These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of LRStahley.com, including its reader accounts, community areas, editorial content, AI features, and online shop.

The website is personally owned and operated by Lee Ruckman Stahley, writing as L.R. Stahley, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Merchandise offered through The Collection is sold by Stahley & Company, Columbus, Ohio. References to “we,” “us,” and “our” mean the site owner or, for merchandise transactions, Stahley & Company, as applicable.

Questions about these Terms may be directed to contact@lrstahley.com.

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By accessing or using the website, you agree to these Terms and the applicable policies expressly incorporated into them. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the website.

The Community Guidelines govern participation in community areas, the Shipping & Returns Policy governs applicable merchandise purchases, and Copyright & Permissions provides additional conditions concerning the use of protected content. These policies form part of these Terms for the activities they address. Our Privacy Policy separately explains how we handle personal information.

If you use the website on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to accept these Terms on its behalf.

2. Eligibility and Reader Accounts

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account or submit content. If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, you may use account and community features only with the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian. Purchases must be made by an adult or with an adult’s authorisation.

You agree to provide accurate account information and keep it reasonably current. You are responsible for safeguarding your login credentials and for activity you authorise through your account. You must not impersonate another person, misrepresent your affiliation, or use another person’s account without permission.

If you suspect unauthorised access to your account, notify us promptly at contact@lrstahley.com. We may restrict access where reasonably necessary to protect an account, investigate misuse, or preserve website security.

3. Website Content and Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise identified, the website’s original books and excerpts, reflections, essays, artwork, graphics, logos, and other original materials are owned by Lee Ruckman Stahley or used with permission from their respective rights holders. Such materials are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

The marks L.R. STAHLEY™, The Scriptorium™, and the site crest identify this website and its associated content. The ™ symbol indicates an unregistered trademark claim; it does not imply federal registration.

You may access and read publicly available content for personal, noncommercial purposes and share links to website pages. Except as permitted by law or our Copyright & Permissions policy, you may not reproduce, distribute, sell, republish, adapt, or otherwise exploit protected materials without permission from the relevant rights holder.

You may not use our names, marks, or crest in a way that falsely suggests sponsorship, approval, or affiliation. Nothing in these Terms limits fair use, other statutory exceptions, or your lawful use of public-domain material.

Scripture passages and other third-party materials remain subject to their respective copyright status and permissions. Use of public-domain Scripture does not place the surrounding original commentary, artwork, or website design in the public domain.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree to use the website lawfully and respectfully. You must not:

• Violate applicable law or infringe another person’s intellectual-property, privacy, or other rights.
• Harass, threaten, defraud, impersonate, or unlawfully discriminate against others.
• Publish another person’s private or sensitive information without lawful authority.
• Submit spam, deceptive promotions, malicious links, or unauthorised advertising.
• Upload malware or attempt to gain unauthorised access to accounts, systems, or data.
• Interfere with website operation, bypass security measures, or place an unreasonable burden on its infrastructure.
• Use automated tools to collect personal information about readers or community members.
• Manipulate reviews, reactions, or community activity through fabricated accounts or other deceptive methods.
• Use website features to solicit or facilitate unlawful activity.

Additional expectations for community participation appear in the Community Guidelines.

5. Community Contributions

The website may allow you to publish posts, comments, reviews, profile information, and other contributions. You retain ownership of the original content you submit.

By submitting content for publication, you grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, store, reproduce, format, and display that content as reasonably necessary to operate the website and make it available through the features you use. This includes making public contributions visible to other visitors and performing necessary technical functions, such as backups and moderation.

This licence does not transfer ownership of your work to us or grant a general right to sell it separately. It ends when your content is removed from our active services, except to the extent reasonably necessary for backups, legal obligations, or resolving disputes. Copies independently saved or shared by others may remain outside our control.

You represent that you own your contributions or have the rights needed to submit them and grant this licence. Your contributions must comply with these Terms and the Community Guidelines.

Public contributions may be viewed, copied, or shared by others. Please exercise care when discussing personal experiences or identifying other people. Community contributions express the views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect our views or endorsement.

6. Moderation and Account Restrictions

We may review, remove, or restrict access to content, and suspend or terminate accounts, where we reasonably believe there has been a violation of these Terms or the Community Guidelines, a security concern, unlawful activity, or conduct that could harm the website or its users.

We may act without advance notice when necessary to address an immediate concern or comply with law. Where appropriate, we may provide an explanation or an opportunity to address the issue.

We do not promise to review every contribution before publication or to identify every inaccurate, inappropriate, or unlawful statement. To report content or ask about a moderation decision, use the available reporting feature or contact contact@lrstahley.com.

7. Merchandise Purchases

Merchandise purchased through The Collection is sold by Stahley & Company. Applicable shipping, return, refund, and fulfilment conditions are explained in the Shipping & Returns Policy, which forms part of the terms of your purchase.

Prices, applicable taxes, and shipping charges are presented during checkout before you submit payment. You are responsible for reviewing your order and providing accurate contact and delivery information.

We aim to present product descriptions and images accurately. Colours and appearance may vary because of screen settings, production methods, and ordinary manufacturing variation. Such variation does not remove any rights you have concerning defective, damaged, or incorrectly described goods.

