Reflections of an American Homeschooled Teen: $8.00

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Samuel the Camel and the Lone Star, first in the Eyes of the Stable series: $7.50









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Jacob the Donkey, second in the Eyes of the Stable series: $7.95

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Ken-tah-ten: Land of Tomorrow, first in the Land Of series: $8.95

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Absaroka: Land of Shining Mountains, the second book in the Land Of series: $8.95

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Abby the Sheep, third in the Eyes of the Stable series: $7.95