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Nuggets Of Wisdom For Life’s Journey by Marvin E Johnson
Enhance Your Life Nuggets Of Wisdom For Life’s Journey by Marvin E Johnson is a powerful Christian book that contains bite size chunks of daily wisdom. The book is set out over seven parts with seven (six in part two) daily readings to study and digest. Marvin Johnson covers numerous topics from God’s love to […]
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The Comings And Goings Of Reverend Bertram Moorehouse by John Umfreville
Full Circle The Comings And Goings Of Reverend Bertram Moorehouse by John Umfreville is a historical book about a family in a small town in the late nineteenth century. The style is reminiscent of other books I have read about the English countryside written in the 1930’s. The book has an olde worlde charm to […]
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Walking with God: Winter
Finding God in Our Losses, in the Mundane, and Sustaining Our Hearts Over What Can Feel Like the Long Path of Obedience The Passing of Scout Our family is grieving. Our beloved golden retriever, Scout, has died. It’s hard to describe this loss, because you would have to have known Scout and what he meant… The post Walking with God: Winter appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Checked by Cynthia Kadohata
In Checked, one family’s deep involvement in hockey provides the background for life questions. Checked by Cynthis Kadohata. Atheneum, 2019, 404 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-15, especially boys Connor McRae, age 13, has already lost two moms: his birth mother to an early death and his stepmother to divorce. He didn’t really bond with the latter, and he understands that one reason for the breakup was him—that is, his obsession with hockey. Hockey is a family sport by it’s very nature, because you can’t play it in the local sandlot or bowling alley. In southern California, where ice doesn’t naturally occur, the sport requires…
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Spy Runner by Eugene Yelchin
A dauntless 11-year-old boy confronts a possible Russian spy in this Cold-War-era thriller. Spy Runner by Eugene Yelchin. Henry Holt (Godwin Books), 2019, 343 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 12-15, especially boys It’s 1953 and there’s a war on in Korea, but Jake McCauley’s dad has been missing from the earlier war—the one against the Nazis—from before Jake can remember him. “MIA” means he may still be alive—possibly in Russia, where the Commies could be torturing him or keeping him in a slave-labor camp. Communism is the enemy now. Jake’s sixth-grade class knows all about it, especially when patriots like Major Armbruster, father of Jake’s…
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Steven Curtis Chapman ‘Deeper Roots’ Review
Steven Curtis ChapmanDeeper Roots: Where The Bluegrass Grows (SCSEE Music) After many well-deserved years as CCM music’s poster child, Steven Curtis Chapman returned to his Paducah, Kentucky origins with the acoustic-flavored Deep Roots. Now, six years later, Chapman is back at it again, revisiting revamped classics and favorite hymns alongside family and friends like bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox on Deeper Roots: Where The Bluegrass Grows. Opening track “Where The Bluegrass Grows” is a hit right off, featuring guest vocals from Skaggs and showcasing Chapman’s effortless ease with which he segues into the bluegrass genre, picking and grinning with the best of them. “Till The Blue,”…
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Ian Yates Releases 7 Song ‘Deconstruction Vol. 1’
Liverpool, UK (March 22, 2019) The new 7-track mini album Deconstruction Vol. 1, from 7Core Music artist Ian Yates released today, Friday 22nd March. Featuring the singles “Blackout,” “Belly Of The Beast,” “Hope Beyond Hope,” and “Deconstruction” which received glowing reviews from critics and journalists. “Belly Of The Beast” and “Hope Beyond Hope” both received 10/10 reviews from Tony Cummings at UK’s Cross Rhythms. “Hope Beyond Hope” was featured in CCM Magazine’s “Best Thing I Heard Today” in the USA, while “Deconstruction” was featured in Spotify’s official “New Indie and Alternative” playlist. Ian is a Christian worship leader and songwriter from Liverpool, UK. He leads worship at his home church…
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Todd Dulaney ‘To Africa With Love’ Review
Todd DulaneyTo Africa With Love (eOne Nashville) Inspired and encouraged by a life-changing trip to Ghana, gospel artist Todd Dulaney returns with a musical letter of love and worship in To Africa With Love. Playing out like a greatest hits collection of Dulaney’s most powerful songs alongside a few new tracks, this live album is buoyed by an intensity of energy from Dulaney and underscored by an exuberant audience. Dulaney’s compositions weave themselves together almost seamlessly, reminiscent of a great jazz record as the driving opener “Dance In The Rain” gives way to the earnest power of “Your Great Name.” Dulaney commands the stage with poise and praise through it…
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Francesca Battistelli’s Headlining Tour, ‘The Own It Tour,’ Kicks Off Tonight
On the heels of releasing her latest single, “Defender” to radio, the second radio single from her latest album, Own It (Curb Word Entertainment), GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Francesca Battistelli is ready to take her headlining “The Own It Tour” on the road. The 18-city tour kicks off tonight in Washington, D.C. and will wrap in Tucson, Arizona April 14. Each tour stop is sure to be an evening to remember, as Battistelli will share songs from her new album along with some of her biggest hits and fan favorites. The tour also features special guests Stars Go Dim and Elle Limebear. Tour dates are listed below, and for more information…
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LifeWay Announces Closing of All 170 Stores
Today the announcement was made that LifeWay Christian Resources, the largest Christian retail chain in America, will be closing their entire line of 170 stores in favor of shifting its inventory completely online. Back in January, the chain announced their plan to begin reducing locations this year because of declining sales. While no official closing date has been announced yet, the decision has now been made that it is not viable to keep any of the remaining stores open beyond 2019. On the strategy of directing their upcoming focus toward online sales at LifeWay.com, acting president and CEO Brad Waggoner shares “Our retail strategy for the future will be a…
