BOOK REVIEW | Lazarus Awakening
Title: LAZARUS AWAKENING Author: Joanna Weaver Publisher: Waterbrook Press February 2011 ISBN: 978-0-307-44496-7 Genre: Inspirational/Christian Living It’s easy to believe that God loves the world…but sometimes you wonder if He truly loves you… For many of us, it is easy to tell others that God loves them. Easy to share the good news of God’s [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Mountains Bow Down
Title: THE MOUNTAINS BOW DOWN Author: Sibella Giorello Publisher: Thomas Nelson March 2011 ISBN: 978-1-59554-535-0 Genre: Inspirational/suspense FBI Special Agent Raleigh Harmon needs a vacation. So, she boards a cruise ship to Alaska with her mother, her aunt, and her aunt’s friend, Claire the Clairvoyant. The backdrop of the Last Frontier is a dream destination [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Spring’s Renewal
SPRING’S RENEWAL Author: Shelley Shepard Gray Publisher: Avon Inspire April 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-185236-7 Genre: Inspirational/Amish Clara is the local Amish school teacher. When Clara was five-years-old, she was severely burned in a kitchen fire, and now her mother tells her that no one will have Clara since she is deformed. Clara is resigned to staying [...]
BOOK REVIEW | A Cousin’s Prayer
A COUSIN’S PRAYER Author: Wanda Brunstetter Publisher: Barbour Books November 2009 ISBN: 978-1-60260-061-4 Genre: Inspirational/Amish Katie Miller’s boyfriend, Timothy, was killed in an accident a year earlier. Long before she’s ready, Katie is invited to return to her home in Indiana to stand up for her cousin at the wedding. At first, Katie wants to [...]
BOOK REVIEW | One Lane Bridge
ONE LANE BRIDGE Author: Don Reid Publisher: David C. Cook October 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4347-6508-6 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary John David (J.D.) Wickman and his wife, Karlie, have been married twenty years. They live a good life, but when their family restaurant starts having problems, J.D.’s mother needs more attention, and their college-age daughter wants to drop out [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Unexpected Adventure
THE UNEXPECTED ADVENTURE: Taking Everyday Risks to Talk with People About Jesus Authors: Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg Publisher: Zondervan May 2009 ISBN: 978-0-310-28392-0 Genre: Inspirational/nonfiction/evangelism Have you ever wondered how to talk to others about Jesus? Do you wonder how to effortlessly guide the conversation to talk about Christ? Or maybe how to take [...]
BOOK REVIEW | The Pastor’s Wife
THE PASTOR’S WIFE Author: Jennifer AlLee Publisher: Abingdon Press February 2010 ISBN: 1-426-70225-9 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary women’s fiction Maura Sullivan couldn’t handle being married to a pastor. Nick Shepherd was more into his congregation than he was her. They called, he was there. But when she needed him, he wasn’t. Now, six years later, Maura is [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Dear Mom
Title: DEAR MOM Author: Melody Carlson Publisher: WaterBrook Press 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4000-7491-4 Genre: Inspirational/parenting Sometimes it seems like raising a teenager is like trying to chart a course underwater. And girls are ten times harder than boys (or so I’ve been told.) Whichever, you are in for one-word answers, defensive conversations, unpredictable outbursts, and sometimes [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Certain Jeopardy
Title: CERTAIN JEOPARDY Jeff Struecker with Alton Gansky Publisher: B&H Books Copyright: 2009 ISBN: 978-0-8054-4853-5 Genre: Military Christian Fiction “Your safety rests in the hands of six men . . . they are Special Ops and their mission has just been upgraded from difficult to impossible.” I am forever grateful that my freedoms are protected [...]
BOOK REVIEW | Texas Heat
Title: TEXAS HEAT Author: Debra White Smith Publisher: Avon Inspire 2009 ISBN: 978-0-06-148316-4 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/intrigue Jack Mansfield has loved Charlie forever, but when she dumped him for a fast-working, smooth-talking jerk, Jack was sure Charlie had ripped his heart out along with his liver and kidneys and all other vital organs. So, when Charlie comes [...]
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