Who am I? What is my purpose? Everyone struggles with these thoughts. Even if we do find answers to these questions, there are still barriers that prevent us from discovering our true identity and living free. Some barriers we put up ourselves, while some are erected by others. Once we trust in God and discover how to break through these barriers, we become so much stronger.
An anthology of poetry, short stories, and essays, Transition recounts major moments and observations from the last ten years of author Allen Paul Weaver III’s life. He shares many deeply personal aspects of his journey to self-discovery. He writes candidly about his suicide attempt and life struggles. Allen also seeks insight into the issues we all wrestle with: family, life, death, education, career, prejudice, relationships, society, the nature of God, and our destiny. No matter your gender or ethnic background, the profound thoughts in Transition challenge you to improve yourself and give you courage to break through the ever-present barriers that we all face.
My good friend Donna “Blue” Powell is attending Drew University’s Theological School in Madison, New Jersey. She also hosts the school’s Sunday morning Gospel Radio talk show, The Honeycomb Hideout. She is truly a remarkable, gifted person who has a passion to impact the lives of those she meets.
I was blessed to be a guest on the show (which airs at 7am -8:30am on WMNJ 88.9FM) on April 6, 2008. We had a great time talking about my book, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers and the impact it’s having, my childhood experiences, college, graduate school, mission work in Ghana West Africa and other things. The hour and a half flew by very quickly. You know what they say, “Time flies when you’re having fun!”
Below you will find the audio link from the show if you would like to listen to the interview and music.
Transition is on Target! I just discovered that my book, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers is on TARGET.COM. I already knew Transition was available at major booksellers world-wide, but I didn’t know it was at Target, so this is a pleasant surprise! Check out the link to see the page. The Transition message continues to expand. Just wanted to share the news with you.
Where is your life headed? Do you want a change in direction? How many of your goals and dreams seem to be falling by the wayside? What can you do to go down a different path… a better, more fulfilling path? What one action can change your entire life forever? Is it even possible to change things? Yes, change is possible and there is an action that has this transforming ability. It is single-handedly, the most simple technique - yet it yields the greatest returns. Even so, many people (myself included) do not take advantage of this simple action on a consistent basis as they pursue their dreams; and because of this inconsistency success is often elusive. But now is the time to change and become consistent!
TRANSITION AUDIO CD - VOLUME 1 - TO BE RELEASED May 2008!
As some of you already know, we’re working on an Audio CD volume of my book, Transition: Breaking Through the Barriers. The first volume has been compiled and is in the process of being mixed. It’s been an interesting journey. It took me ten years to write Transitions and a year to get it published. As a new author, I figured the hardest work was now behind me - but this was not the case. It seems to take even more energy to promote the book and re-purpose its message into multiple formats for the different ways people learn and experience things.
In the case of this CD project, it’s taken about six months to get to this point. And this is just the beginning. Look for the CD release in May and click the link below to hear a sample track.
I found myself headed to work on the train this morning; feeling a bit… not overwhelmed… but ‘awkward.’ Life’s pulling in so many directions. More issues continue to rise and I feel increasingly worn out - as if the enemy somehow discovered a secret entrance unaware to me and was siphoning my energy. An internal battle was being waged - for my joy.
I attempted to rationalize it away: I did stay up all night working on a video project that was due. When the ‘tired’ hits so does crankiness and sluggishness. But this seemed different. I felt this siphoning before I pulled the all-nighter. And pastor just talked yesterday about how we need to break through the barriers of opposition in our lives. So I pressed through the ‘tired’ and prayed. I didn’t ‘feel’ any different. But then a desire began to swell up within me.
