My fifteenth book - Christian Poetry Volume IV

This book is the fourth of a series of Christian poetry, with poems written between 2013 and 2014.

There are poems about many subjects related to the Christian religion, biblical narratives, Christian life, personal life, etc.

One more time, during the revision of the poems, I deleted some from the book. And I also edited others.

I've explained the reason in the text of the second book of the series. See the text:

My seventh book - Christian Poetry Volume II

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In this book, I followed the same logic as the translation in volume III. I didn't try to keep the exact words. My concern was to keep the same meaning. And one more time, the translation was excellent.

I've used the same logic to set the words of the cross. There are words related to the poems in the book. Besides that, I kept keywords that are on the covers of all books.

Words of the cross

Christ (keyword)

Adoration

Clamor

Dedication

Direction

Discern

Duty

Faith (keyword)

Fidelity

Gift

God (keyword)

Holy Spirit (keyword)

Instrument

Jesus (keyword)

Lord (keyword)

Offerings

Poetry (keyword)

Prophecy

Reconciliation

Responsibility

Righteousness

Serving

Signals

Sincerity

Sovereignty

Testimony

Wisdom

 

The book was published on 12/01/2022.

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My thirteenth book - Christian Short Stories vol. II

This book is my second Christian short storybook. Like the previous book, The Poetry of the Work, I wrote this book with a clear idea about what I would write. Christian's stories about daily life.

Besides that, this book is the first one with detailed characteristics of each place. I've tried to put the main characteristics.

The book has five stories:

Marriages always pass through good and bad moments. Fernanda lives in a bad situation, where there is no happiness, love, or romanticism. She asks herself: “Is this the wedding of my dreams?”

One old lady lives a simple life with few resources and too many difficulties. Even before many problems, she keeps “One unshakable faith”.

The choice of a partnership for a relationship is a critical thing and demands much wisdom. Nicholas delegates the responsibility to God, and he rests, thinking: “I wait for someone sent by God”.

Easter is a date too significant for many people, religions, and nations. The students of one school are tired of meaningless tasks, and they demand to do work about “The history of Easter”.

Maxwell is a young Christian boy who seeks to do what is right before God. But in his journey, he notices many wrong things in the church and the Christians. He tries to understand: “What is wrong with the Christians?”

The book has been published on August 01st, 2022.

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My eleventh book - Christian Poetry Volume III

This book is the third one of a series of Christian poetry, with poems written between 2013 and 2014.

There are poems about many subjects related to the Christian religion, biblical narratives, Christian life, personal life, etc.

One more time, during the revision of the poems, I deleted some from the book. And I also edited others.

I've explained the reason in the text of the second book of the series. See the text:

My seventh book - Christian Poetry Volume II

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In this book, I did something different while I was translating. Generally, I try translating using the same words as the Portuguese version, but in English (too many times) and Spanish (a few times), it’s hard to find some rhymes.

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In this translation, I didn't try to keep the exact words. My concern was to keep the same meaning.

This thought worked very well. I've found better rhymes in many situations. I think this is my best translation.

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I've used the same logic to set the words of the cross. There are words related to the poems in the book. Besides that, I kept keywords that are on the covers of all books.

Words of the cross

Bible

Blessings

Calling

Certainty

Change

Chosen

Christ (keyword)

Destiny (extra on English cover)

Faith (keyword)

God (keyword)

Gratitude

God (keyword)

Holy Spirit (keyword)

Intimacy

Jesus (keyword)

Learning

Lord (keyword)

Obedience

Opportunity

Orientation

Poetry (keyword)

Preach

Promise

Restoration

Shepherd

Solidarity

Test

Truth

Will

Works

 

The book was published on 02/14/2022.

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My Tenth Book - Christian Short Stories

This book is my first Christian short storybook. I produced it from some texts I wrote years ago for theatrical presentations in the church.

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Because of the original purpose, I had to adapt the text. Then, a text for reading is different from a text to be interpreted.

Besides that, this book is the first one with detailed physical characteristics of the characters. Everybody has:

• Hairstyle and hair color
• Skin color
• Eyes color
• Weight and height

(I hope I don't have made any mistakes. It's hard to describe in another language).

The book has five stories:

Two men are in court waiting for the judge who will judge them. This judge is none other than Jesus Christ. One of them is fully confident he had a perfect life; the other knew he was a sinner. “The Judgment Seat of Christ” will be a judgment with too many revelations.

