Man Overboard: A Tale of Divine Compassion by David Denny My rating: 5 of 5 stars You have probably heard the story of Jonah, but never like David Denny tells it in Man Overboard: A Tale of Divine Compassion. In 24 poems capturing the voices of Jonah, God, sailors, wind, whale, people of Nineveh, their… Continue reading Man Overboard (review)
No Place to Hide: A Brain Surgeon S Long Journey Home from the Iraq War by W. Lee Warren My rating: 5 of 5 stars Dr. W. Lee Warren arrived at the 332nd Theater Hospital in Balad ab, Iraq in late 2004. His term of duty as a neurosurgeon ended four months later at the… Continue reading No Place to Hide (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
Despite Doubt: Embracing a Confident Faith by Michael Wittmer My rating: 4 of 5 stars In his book Despite Doubt: Embracing A Confident Faith, Michael E. Wittmer sets out to counter the popular myth that faith is stepping blindly into the unknown. Real faith, he says, is based more on what we know than what… Continue reading Despite Doubt (review)
The Custodian The coffee cups we take into the sanctuary she sees as spots to scrub from the carpet later. On youth night she braces herself for toilets plugged with paper towel sinks clogged with toilet paper. The inconspicuous, numberless door in the hallway we’ve never really noticed— she has the key to it could… Continue reading The Custodian
Return to Me by Lynn Austin My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Return to Me Lynn Austin returns to writing in the genre--biblical fiction--where I first met her. This story is set in the time of the exile and follows the priest Iddo and his son Zacharias as their family returns to a ravished… Continue reading Return to Me (review)
Into the Free by Julie Cantrell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Millie Reynolds is nine when we first meet her watching her troubled world from the boughs of Sweetie, the gum tree that gives her comfort and escape. The place is Iti Taloa Mississippi, the year 1936. Author Julie Cantrell takes us through Millie’s… Continue reading Into the Free by Julie Cantrell (review)
Do you ever use Bible words in your prayers? There are several ways to do this. You can pray complete prayers as they are written. Some well known Bible prayers are the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), and the prayers that Paul prays for the early church in Ephesians 1:15-20 and 3:14-21. Wes and Stacey Campbell… Continue reading Pray the Bible
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