Books by
Michael P. Hart
War. Memory. Faith. Stewardship.
What do we carry forward—and what responsibility comes with it?
Through National Treasure or Trash and the Di$cipleship ministry series, retired U.S. Army Major and combat veteran Michael P. Hart explores the lasting consequences of war, the responsibilities of leadership, and the everyday practice of stewardship.
These books bring military experience, historical inquiry, faith, and personal reflection into conversations about how we live, lead, serve, and prepare the next generation.
Explore the books, editions, and companion resources below.
Coming to Audio: October 2026
The National Treasure or Trash audiobook is coming by the end of October 2026.
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NATIONAL TREASURE OR TRASH: War, Memory, and the Intergenerational Costs of Combat
By Major (Ret.) Michael P. Hart
What does a nation choose to remember—and what does it discard?
The consequences of war continue through the people who served, the families who supported them, and the institutions responsible for remembering what was learned.
National Treasure or Trash examines those consequences across generations. Drawing from military experience, historical analysis, family history, and systems thinking, Michael P. Hart explores how societies remember conflict, how institutions shape people, and how decisions made in one generation become burdens carried by another.
The book connects the visible demands of military service with the quieter realities that follow: changes in identity, the strain carried by families, the loss of institutional knowledge, and the distance that can grow between those who serve and the society they serve.
At its center is a question of stewardship: What do citizens, leaders, and institutions owe to knowledge purchased through sacrifice?
Hart invites readers to examine leadership, resilience, moral accountability, and the responsibilities that accompany national power. The result is a conversation about what we preserve, what we neglect, and what future generations may be forced to learn again.
Inside the Book
Military service and identity: How service shapes people during and beyond their time in uniform.
Intergenerational memory: How war’s experiences and consequences move through families and communities.
Leadership and stewardship: The responsibility to preserve knowledge and care for those affected by decisions.
Institutional resilience: How organizations learn, adapt, forget, and repeat mistakes.
War and societal disconnect: The relationship between military service, public understanding, and accountability.
Systems thinking and long-term consequences: How policies and institutional pressures shape human outcomes.
Civic responsibility and continuity: What each generation inherits—and what it chooses to leave behind.
Who This Book Is For
For veterans and military families, leaders and educators, students of history, and readers seeking a deeper understanding of the human responsibilities behind military service and national power.
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Publication Details
Author: Michael P. Hart
Imprint: Hart Legacy Press
Publication year: 2026
Language: English
Publisher-edition paperback ISBN: 979-8-9936439-0-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2026912035
Bring the Conversation to Your Community
For bulk orders, speaking engagements, interviews, or conversations with student, veteran, and community groups, contact Michael through Hart Legacy Press.
DI$CIPLESHIP: Faith and Finance
Put Faith into Practice. Build a Life of Stewardship.
By Major (Ret.) Michael P. Hart
How closely do our everyday choices reflect what we believe?
Di$cipleship: Faith and Finance explores the relationship between faith, money, character, and responsibility. It examines how the decisions we make about resources shape our relationships, our ability to lead, and the example we leave for others.
Drawing from military leadership, business education, and personal experience, Michael P. Hart considers how financial pressure, debt, consumption, and avoidance influence behavior—and how intentional stewardship can help people develop greater clarity, discipline, and purpose.
The book approaches stewardship as a responsibility extending across finances, time, relationships, service, and community. Leadership begins in these everyday choices, long before a title or position makes that responsibility visible.
Through practical reflection and long-term thinking, Di$cipleship encourages readers to examine their habits, take ownership of their decisions, and build stronger foundations for personal, professional, and spiritual growth.
The central challenge is to bring belief and behavior into closer alignment—and carry that responsibility into how we live, lead, and serve.
Inside the Book
Stewardship and responsibility: Caring intentionally for the resources, relationships, and opportunities entrusted to us.
Faith and discipline: Translating conviction into consistent, everyday practice.
Leadership development: Building the habits and judgment that make responsible leadership possible.