Three children talk about Christmas, and Victor says one thing that his friends do not know; he talks about Jesus. Now, everyone will go to Victor’s house for his father to explain, “What is the Meaning of Christmas?”

“One History” will be told. Discover who the characters are.

During crises and difficult moments, the doubts rise: “Who is God’s Servant?” Who will help needy people?

One man thinks that all happenings in his life are the Devil’s fault. One day, the Devil goes to him to complain about the charges and show him that “It is not the Devil’s Fault”.

The book has been published on December 24th, 2021.

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My seventh book - Christian Poetry Volume II

This book is the second one of a series of Christian poetry, with poems written between 2013 and 2014.

There are poems about many subjects related to the Christian religion, biblical narratives, Christian life, personal life, etc.

During the revision of the poems, I deleted some from the book. (Why?)

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At the time that I wrote the poems, I had a narrow vision of Christian life. Today, I'm mature in faith, and I have more knowledge. Because of this, I know that some poems aren't according to biblical teachings. There were no biblical texts to support them. They were only personal opinions.

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Do you remember what I said about the words of the cross in the history of the first book?

I said that I used some logic to set the words in the second book. The logic is using words related to the poems in the book. Besides that, I set keywords that will be on the covers of all books.

Words of the cross

Christ (keyword)

Covenant

Creation

End

Equality

Eternity

Evangelize

Faith (keyword)

Father

Fights

Forgive

Freedom

God (keyword)

Grace (keyword)

History

Holy Spirit( keyword)

Humility

Jesus (keyword)

Lord (keyword)

Mission

Plan

Poetry (keyword)

Rescue

Salvation

Son (extra on English cover)

Transformation

Trust

The book was published on June 06th, 2021.

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My sixth book - Diverse Poems Volume II

This book is a collection of poems from different moments of my life. One part of them is from the beginning of my writing career, between 2011 and 2015. Another part is from 2020.

The subjects of the poems are very diverse. I wrote about relationships, people's attitudes, news, and romance (I love you, Ana Carolina, my princess).

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The poems from 2020 were strongly influenced by the moment, COVID-19 pandemic.

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I wrote about the worst consequence of the pandemic, deaths. The poems Ten Thousand People and One Hundred Twenty Thousand tell about days when Brazil reached these terrible numbers. (Until today, February 20th, 2025, more than 715,000 have already died).

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Besides that, I wrote about animal abandonment (Best friend), politics (The man of the division, Promises for life), and other subjects.

The book was published on April 23rd, 2021, in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.

Update April 04th, 2022

Continuing my revision to publish on other platforms, I updated this book. I removed some poems from the book. I made it because I understood these poems were not according to the book's purpose.

Read all poems in the book:

https://books2read.com/u/m2Kpgr

My fifth book - The path to peace

 

This book was the longest and most time-consuming project. My delay in publishing wasn't because of the complexity or extension of the book. I have been delayed because I stopped and left this book.

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I wrote the first version of the book between 2018 and 2019. At that moment, I had no interest in publishing in Spanish and English. I just wanted to write and publish it in Portuguese.

I finished writing close to September 2019. I sent the book to my friend Anderson Camilo, and he made some considerations about it. I revised the book according to his considerations, but I didn't publish it yet. I kept the book stopped.

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After some months, I made some publications on Amazon, and I got excited to publish this book. In April 2020, I reviewed the book and translated it to Spanish. Finally, I published it on Amazon.

After some more months, I'd translated all my books into English. Only this one was missing. I did it and published it. This translating marks a watershed in my writing career. After this book, I decided to write simultaneously in three languages. All books since that time have been published like this.

The book has been published on the following dates:

Portuguese and Spanish: September 20th, 2020

English: March 25th, 2021

Let's talk about the book. The story is about a rich man with a bad marriage, without respect and love. At one point, Charles is diagnosed with brain cancer.

He got desperate, without knowing what to do. For the first time in years, he got close to his family.

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He got so desperate that he sought God's help. He was immature and didn't know anything about religion, God, or cure. He learns how things really work in the worst possible way.

If you want to know the entire path of Charles, read the book.

https://books2read.com/u/4jM212

My third book - Poetry and Life (Life Through the Words)

The poems were written between 2019 and 2020. These were the first poems that I wrote after a long time without writing poems.

