Fresh Joy: Finding Joy in the Midst of Loss, Hardship and Suffering by Heidi McLaughlin My rating: 5 of 5 starsWhen the sudden and unexpected death of a partner hit Heidi McLaughlin for the second time, it would not have been surprising if she’d have become bitter and joyless. But she was determined not to… Continue reading Fresh Joy – review
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Are you all set for 2018… new calendars up, dreams and goals written down, diet started? Just kidding! It’s early days, I know. Still, it’s not too soon to start thinking about what we want the year ahead to look like. One resolution that hits my list every year is to get… Continue reading A resolution for 2018 #BibleJournaling
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)
Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield My rating: 4 of 5 stars I first came across Openness Unhindered’s author Rosaria Butterfield on a video where she told her story of coming to Christ out of a lesbian lifestyle. I loved the fact… Continue reading Openness Unhindered – review
Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus by Rifqa Bary My rating: 5 of 5 stars A face marred by an accident at six, a strict Muslim upbringing, and cruel treatment by her parents fed a deep longing within Rifqa Bary for love and acceptance. It was her… Continue reading Hiding in the Light (review)
Tina Janz feels torn between her parents’ wishes that she marry an upstanding (but boring) Mennonite boy and her desire for the man she loves—Frank Warkentin, the son of a Mennonite father and Gypsy mother. But the tug-of-war in Elma Schemenauer’s novel Consider the Sunflowers is more than between just Tina and her parents. For… Continue reading Consider the Sunflowers (review)
Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber My rating: 5 of 5 stars In her beautifully written spiritual memoir Surprised by Oxford, Carolyn Weber makes us privy to three romances. She takes us with her as she falls in love with Oxford—the city and the school. We experience the ups and downs of her relationship with… Continue reading Surprised by Oxford – review
Ex-Muslim: How One Daring Prayer to Jesus Changed a Life Forever by Naeem Fazal My rating: 4 of 5 stars Ex-Muslim: How One Daring Prayer to Jesus Changed a Life Forever is the memoir of Naeem Fazal (with co-writer Kitti Murray). In it Fazal tells the story of how he, an ethnic Pakistani from Kuwait,… Continue reading Ex-Muslim (review)
Persecuted: I Will Not Be Silent by Robin Parrish My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Freedom is fragile and costly. It must be constantly protected and defended by work and by faith … and by blood” (Kindle Location 103). Rev. John Luther knows these words, uttered during a TV interview, could get him into trouble—especially… Continue reading Persecuted (review)
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