Long-term thinking: Considering what today’s decisions will mean for tomorrow.
Personal accountability: Recognizing patterns, confronting avoidance, and taking ownership of choices.
Resilience and growth: Developing the capacity to learn, adapt, and move forward through difficulty.
Financial stewardship: Examining how money, debt, consumption, and financial pressure affect our lives.
Service and community: Connecting personal responsibility with care for families, neighbors, and future generations.
Who This Book Is For
For individual readers seeking greater alignment between faith and daily life, and for pastors, mentors, ministry leaders, veterans’ groups, and small-group communities exploring stewardship, responsibility, and personal growth.
The core book stands on its own for individual reading and provides the foundation for the broader Di$cipleship ministry series.
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Continue with the Companion Resources
For facilitated study and practical application, explore the Leaders & Facilitators Edition and the Field Manual, described further below.
Leaders & Facilitators Edition — Lulu
Faith & Finance Field Manual — Lulu
Publication Details
Author: Michael P. Hart
Series: Di$cipleship
Edition: Core Book
Publication year: 2026
Language: English
Amazon paperback: 154 pages
Amazon paperback ISBN: 979-8-279122-64-6
Bring Di$cipleship to Your Community
For ministry partnerships, bulk book orders, speaking engagements, or questions about using the series with your group, contact Michael through Hart Legacy Press.
THE DI$CIPLESHIP MINISTRY SERIES
Understand the Principles. Guide the Conversation. Put Stewardship into Practice.
The Di$cipleship ministry series brings faith, financial stewardship, leadership, and personal responsibility into a coordinated framework for individual growth and group study.
Its three complementary resources connect understanding, facilitation, and practical application, helping readers and ministry communities carry what they believe into everyday decisions, relationships, and service.
The Core Book — Establish the Foundation
Di$cipleship: Faith and Finance introduces the principles that guide the series: stewardship, faith, responsibility, leadership, resilience, and service.
It explores how financial pressures, habits, and priorities influence character and relationships, encouraging readers to develop greater alignment between belief and behavior. The Core Book stands on its own for individual readers and serves as the shared reading foundation for group participation.
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The Leaders & Facilitators Edition — Guide Meaningful Discussion
The Leaders & Facilitators Edition equips pastors, mentors, ministry leaders, and group facilitators to guide thoughtful conversations and connect the material with participants’ lives.
Structured guidance, discussion support, and facilitation tools help leaders encourage honest reflection, personal accountability, and sustained engagement across ministry, mentoring, veterans’ groups, and organizational settings.
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The Field Manual — Turn Reflection into Practice
The Di$cipleship Field Manual is the practical companion participants use to work through the material.
Through guided reflection, written exercises, discussion, and accountability, it helps readers examine habits, identify priorities, and apply stewardship in daily life. Used alongside the Core Book, it supports intentional action and continued personal development.
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A Shared Foundation for Lasting Growth
Together, these resources support a ministry approach grounded in faith, stewardship, discipline, accountability, resilience, and community.
The purpose is to help people grow in how they manage resources, care for relationships, accept responsibility, and serve others—and to equip leaders to support that growth over time.
For ministry partnerships, group use, bulk orders, or speaking inquiries, contact Michael through Hart Legacy Press.
DI$CIPLESHIP — LEADERS & FACILITATORS EDITION
Lead the Conversation. Strengthen the Practice of Stewardship.
By Major (Ret.) Michael P. Hart
Helping others grow requires thoughtful questions, clear guidance, and the ability to connect principles with the pressures people face in everyday life.
The Di$cipleship: Expanded Edition for Leaders and Facilitators supports pastors, ministry leaders, mentors, veterans’ groups, and small-group facilitators guiding conversations about faith, financial responsibility, leadership, and personal growth.
Used alongside Di$cipleship: Faith and Finance, this companion combines leadership commentary, structured discussion guidance, and practical facilitation tools. It helps leaders explore how stewardship influences relationships, trust, discipline, service, and the long-term health of families, ministries, and organizations.