In the beginning, I didn't think to gather them in a book. I wrote the poems and sent them to some people on WhatsApp.

The subjects are very diverse. However, most of them are about personal life. About situations and solutions. About thoughts and feelings. I tried to express feelings and perceptions about things.

I had many good replies. People said the poems made them reflect and think about the subject. With this kind of reply, I was satisfied, my mission as a writer had been accomplished.

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Some poems are about things I lived and learned. I poetically expressed my experiences to show other people there is something to learn in all situations. And the most important thing, God is with us all the time

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The poems have some metrics. Most of them have five stanzas.  And all have long verses. They are like short poetic stories, with a beginning, middle and end. Some of them finish with a reflection or advice.

The book has been published on the following dates:

Portuguese and Spanish: April 04th, 2020

English: January 1st, 2021

Update April 10th, 2022

Continuing my revision to publish on other platforms, I updated this book. This time, I changed virtually everything. I changed the title, cover, and description.

Why did you do it?

To be sincere, I noticed the previous title "Poetry and Life" didn't make sense. The book wasn't a poetry book, it was a book with some reflections about life, and these reflections had a bit of poetry. Then, I decided to change the title for Life through the words.

Besides that, I removed some poems from the book. I made it because I understood these poems were not according to the book's purpose.

I hope these changes help to sell more.

Life through the words

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My Second Book - Christian Poetry Volume I

The poems of the book were written originally between 2013 and 2014. This moment represents a very interesting part of my life.

At that time, I was already an evangelical Christian, attended a church, talked to many evangelicals, and watched videos of some preachers.

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I noticed many things in the Christian churches that didn’t seem right to preach and teach.

I thought: “Every Christian teaching comes from the Bible. If I want to know who is right, I have to read it.”

I began to read the Bible in 2013. I used the time in my commute (I was going by bus) to read. I kept this reading routine even on days when I wasn’t working.

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Some months later, I finished the reading. I could understand many things. I wasn’t satisfied with that reading, I wanted more. Then, I read again, and again, and again. Today, I think I’ve already read the Bible more than ten times.

Every time I read, I learned new things, and I saw new details. And God reveals himself to me. Each thing I thought to be interesting, I wrote down.

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Besides reading, I also listened to the Bible. I needed to continue the “reading” when I couldn’t stop to read.

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I don't remember when and why I began to write the poems. I just started and wrote almost four hundred. The subjects are very diverse. I wrote about biblical texts, Christian life, biblical teachings, criticism of church and leaders, Christian behaviors, biblical narratives, personal life, etc.

At that time, I almost didn’t share the poems, I just wrote. I created another blog (Nova Poesia Cristã (formerly Poesias para Deus[Poetries to God]), New Christian Poetry[Released in English in 2022]), but I only shared a few poems in 2014 and stopped this work.

After some time studying Spanish, I started reading the Bible to improve my language skills. After that, I began to listen to test them. I noticed that I could read or listen and understand everything.

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In 2019, after publishing my first book, I decided to publish a book about Christian poems. I divided the poems into smaller books. I revised the text and translated it into Spanish.

In addition to the websites, the translation into Spanish had the collaboration and revision of my friend Rodrigo Belmar Cruz.

Still, in 2019, I began to read the Bible in English. I noticed that I could understand, and after some months, I began to listen to it. It wasn’t easy in the beginning, but I hung on there.

After I got a lot of knowledge about biblical words and expressions in English, I translated the book. The books were published on the following dates:

Portuguese: February 24th, 2020

Spanish:  February 24th, 2020

English: November 15th, 2020

The cross on the book cover was based on words related to God, the Bible, and Christianity. In the second book of the series, Christian Poetry Volume II, I used some logic to set the words of the cross (soon, I’ll tell you what is).

Words of the cross:

Adore

Christ (keyword)

Cross

Eternal life

Faith (keyword)

Fight

Follow

Glory

God (keyword)

Grace (Extra on English cover)

Hear

Help

Holy Spirit (keyword)

Hope

Jesus (keyword)

Light

Live

Lord (keyword)

Love

New life

Peace

Poetry (keyword)

Prayer

Reign

Renovation

Rhyme

Saving

Strength

Text

Union

Way

Win

Words

This is the story of my second book. I hope you enjoyed it.

The book has been published on 

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P.S.: The Spanish version was the first printed book that I sold.