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Lost Down Deep by Sara Davison
Receive His Gift Lost Down Deep by Sara Davison is a marvellous Christian contemporary suspense that will have you on the edge of your seat as you read. It is part of the Mosaic Collection. The novel concerns temporary amnesia as a character forgets their recent past but remembers their relationship with God. This […]
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*Get Your Story Straight by Kristen Hatton
Get Your Story Straight is a straightforward devotional guide that invites teens to study the story of Scripture, focusing the real hero of the story. Hint: it’s not them. *Get Your Story Straight: A Teen’s Guide to Learning and Living the Gospel by Kristen Hatton. New Growth Press, 2015. 288 pages. Reading Level: Ages 12-15 Recommended For: Ages 12-15 (and up) Today’s teens are growing up in a narcissistic culture: selfies are a primary mode of expression. Social media is essentially a collection of monologues rather than old-fashioned conversation. And nothing “counts” if we don’t Instagram it (or Snapchat or fill-in-the-blank new version). Humanity has always been this way, though.…
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Everywhere Holy by Kara Lawler
Standing On Holy Ground Everywhere Holy by Kara Lawler is a powerful book about finding God everywhere. – He is in the mundane as well as the miraculous. We find Him in the valley and on the mountaintop. We meet with God in nature and in church. God is everywhere we are. He is nowhere […]
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A Family Easter
What were you doing last February? Possibly, after Valentine’s Day passed and stores cleared their shelves for St. Patrick’s, you were seeing some Easter chicks and ducks, lilies and daffodils peeking out from the green. You might have started working on your church’s annual Easter cantata, or (if you’re a traditionalist) thinking about for new dresses for the girls and dress shoes for the boys. Easter dinner might have been lurking in the back of your mind: who to invite, what special dessert to serve. Or the Saturday egg hunt, the biggest community outreach of the year. Now what? For the secular world, Easter is going to follow St. Patrick’s…
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Dark Corners by Darren O’Sullivan
Building Suspense Dark Corners by Darren O’Sullivan is a cracking psychological thriller that will have the hairs on the back of your neck rising as the tension builds. The novel has two time frames – now and twenty one years earlier – the action is inextricably linked. The reader holds their breath as the novel […]
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The House At Silvermoor by Tracy Rees
Riveting The House At Silvermoor by Tracy Rees is an epic historical novel set in the south Yorkshire coalfields and beginning in 1897, moving into the new century. The reader sees the hardship of the time. The miners are at the mercy of their superiors and the coal face. Their days are long and dangerous. […]
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Star Rising by Janet Ferguson
Co Pilot For The Journey Star Rising by Janet W Ferguson is a charming contemporary Christian novel that will warm your heart and soul as you read about a God who loves us far too much to ever let go. God’s presence wafts over the whole novel. We see characters who are new Christians trying […]
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This Side Of Yesterday by Angela D Meyer
It Is Well With My Soul This Side Of Yesterday by Angela D Meyer is a charming contemporary Christian novel and part of the Mosaic Collection. I adored it. The novel has two major themes – of dementia and fostering. Dementia is a cruel disease that robs us of our loved ones bit by bit […]
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*Jesus Rose for Me by Jared Kennedy
Jesus Rose for Me expands on The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible to help young children rejoice in the Resurrection *Jesus Rose for Me (a Beginner’s Gospel Story Book) by Jared Kennedy, illustrated by Trish Mahoney. New Growth Press, 2020, 24 pages Reading Level: Board Book,ages 3-7 Recommended for: ages 0-4 In The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible (see link below) Jared Kennedy introduces very young children to the basic storyline of the Bible. Here he expands on the key turning point of the Bible, and indeed of world history. The story unfolds in four chapters, each with the relevant scripture passages: “Jesus Rides into Jerusalem,” “Jesus’s Last Supper,” “Jesus Dies for…
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A Wing And A Prayer by Julie Lessman
A Snapshot Of War A Wing And A Prayer by Julie Lessman is a powerful Christian historical novel that explores love and trust in God in times of war. It is the first book in the Cousins O’Connor series and what an epic that promises to be. The novel takes the reader from 1943 to […]