Particular attention is given to the responsibility of leading sensitive conversations about money, habits, and accountability. The aim is to encourage honest participation, thoughtful reflection, and practical application while respecting the people involved.
Inside This Edition
Leadership commentary: Context and perspective for guiding others through the Core Book’s principles.
Facilitation frameworks: Structure for connecting reading, discussion, reflection, and application.
Sensitive financial conversations: Guidance for addressing financial pressures and responsibility with care and clarity.
Leadership pitfalls: Examination of avoidance patterns and habits that can weaken trust and accountability.
Ministry and organizational application: Ways to connect stewardship with the responsibilities of churches, groups, and leadership teams.
Sustained personal growth: Support for carrying lessons into relationships, service, resilience, and everyday decisions.
Who This Edition Is For
For pastors, ministry leaders, facilitators, mentors, veterans’ groups, and small-group communities seeking deeper engagement with faith, stewardship, discipline, and responsibility.
Its purpose is to help leaders create environments where meaningful discussion supports spiritual growth, personal accountability, and lasting development—individually and collectively.
How It Fits into the Series
The Core Book establishes the shared foundation. The Leaders & Facilitators Edition supports those guiding the conversation. The Field Manual gives participants space and structure to put those principles into practice.
This edition is intended for use alongside the Core Book.
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Publication Details
Author: Michael P. Hart
Series: Di$cipleship
Edition: Expanded Edition for Leaders and Facilitators
Publication year: 2026
Language: English
Amazon paperback: 66 pages
Amazon paperback ISBN: 9798247076551
Bring the Series to Your Ministry or Group
For ministry partnerships, bulk orders, speaking engagements, or questions about using the series, contact Michael through Hart Legacy Press.
DI$CIPLESHIP FIELD MANUAL
Put Stewardship into Practice.
By Major (Ret.) Michael P. Hart
Lasting growth develops through the choices we practice each day.
The Di$cipleship Field Manual is the practical workbook companion to Di$cipleship: Faith and Finance, helping participants connect the book’s principles with their own habits, responsibilities, relationships, and goals.
Designed for individual use alongside the Core Book, ministry groups, and leadership-development settings, the manual provides space and structure for honest reflection, purposeful discussion, and practical action. It encourages readers to examine how faith, financial decisions, discipline, and service come together in everyday life.
Through guided exercises and personal assessment, participants can identify patterns, consider the pressures influencing their choices, and develop intentional steps toward stronger stewardship and accountability.
The aim is consistent growth: greater clarity, responsible action, and habits that build stronger foundations over time.
Inside the Field Manual
Guided reflection: Prompts that connect the Core Book’s themes with personal experience.
Written exercises: Space to examine beliefs, priorities, habits, and decisions.
Practical application: Activities that bring stewardship, leadership, faith, and service into everyday situations.
Goal-setting and accountability: Structure for identifying priorities and following through on commitments.
Group discussion: Questions that support thoughtful participation and shared learning.
Personal assessment: Opportunities to recognize patterns, reflect on progress, and strengthen resilience.
Who This Manual Is For
For readers working through the Core Book individually, participants in discipleship and ministry groups, veterans’ communities, and mentoring or leadership-development programs.
The workbook supports both personal reflection and group engagement, with room for individual circumstances, pace, and privacy.
How to Use It
Read the Core Book to establish the foundation, then use the Field Manual to work through its principles in writing, conversation, and daily practice.
For facilitated groups, the Leaders & Facilitators Edition provides additional guidance for those leading the discussion.
Together, these resources support continued learning, personal responsibility, spiritual growth, and long-term habit formation.
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Publication Details
Author: Michael P. Hart
Series: Di$cipleship
Resource type: Companion workbook
Publication year: 2026
Language: English
Amazon paperback: 32 pages
Amazon paperback ISBN: 9798246694619
Lulu edition: 30 pages, 7 × 10 inches, saddle-stitched paperback
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For bulk workbook orders, ministry partnerships, or questions about using the series, contact Michael through Hart Legacy Press.