Alex Parkview

About Me

Alex Parkview is a combat veteran of the U.S. Army, single dad to two grown daughters, proud polyjamorous genre-smasher, and survivor who finds truth in heavy riffs, buried scriptures, trail dust, and the small anchors that keep showing up each day.

His writing—blunt memoirs and sermon-style reflections—lays bare moral injury, PTSD recovery, chronic pain, fatherhood, and scandalously simple grace. The "From the Ruins" series (Cathedral of Scars, Doors Wide in the Ruins, Letters from the Ruins, Altars in the Ruins) builds altars from wreckage, while standalone works like Hearing the Echoes, Broken Mirrors, Steady Ground, and This Too Shall Pass? offer honest words for invisible wounds that don't heal linearly.

From the battlefield to the mosh pit to playlists that span Johnny Cash to Lorna Shore, Alex writes for warriors (and anyone) carrying scars—those who know faith is messy, recovery is stubborn persistence, and real connection refuses neat boxes.

On a quiet mission to get these books into military chaplains' hands and anyone ready to face their ruins without pretense.

Turn it up, switch the genre, dig deep—grace shows up anyway. Let's walk this out together.

Alex Parkview Books

Relationship Restores The Church (Religion or Relationship Book 2) Amazon View Detail

Jude Quoted It. Jesus Thought in It. The Machine Buried It. Amazon View Detail

Religion or Relationship: The Truth About Christianity Amazon View Detail

This Too Shall Pass?: Honest Words for Moral Injury Amazon View Detail

CARRY THE DEAD: Guilt Won’t Kill You (But It Will Try) Amazon View Detail

Speak Up or Stay Broken: A No-Bullshit Field Manual for Veterans (and Anyone Else) Tired of Being Told to Suck It Up Amazon View Detail

How TF Do I Even Friend?: No-BS Navigation for the Near-Hermit Vet Amazon View Detail

Out of the Darkness: A No BS Guide to Shadow Work for People Who Can't Answer the Damn Prompts Amazon View Detail

Swipe Right on Reality: How TF Do Vets Date in a World That Doesn’t Get It Amazon View Detail

Hearing the Echoes: A Memoir of Containment Amazon View Detail

Cathedral of Scars: Fifteen Sermons from the Ruins That Became Sanctuary Amazon View Detail

Doors Wide in the Ruins: 20 Sermons from the Sanctuary That Never Closes (From the Ruins) Amazon View Detail

Broken Mirrors, Steady Ground Amazon View Detail

Letters from the Ruins: Mercy for Every Wounded Heart Amazon View Detail

Altars in the Ruins: Twenty-Five Sermons from the Ruins Redeemed by Grace Amazon View Detail

How TF Do I Even...?: Relearning Life Outside the Uniform Amazon View Detail