Archive for October, 2006

The Soldier's Lady

THE SOLDIER’S LADY by Michael Phillips The Civil War has just ended and the South is struggling to recover. The young women of Rosewood are an unusual “family” of blacks, whites, and mixed-race to try to demonstrate what it means to be a true family. Emma Tolan’s self-esteem has been de-moralized when she served as [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Carol for Christmas

A CAROL FOR CHRISTMAS by Robin Lee Hatcher Carol Burke has given it all up for her husband, Jonathan. A college diploma and a chance at a promising music career in Nashville. Jonathan made some sacrifices when he married her too. He didn’t have his diploma, and he took a lower-paying job in his father’s [...]

Reluctant Burglar

RELUCTANT BURGLAR by Jill Elizabeth Nelson As the book opens, Desiree Jacobs is breaking into an art gallery and the employees don’t even know it! She’s there to replace an original painting with a forgery. As she heads out of the gallery with the masterpiece she notices a white commercial van and knows that Agent [...]

Soul Sanctuary

SOUL SANCTUARY by Jason Miccolo Johnson SOUL SANCTUARY is the first photographic book to capture the essence and rhythms of the black Christian church. It’s a multidenominational journey into the heart of the black worship experience. Photographer Jason Miccolo Johnson traveled across the country, visiting small rural churches and urban storefront churches, as well as [...]

INTERVIEW | Tiffany Warren

Tiffany, describe yourself for our visitors. I’m a wife and mother of five. I love worship music like Martha Munizzi, Fred Hammond and Kirk Franklin. I also enjoy praise dancing and drama to the glory of God. How do you find time to connect with God? It can be hard when most of the time [...]

Fireworks

Fireworks by Elizabeth White If you enjoy a good Christian love story wrapped around a mystery which involves a sweet black lab; a gorgeous and intelligent main character who falls for an explosively charming Christian man with high integrity and compassion; his pyrotechnics business and insurance investigation, then this is a great read for you. [...]

INTERVIEW | Maurice Gray

Maurice, describe yourself for our visitors. I LOVE to read. I enjoy comedy (I’ve actually tried my hand at stand-up comedy a few times). I listen to gospel music and also some jazz. In my church, I’m involved with the Singles Ministry and the Young Adult Network (for ages 18-45), I sing on the Men’s [...]

No Hiding Place

COMMENTARY No Hiding Place Will the Amish School Shootings Change Anything? by Sam Hine I’m not Amish, but my children attend a small rural school that until this week seemed safely removed from the violence plaguing most of our world. The truth is, we’re not safe anywhere. The recent shooting at an Amish school here [...]

INTERVIEW | Alison Strobel

Alison, describe yourself for our visitors. Reading and writing are two of my favorite pastimes. (How blessed I feel to have a job that requires I do both!) Other than that, scrapbooking is my newest passion–lots of it to do, too, now that I have a baby! I sing at church with the worship team. [...]

SNEAK PEEK | Called

Excerpt from CALLED: Becoming Who You Were Born To Be by Kary Oberbrunner The Church exists for no other purpose but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became [...]