Miracles from Heaven: A Little Girl, Her Journey to Heaven, and Her Amazing Story of Healing by Christy Beam My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Beam family didn’t know at the time that December 30, 2011 was the end of more than the year 2011. Christy Beam’s memoir Miracles from Heaven: A Little Girl,… Continue reading Miracles from Heaven (review)
My Life's Journey by Janet Kataaha Museveni My rating: 5 of 5 stars If I told you Janet Museveni was the first lady of an African nation, could you name which one? Until last week, me neither. But now that I have met this talented woman in the pages of her memoir, I know that… Continue reading My Life’s Journey (review)
Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy by Donald Miller My rating: 5 of 5 stars “These are snapshots of the year I spent learning to perform less, be myself more, and overcome a complicated fear of being known,” writes Donald Miller in the first chapter of Scary Close, his… Continue reading Scary Close (review)
A Short Walk to the Edge of Life: How My Simple Adventure Became a Dance with Death--and Taught Me What Really Matters by Scott Hubbartt My rating: 5 of 5 stars The list of things that go wrong for Scott Hubbartt, in his memoir A Short Walk to the Edge of Life, begins before he… Continue reading A Short Walk to the Edge of Life (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)
She Does Not Fear the Snow by Bobbie Ann Cole My rating: 5 of 5 stars Bobbie Cole and her friend Terry were both on a quest to find new purpose and meaning when they toured Israel together in the spring of 2007. Bobbie wasn’t expecting anything from her visit to the King of Kings… Continue reading She Does Not Fear the Snow (review)
Pilgrimage: My Journey to a Deeper Faith in the Land Where Jesus Walked by Lynn Austin My rating: 4 of 5 stars A series of losses, disappointments, and unpleasant surprises have pummeled Lynn Austin. She is feeling bruised, spiritually dry, and, in plain words, depressed. And so she has high hopes for an opportunity to… Continue reading Pilgrimage (review)
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