Products are subject to availability. If an item becomes unavailable or a material pricing or description error affects an order, we may contact you to resolve the issue or cancel the affected order and refund any payment collected for it. We will not substitute a materially different item or impose an additional charge without your agreement.

Payment processing, production, and delivery may involve third-party providers. Nothing in these Terms or the Shipping & Returns Policy excludes consumer rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

Books or other products purchased from an external retailer are sold under that retailer’s terms, including its payment, delivery, and return policies.

8. Leo and Other AI Features

Leo, our AI Faith Companion, is an automated system, not a person, minister, or licensed professional. Leo is intended to support reflection, exploration, and conversation about faith.

AI responses may contain errors, invented details, inaccurate quotations, or incomplete interpretations. Verify important statements, Scripture references, and factual claims against reliable sources before relying on them.

Leo does not provide professional medical, mental-health, legal, financial, or pastoral advice. Its responses should not replace guidance from a qualified professional or a trusted member of your faith community. Leo is not an emergency service and is not monitored as a crisis-response channel. If you face an immediate emergency, contact your local emergency services.

Leo conversations are handled as described in the Privacy Policy. They are not privileged or confidential from the site owner, who can access them through the hosting provider’s dashboard. Avoid sharing information you are not comfortable having processed and stored by the providers supporting the feature.

You must not use Leo to infringe others’ rights, disclose another person’s private information without authority, or facilitate unlawful activity.

9. Editorial and Faith-Based Content

Books, reflections, essays, and other editorial materials are offered for literary, informational, devotional, and discussion purposes. They may express personal experiences, Christian beliefs, and interpretations on which readers or faith traditions differ.

Content discussing illness, emotional wellbeing, finances, or other personal challenges is not individualised professional advice. References to personal experiences do not promise that another person will obtain the same outcome.

We seek to present material thoughtfully and accurately, but we do not guarantee that every statement is complete, current, or free from error. You may report a suspected factual or attribution error at contact@lrstahley.com.

10. External Links and Services

The website may link to bookstores, retailers, social networks, and other external websites for your convenience. We do not control those services and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, or practices.

Retailer links are not affiliate links, and we receive no referral payment when you use them. An author may nevertheless receive ordinary royalties from the sale of their books; those royalties are separate from affiliate compensation.

Your use of an external service, including any purchase or submission of personal information, is governed by that service’s terms and privacy policy.

11. Website Availability and Changes

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue website features as the site develops. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access or that every feature will remain available indefinitely.

Maintenance, technical failures, provider outages, and circumstances outside our reasonable control may affect availability. Where practical, we will provide notice of significant planned changes affecting reader accounts or stored content.

Changes to website features do not remove obligations relating to paid orders or rights that cannot be excluded by law.

12. Disclaimers

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its free content and features are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no guarantee that they will be uninterrupted, error-free, completely secure, or suitable for a particular purpose.

To the extent permitted by law, we disclaim implied warranties relating to those free services, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.

These disclaimers do not override express commitments concerning merchandise purchases or any warranties and consumer protections that applicable law does not allow us to exclude.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Lee Ruckman Stahley and Stahley & Company will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of, or inability to use, the website. This includes lost profits, lost business opportunities, or loss of data, to the extent such exclusions are lawful.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, gross negligence, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Your mandatory consumer rights remain unaffected.

14. Ending Your Use of the Website

You may stop using the website at any time. If you have an account, you may initiate account deletion through Account Settings. Data deletion and retention are explained in the Privacy Policy, including the treatment of order records and separately stored Leo conversations.

We may suspend or terminate access as described in these Terms. Ending access does not cancel outstanding payment obligations, valid purchase-related rights, or provisions that reasonably need to continue, including intellectual-property protections, applicable liability limitations, and dispute provisions.

15. Copyright and Other Rights Complaints

If you believe material on the website infringes your copyright or another legal right, contact contact@lrstahley.com. Please identify the material, provide its page address or location, explain the right you believe has been infringed, and include sufficient contact information for us to respond.

For copyright concerns, please also identify the original work and explain whether you are the rights holder or are authorised to act on the rights holder’s behalf. We may request further information to evaluate and address the complaint.

16. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, except where applicable law requires otherwise. If you live elsewhere, you retain any mandatory protections that apply under the laws of your jurisdiction.

If a concern arises, please contact contact@lrstahley.com so that we have an opportunity to resolve it. This invitation does not prevent you from exercising a legal right, contacting a regulator, or bringing a claim where permitted by law.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms to reflect changes in website features, business practices, or legal requirements. The effective date at the top of this page will identify the latest revision.

For material changes, we will provide additional notice as appropriate and as required by law. Where affirmative agreement is legally required, we will seek it. Otherwise, continued use after revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law.

Changes will apply prospectively and will not retroactively remove rights arising from an existing purchase or dispute.

18. General Provisions

If a provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the extent permitted by law. A failure to enforce a provision on one occasion does not waive the right to enforce it later.

These Terms and the policies expressly incorporated into them constitute the agreement governing your use of the website. If a general provision conflicts with a purchase-specific provision in the Shipping & Returns Policy, the purchase-specific provision governs that issue, subject to applicable law.

19. Contact Us

For questions about these Terms:

Lee Ruckman Stahley — L.R. Stahley

Owner and operator of LRStahley.com

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Email: contact@lrstahley.com

For purchase-related enquiries, please indicate that your message concerns Stahley & Company / The Collection.