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BOOK REVIEW | Pearl In The Sand

Title: PEARL IN THE SAND Author: Tessa Afshar Publisher: Moody Publishers September 2010 ISBN: 978-0-8024-5881-0 Genre: Inspirational/historical/biblical You remember reading the story of Rahab in the Bible. She’s the one that hid the spies in the city of Jericho, and then helped them escape by rope from her window on the wall of the city. [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Do You Know Who I Am?

Title: DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? Author: Angela Thomas Publisher: Howard Books October 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4391-6070-1 Genre: Inspirational/Christian living DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? is a book where Ms. Thomas started out asking God if He knows her and loves her—but it turned in a whole lot more. In each chapter she identifies [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Breaking Free

Title: BREAKING FREE Author: Beth Moore Publisher: Broadman & Holman 2000 ISBN: 1-59328-028-9 Genre: Inspirational/Christian living Do you want to find satisfaction in God, experience His peace, and enjoy His presence? Do you want to make the freedom Christ promised a reality in your daily life? In BREAKING FREE, Beth Moore introduces the readers to [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Always

ALWAYS: A Teen Devotional by Melody Carlson ALWAYS is a teen devotional designed especially for teens. Using a new modern translation of the Bible, the verses are easy to read and understand in today’s language. Ms. Carlson follows each verse up with a well thought out devotional with relates to both the verse and today’s [...]

BOOK REVIEW | So Over It

SO OVER IT by Stephanie Morrill Skylar Hoyt has finally graduated from high school and she is so ready to forget about her less than stellar school years and get a fresh start—preferably someplace where people don’t know about her, or her dysfunctional family. A place where she won’t run into her ex-boyfriend every time [...]

BOOK REVIEW | His Princess: Girl Talk With God

HIS PRINCESS GIRL TALK WITH GOD by Sheri Rose Shepherd You’re the daughter of the King! HIS PRINCESS GIRL TALK WITH GOD is a devotional specifically designed for teenage girls touching on all the issues that girls deal with today. Teen pregnancy, drugs, and eating disorders are just some of the issues Ms. Shepherd touches [...]

BOOK REVIEW | A Memory Between Us

A MEMORY BETWEEN US by Sarah Sundin Army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Doherty doesn’t date. And she can keep the men in her ward at bay, despite many attempts to win her affection.  But when Major Jack Novak lands in the hospital after a plane crash, he is determined to win the challenge. Ruth might not [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Amish Proverbs

AMISH PROVERBS by Suzanne Woods Fisher Suzanne Woods Fisher has collected more than 200 proverbs that cover the rich heritage, folklore, faith, values, history, and essence of the Plain People. The proverbs are used as teaching tools and practical living among the Amish—but they are not just for the Amish. Many of them are relevant [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Love Finds You in Golden, New Mexico

Philip Smith is old and decrepit, needing help from his mining friend, Jeremiah, to take care of things. But Jeremiah is flabbergasted when Philip decided to write for a mail order bride. Jeremiah is determined to send the woman right back home on the train. What use does Philip have for a woman? She’d only [...]

BOOK REVIEW | Making Waves

Marguerite Westing’s father has made the announcement that the lake is the place to see and be seen this summer. It is the hot spot for all the rich folk in the area. So the servants load up the tents, the beds, party clothes, and other miscellaneous items, and off they go. Unfortunately, the man [...]