Books

Words that shelter, heal, and lead.

Eleven books by Dr. Aluney Elferr de Albuquerque Silva — on love and forgiveness, on faith, on foster care, on leadership that trusts people rather than controls them, and on the long road families walk with addiction. Available on Amazon in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Forthcoming Coming soon

What Churches Should Be Teaching

Rediscovering the Heart of the Gospel

Somewhere between the sermon and the pew, the gospel got smaller. Congregations learned attendance, behaviour, and belonging to an institution — and were left fluent in religion but unpractised in grace. This book asks the question its title poses, and does not flinch from the answer: if a congregation believed only what we actually teach them, what would they believe about God?

Drawing on decades of pastoral work and clinical practice alongside families in crisis, Dr. Aluney Albuquerque argues that the church’s central task was never to manage behaviour. It is to hand people back the gospel itself — a message about a love that restores what is broken, dignifies the wounded, and sends the healed back out to do the same. A call to teach less about the church, and far more about Christ.

Publication date to be announced.

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Love Changes Everything

Newest release

Love Changes Everything

The Transformational Force That Shapes Leaders, Heals Wounds, and Builds Legacies

A profound and timeless exploration of love as the most powerful force for transformation in the human experience — love not as a fleeting emotion, but as a force that restores what is broken, lifts what is weary, and gives meaning to all that we do. Through storytelling, leadership wisdom, and practical reflection, it unveils a truth often forgotten: that love is not weakness, but strength; not sentiment, but strategy; not softness, but substance.

100 pages · 2026

Kindle edition Paperback

Leadership & Purpose

  • Leaders don’t Micromanage, but BE PRESENT

    Leaders don’t Micromanage, but BE PRESENT

    Empowering Teams, Building Trust, and Leading with Purpose

    Leadership is often romanticized as a position of power and control. But as time passes, a harsh reality sets in: control does not equal leadership. Micromanagement signals a lack of trust, suffocates innovation, and pushes talented people away. This book is about breaking free from that cycle.

    150 pages · 2025

    Kindle Paperback
  • The Universe Conspires on Your Behalf

    The Universe Conspires on Your Behalf

    Unlock Your Self Power

    Motivation comes from the Latin movere — to move. To motivate is to activate an inner impulse that leads to action. This book is about the power a message of motivation holds in the mind: its ability to awaken desire, hope, and the will to accomplish something and move.

    111 pages · 2014

    Kindle
  • Owner of Myself

    Owner of Myself

    Face Your Challenges

    Living well is a pursuit none of us set down. Through simple, practical habits, this short book shows that the goal is within reach — that changing how we act, in small and repeatable ways, makes all the difference. A readable provocation toward change.

    76 pages · 2013

    Paperback

Faith & Healing

  • The Power of Forgiveness

    The Power of Forgiveness

    Personal Healing

    Forgiveness is one of the most transformative acts a person can undertake. It holds the power to heal wounds, mend broken relationships, and ultimately set us free — but it is never simple, and rarely instant. A guide through that journey, toward liberation from pain, peace for the soul, and the courage to love again.

    124 pages · 2025

    Kindle Paperback
  • Daily Seeds

    Daily Seeds

    Unlock your Powerful Faith

    Dream, and think of what you desire — but do your part. When Jesus came to raise Lazarus, He asked two men to move the stone, and then He did His holy work. What is for us to do is ours to do; what is God’s, He does. Do your part.

    36 pages · 2020 · Spanish edition

    Kindle Paperback

Family & Foster Care

  • Hearts That Shelter

    Hearts That Shelter

    The Journey of Foster Parents in Transitional Care

    Foster parenting is not merely an act of kindness; it is a profound calling — one that requires selflessness, resilience, and a heart willing to embrace the unknown. It transforms lives, both for the children they shelter and for themselves.

    78 pages · 2025

    Kindle Paperback
  • Love Beyond Boundaries

    Love Beyond Boundaries

    A Foster Parent’s Journey

    Love is often thought of as something permanent. But what if love’s greatest power isn’t in its permanence, but in its presence — in the way it shows up, even for a season, even when goodbye is inevitable? The bittersweet journey of transitional foster care.

    54 pages · 2025

    Kindle Paperback

Drugs, Youth & Hope

  • Lives Discolored

    Lives Discolored

    How Paul Was Lost to Drugs

    The story of a young man who resisted, and then did not. It follows the suffering and sorrow that came after — and everything his family did to reach him. Leaving drugs behind is never simple. Written for parents and teachers who need to see clearly what society keeps looking away from.

    112 pages · 2012

    Paperback Português (Kindle)
  • This is Not The Way

    This is Not The Way

    A Talk About Drugs for Kids

    Caio is a boy drawn into drugs by a friend, and his life fills with trouble. With his school, his parents, his friends, and his faith, he finds his way back out — and then turns around to help others do the same. Written for children.

    24 pages · 2014

    Paperback
  • A Escalada

    A Escalada

    Drogas — Tire Suas Dúvidas

    Written for parents, teachers, and the whole school community. It begins where the World Health Organization does — health is not the absence of disease but full physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing — and works outward from there to answer the questions adults are most afraid to ask about drugs.

    140 pages · 2017 · Portuguese edition

    Kindle

Also published in Brazil

Earlier works, published in Portuguese by Virtual Books. These editions are not currently available for purchase — they are listed here as part of the author’s body of work.

  • Drogas & Família
    Drogas & Família Edition not available

    Written on the premise of a sentence families say too late — “I never thought this would happen in my family.” Argues that prevention, not enforcement, is the work that changes outcomes, and that it begins at home.

    140 pages · 2016 · Portuguese

  • Drogas: O Universo Paralelo
    Drogas: O Universo Paralelo Edition not available

    For parents, educators, therapists, and young people — an account of the parallel world drugs build around a person, and what it costs the family standing outside it.

    179 pages · 2014 · Portuguese

  • A Escalada
    A Escalada Edition not available

    The earlier Brazilian edition of the book later published for Kindle. Opens from the World Health Organization’s definition of health as full physical, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing.

    154 pages · 2012 · Portuguese

  • Os Processos Mentais Inconscientes
    Os Processos Mentais Inconscientes Edition not available

    The author’s doctoral thesis in psychoanalysis: how the science Freud founded reaches into ordinary daily life, and how unconscious patterns can be changed.

    166 pages · 2009 · Portuguese

  • Eu, Dono de Mim
    Eu, Dono de Mim Edition not available

    The Portuguese original of Owner of Myself — simple, repeatable practices for living well, and the case that small changes in how we act make all the difference.

    66 pages · 2009 · Portuguese

About the author

Dr. Aluney Elferr de Albuquerque Silva writes from more than two decades of work alongside children, youth, and families — as a clinician, a program director, and a founder. His books carry the same conviction into print: that people are not problems to be managed, but lives to be honored.

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