Showing results by author "Jon Drury" in All Categories

Drop into one man's world of transport flying at the height of the Vietnam War and experience the good, the bad, and the ugly - with character and compassion. Humorous, compassionate, and tragic day-to-day experiences of a transport pilot in combat. When Jon Drury was shipped to Vietnam with 90 percent of his graduating class, he was assigned to the short field C-7A Caribou made by De Havilland. His challenging mission: carry troops into combat, air drop live chickens in crates, ferry cows to Special Forces camps, and dodge .50 caliber fire.

Astoria, Oregon, owes its existence as much to a little-known ship captain as its namesake, John Jacob Astor. Captain George Flavel happened upon the ramshackle village at the mouth of the Columbia River in the fall of 1849, bringing goods during the California Gold Rush. As he subsequently captained and piloted three different ships along the Pacific coast, he learned that the perilous Columbia River Bar, the "graveyard of the Pacific", barred the entrance to most mariners. Hazards abounded.

I experimented with making the MP3 files myself, and learned making audiobooks from Audible/ACX. I thought making the files would be tedious, but I discovered I loved telling my story. Audible accepted the finished product, and it is online. Next, I wanted to experiment with the smooth studio sound, and made an audiobook of a second book, Lord I Feel So Small. Audible says that out of 100,000 books published every year, only 5,000 are made into audiobooks. Authors who want to get their message into the hearts and ears of readers are losing out.

Can I go on? Should I give up? Is there any hope? The world's false yardsticks demean and devastate you. Feelings of insignificance overwhelm you. Daily combat with giants such as fear, rejection, and comparison exhausts you. Lord, I Feel So Small explores 20 battlegrounds of significance to expose the lies that demean, discover the miracle of God's purpose, and equip you for a life of unshakable confidence in God. Lord, I Feel So Small is a book that will speak to anyone who has ever felt unworthy, small, or insignificant.

God answers prayer. We can approach him as a loving Father who delights in meeting his children's needs. But there are principles of prayer in the Bible that teach us how to pray powerfully and effectively. This primer on prayer clearly sets out what the Bible says about prayer. Learn the basics of prayer—what prayer is, to whom we are praying, why we should pray, and how to pray.