Tom Brennan

'It costs something to make a meaningful noise.' When two teenagers meet after choir practice, they begin the most important relationship of their lives. Not everyone has what it takes to succeed, but Maggie and Paul are determined to. Two decades later, a chance encounter with their old teacher forces them to confront a past they thought was long buried. Overtone is an intimate, funny and unflinching play about love getting older – the adventures we were promised, the choices we think we made, and the cost of finally being honest. Tom Brennan's play premiered at the Pleasance during the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by John Hoggarth and presented by The North Wall.

Yes, It Matters proves that our that our clothing style and selection choices matter as God's children. It does so by furnishing the reader a reasoned explanation of dress standards and the principles that lie beneath them. In the process, this work will help you formulate practical clothing choices in a biblical framework. How we look is not isolated from our spirituality. Our appearance alone does not make us spiritual, but neither is our spirituality divorced from it. Yes, our appearance matters. To God and to others. Tom Brennan is the pastor of the Bible Baptist Church in Dubuque, Iowa. His twenty-five years of pastoral experience also include planting a rural church in Pennsylvania and revitalizing an inner-city church in Chicago. Brennan's Pen, his writing ministry birthed in 2014, includes a Quote List with daily emails for pastors, Brennan's Pulpit, which emails his audio sermons to all who are interested, Concerning Jesus, his weekly blog, and five books to this point. He and his lovely wife, Mandy, have three children. He is a domesticated creature, happiest at Saint's Rest, his home, with a cup of tea and a stack of books to hand. Failing that, he can often be found hiking one of the many beautiful trails around Dubuque, nursing some piece of meat on the smoker, or pounding away furiously on his laptop within a few feet of his fireplace.

* Everything From the Show about Nothing: The characters, food, quotable lines, funny moments, Kramer's schemes, and George's embarrassments are featured in this one-of-a-kind trivia collection* Who is the Master of the Seinfeld Domain: Gather your gang of friends for lightning round of trivia with a set of 50 cards featuring 200 questions* Book Included: This paperback is 3 x 5 inches and 88 pages, and is packed with encyclopaedic entries on the show's characters, props, places, situations, and yadda yadda yadda, featuring full-colour photography and illustrations throughout* Collectible Packaging: The cards and book are housed in a full-colour printed magnetic closure box* Officially Licensed: An official Seinfeld trivia game

North Country Detective is a work of fiction based on the true-life experiences of many Alaskans over several generations. America's northernmost state has attracted adventurers since the Klondike days. Their experiences have ranged from heart-warming to horrifying.

Life is a series of transitions. From child, to teen, to adult. From newlywed, to parent, to grandparent. From apprentice, to laborer, to retirement. In these scenarios, knowing the inevitability of change we make preparation. The ministry should be no different. Should the return of Christ tarry, every church will ultimately have a different pastor than the one who now leads the flock. Some of those changes will occur because of calling, some because of health, some because of death, and others will change because of sin. Regardless of the cause behind the change, every church and pastor should prepare for that day. Next: A Manual for Pastoral Transitions is an invaluable resource for making those preparations. Written by a man who has experienced such transitions as a child in the home of a pastor, as well as being in the position of pastor himself, this book is filled with practical and helpful insights for navigating the troubling waters of change. With chapters for the departing pastor, the pastoral candidate, the successor in waiting, and the pulpit committee, this book helps provide a roadmap through every facet of transition. While you may not agree with every opinion expressed by the author, there is more than enough practical advice to make this book an essential part of every preacher's library and a valuable tool for every deacon board and pulpit committee. - Craig Burcham, Chairman of the Bible Department Golden State Baptist College, Santa Clara, California

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Mechele is young, attractive, and looking to cash in on her aesthetic assets when she moves from New Orleans to Alaska in 1994 to earn money for college tuition. Her charms ensnare the affections of three men, and the combined effects of jealously, lust, and greed take a deadly turn in this true crime story. Before a murder in the woods shatters her contented life, Mechele works as an exotic dancer at the Alaska Bush Company, where she spends her days pleasing a procession of hard-working men. John, Scott, and Kent are simultaneously smitten with Mechele, and offer affection in the form of lavish gifts and ultimately engagement rings. While the three men begin their affairs on the same path, violent murder blasts apart their parallel lives. One of the trio is shot in the back; another is accused of the murder. Dead Man's Dancer follows this murder case from 1996 throughout Mechele's tumultuous trial in 2006 that becomes a nationwide sensation. Shocking in its detailed portrayal of murder and convoluted love affairs, Dead Man's Dancer excites horror in readers that lingers far after the last page is turned.

December 2014 Our featured artist is Mercedes Yardly. We talk to her about her work and her art. Kelli Owen brings us part two of her serial novella, Wilted Lillies. Featuring stories by Tom Brennan, Salena Casha, Rati Mehrotra, J. J. Green. A meteor changes a test flight of an interstellar ship into something more. A mother's gift of nesting dolls brings with it more than just memories. An astronaut on the moon, out of oxygen, take a different journey. A time traveler works to find out the how of a dark future. All in this issue of LampLight

Murder at forty Below is a gritty yet fascinating account of many of Alaska's most notorious and unusual murder cases. Drawn from police files, eyewitness accounts, and news reports, these stories introduce extreme criminals in an extreme land. Meet church-going big-game hunter Robert Hanson, who stalked topless dancers for more than a decade, and Robert Stroud, a construction worker who killed a bartender in Juneau, later to become the nationally known "Birdman of Alcatraz."

Alaskans must have a good sense of humor to laugh off the rigors of life in the Far North. And laugh they do, finding humor in: The animal-rights activists who hear about moose droppings and demand to know how far the moose are dropped. The practical joker in Sitka who sneaks a load of burning tires into the crater of a nearby dormant volcano, alarming the local population. The newspaper columnist who claims the best protection against bears is to hike with somebody who runs slower than you do. The wacky deeds and utterances of politicians . . . blundering bureaucrats . . . oddball court cases . . . and April Fool's Day gags both famous and infamous. Ignoring the conventions of political correctness, author Tom Brennan has collected a hoard of humor that will surprise and delight.