The Price Of Freedom by Simon Ivascu My rating: 5 of 5 stars "Every young man between the ages of eighteen and twenty knew from early childhood that they would be required to go into the army to give one year of their lives in military service. … it was the young men with strong… Continue reading The Price of Freedom (review)
Passport through Darkness: A True Story of Danger and Second Chances by Kimberly L. Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kimberly L. Smith and her husband Milton are introduced to the horrors of human trafficking almost by chance, when their missionary activity in Spain leads them to an orphanage in Portugal. There they come… Continue reading Passport Through Darkness (review)
Miracles: Coincidence or Divine Intervention? by John Murray Cpd My rating: 5 of 5 stars After he had written a memoir about his childhood, John Murray’s wife asked him, “When are you going to write about your experiences in Eastern Europe?” Miracles: Coincidence or Divine Intervention? is that book. In it Murray tells many fascinating… Continue reading Miracles: Coincidence or Divine Intervention? (review)
Dancing in the Reflections by Patricia Mussolum My rating: 5 of 5 stars In Dancing in the Reflections, Patricia Mussolum rejoices in the beauty of nature and the simple pleasures of home. Dancing is full of stories of God's simple gifts to her—like an armful of lilacs when she was hankering for a small bouquet,… Continue reading Dancing in the Reflections (review)
Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows by Ravi Zacharias My rating: 5 of 5 stars From the first time I heard Ravi Zacharias speak in our Saskatoon church (sometime in the late 1970s or early '80s) I have been fascinated by his message and manner. His memoir, Walking from East to West:… Continue reading Walking From East to West (review)
Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind and Free Yourself from the Pressure of Stress by Joyce Meyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Overload by Joyce Meyer is a book on how to handle stress. In fifteen chapters, Meyer discusses: - what stress is and what causes it; - how putting God in charge of life… Continue reading Overload (review)
A Traveler's Advisory by Marcia Lee Laycock My rating: 5 of 5 stars In A Traveler's Advisory, author Marcia Laycock takes readers from the Arctic Circle to the jungles of Papua New Guinea and home again. Each of the 52 meditations draws spiritual lessons from a travel experience (sections are titled "In the Air," "On… Continue reading A Traveler’s Advisory (review)
Abundant Rain Journal: A Devotional Journal for Writers of Faith by Marcia Lee Laycock My rating: 5 of 5 stars Marcia Laycock's Abundant Rain Journal is a devotional journal that will be of special interest to Christian writers. Each of the 30 one-page meditations deals with some aspect of the writer's life. Laycock's own experience… Continue reading Abundant Rain Journal (Review)
Glimpses of Paradise: A Novel of the 1920s by James Scott Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars We first meet the main characters in Glimpses of Paradise, 17 year-old Doyle Lawrence (athlete and poet) and 16 year-old Zenobia (Zee) Miller (want-to-be movie star), in the spring of 1916 in Zenith, Nebraska. Doyle, fascinated by… Continue reading Glimpses of Paradise (review)
The End Begins by Sara Davison My rating: 5 of 5 stars It's October of 2053. After a series of terrorist attacks, for which a fringe Christian group has claimed responsibility, Canada is under martial law. For feisty Meryn O'Reilly, soldiers storming into the service of the Kingston church she attends is just the beginning… Continue reading The End Begins (review)
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