OPTION PRESS

 PUBLICATIONS OF OPTION PRESS

OPTION Press is a Private non profit press.It has published several books.

HANDS an illustrated way of the cross. There are reflections by the author accompanied by illustrations by the artist Gladys Pacholke. One copy is available from Amazon. It is very expensive. Printings can be obtained from the author at bcrumley1936@yahoo.com

To view the book hit   HANDS

A CATECHISM FOR CATHOLICS AND OTHER NON BELIEVERS The author was trying to answer 6 or 7 basic questions like Who is God? What is Life? Who are We? What happens when we die? After the first writings he was not happy because the chapter on God was the shortest. It was composed completely of poetry. He attended a retreat. The person giving the retreat started out saying “We Know God first of all through the poet.” That inspired the author to begin the book by someone asking a theologian “who is God?” The theologian could only give a speculative response. The theologian advised him to go to the philosopher. The philosopher likewise only gave a speculative answer. The philosopher advised the person to go to the poet. The poet took the person to the sea, then to the mountain, then into the cty. With the revised structure the chapter on God took up nearly half the book. As the book was completed I could see that is how God is revealed in the Christian Bible. Creation takes place at the sea. The law is revealed to Moses on the mountain. Jesus Christ took his apostles into the city and as he left told them to go into the city. His book is also available through Amazon. I hope to have it available through as an ebook shortly. bcrumley1936@yahoo.com 

 To see a preview on the Caechism and eventually the entire catechism  hit  CATECHISM

KEEP ON TRUCKING EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRUCK This is a series of reflections on the meaning of life and death. It is in the form of a diary. A space for each day of the year. A few of the days have a reflection or question with a space for the reader to add his/her own reflection. The back of each page has a more detailed question. It has been a very effective tool for dealing with death and grief. The entire diary is available through the author bcrumley1936@yahoo.com

A fairly elaborate summary of the diary broken down by time frames is available at   TRUCKING  

BIBLOBITS It is a series of obituaries of Old Testament characters. It was inspired when I substituted for a sixth grade religious education teacher. Part ot that day's lesson was an obituary for King David. I was not at all creative. It asked the student to fill in blanks giving David's place of birth, parents, and place of death. I though I can do better than that so I created a series of Old Testament biblical obituaries. It tried to give a little more of the significance of each life. Each one ends "In lieu of sending flowers you are asked..." The reader is asked to do something that reflects the life of the biblical person. The title can be taken as meaning little bits of the Bible or Bilical obituaries.

I am in the process of putting the entire book on this website.  ou can see progress of this at   BIBLOBITS 

LETTERS FROM GOD In my own life I have come to see prayer as LISTENING to God rather than speaking to God. I have seen a lot of letters to God. They all seem to reflect a style more oriented to speaking to God. So I composed a series of letters in which God speaks to a human person who is troubled and to whom God speaks. The book is mentioned on Amazon. It is also available at   LETTERS

WHY WE ARE ALWAYS BROKE War and who profits from war is a central question in Why We Are Always Broke. The book looks at underlying institutions which promote wars. Who finances wars? Who profits from wars? A central thesis of the book is individuals and nations are controlled by keeping them in debt. War is a principal means of creating debt. The book looks at the national debt which has grown immensely in recent years. The debt is due in large part to war. Crumley shares his research on the United Nations, the Bank for International Settlements and NATO, and shows how these organizations have influenced global interactions. He writes how, after years of being manipulated, some nations in the Middle East are fighting back by implementing new economic systems.

The book looks at the radical economic reforms President Kennedy was implementing in the summer of 1963, prior to his assassination. JFK took steps to restore economic stability to the USA and cut our military, especially foreign military, expenses. Kennedy attempted to stop the flow of gold from the USA and to put control of our money back in the hands of government. No one looked at these economic forces in investigating his death. These reforms were the most radical and far reaching acts of his administration. They were abandoned immediately after his death.The book examines how war played a central role in creating the international monetary system in place today.

The book is available through the author. His email is bcrumley1936@yahoo.com It is also available through Amazon. Just press Amazon It is also available through many other sources. Just go to Google or whatever source you use and type in "Why We are Always Broke."

ORDINARY PEOPLE TUNING IN ON NEEDS was written in response to a talk by Robert Shetterly. He had composed a book of pictures of people who told the truth. He was upset because he believed the Government was not telling the us the truth about what happened at 911. His response was to highlight persons throughout US history who have told the truth. After the book was published Mr. Shetterly continued taking pictures. He now has over 170 pictures. He is also going throught the USA telling his story.

As he spoke I thought "I do not take pictures, but I do write. I could compose a book just about persons I know who told the truth." The book is complete. It is available as a book you can print out on this website.     ORDINARY

Thanks for taking the time to review the entire website. I would like to hear from you regarding your comments.

bcrumley1936@yahoo.com

Bill Crumley                                                                                  St.EdwardsUniversity      St. Joseph Hall                  AustinTexas 78704 

512-637-1970