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Home Another Way by Brenda Anderson
Re-shaped By The Master Potter Home Another Way by Brenda Anderson is a delightful contemporary Christian romance. It is the eighteenth book in the Potter’s House series but can be read as a stand-alone. God is at the very core of the novel. We are all called to be His eyes and ears, His hands […]
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A Love Most Worthy by Sandra Ardoin
True Treasure And Inheritance A Love Most Worthy by Sandra Ardoin is a delightful historical Christian romance set in 1900. It was a time of the gold rush.Miners flocked to the areas to get rich quick. Gold blinded them. True treasure is always found in people and not stuff. The novel is about discovering our […]
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2019 Sibert Medal Winners are, well, Winners!
image from ALA website According to the ALA, “the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year.” In an age that prizes and publishes “informational texts,” (thank you, Common Core), this is not an insignificant award. The Sibert Medal committee spends just as much time–perhaps more time–as the Caldecott and Newbery committees spend in determining their award winners. Not only is excellence in text/visuals considered; accuracy is essential. A book can lose if an illustration depicts something not quite accurate or if a quotation is deemed to be false. Thus,…
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*Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr
Astrid, the thunderbolt of Glimmerdal, charms readers as easily as she charms those around her in this delightful middle grades novel. *Astrid the Unstoppable by Maria Parr. Candlewick, 2018 (English language version). 320 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ages 8-10Recommended For: Family read aloud, ages 6 and up“Blistering badgers!” She’s managed to sled —with speed and self confidence— clear down from Gunnvald’s house on his new invention —a steerable sled, over another mountain, and onto the ferry! Astrid, with her lion curls, is unstoppable. Unstoppable, that is, until her godfather Gunnvald has an accident and the fierce, towering Heidi shows up. Who is that fierce woman and what gives her the right to stay in Gunnvald’s house? And how dare she plan to make changes to Glimmerdal? Astrid leaps off the pages as energetically as her Scandinavian predecessor Pippi Longstocking. Astrid’s 9-year-old heart is in the…
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10 Reasons why you can’t miss Christian Movies 2019
We have been watching so many movies since cinema has taken place. Hollywood movies and Bollywood movies are the most prominent. Genres like fictional and non-fictional can be seen under these categories. The year 2018 has been a good year and has released many faith-films which were proven to be blockbuster. This has the made the year 2018 super hit. Everyone likes to watch movies from kids ranging to adults. After watching the faith films last year you might be craving for more faithful stories this year. So, you don’t have to wait anymore as the film city is going to release the best Christian movies this year based on…
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The Ultimate Offering
Mark 11:41-44 41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” Are we willing to serve Our Lord? What are we willing to offer up for…
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Stand Strong: Overcoming Test of Faith
The film Stand Strong tells about main character Matt Webster and his family who were having a materialistic way of living. The opening scenes showed the lifestyle of each of Matt’s family members. We see that Matt is busy with work while his wife Tara gets preoccupied in pleasing her rich friends than giving attention to their youngest child. They often left Cameron in the house with a maidservant. The two teens Megan and Brendan attended to their hobbies and friends. Each of them created a little world outside the family to cover up their lack of support towards one another. Their set-up was akin to most of us who…
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October Baby: A Quest to Redeem an Identity
The film October Baby has dramatically dealt a sensitive topic about failed abortion and its consequences. Main character Hannah was a freshman student who suffers seizures due to being born prematurely. After fainting onstage at a school play, her protective father Dr. Jacob consults a neurologist about her complications. Hannah overheard their conversation including that he read her journal where she noted feeling unwanted. She then insisted to know the cause of her health issues. As it turns out, Hannah survived a failed abortion and that she was an adopted child. This revelation led to a quest to find her birth mother. Hannah wanted to know what happened to her mother and…
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Best Thing I Heard Today: February 4, 2019
Love songs are inescapable, especially around Valentine’s Day, but maybe that’s because love is a mystery too deep for words and any artist in love can’t resist trying. My favorite love songs are less about the thrill of young love and more about the deep, hard-won kind, and JJ Heller captures that in her sweet new single “It’ll Be Alright,” a reflection on 15 years of marriage celebrating the depth, richness, and quiet steadiness that can only build over time. JJ Heller’s “It’ll Be Alright” is the Best Thing I Heard Today! —Jen Rose Yokel
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Residence Music’s Apollo LTD Drops ‘Heaven (All Around You)’
Nashville, TN (February 4, 2019)Residence Music duo Apollo LTD has released a new digital single, “Heaven (All Around You).” The song conveys a Christian’s expression of marital love…and just happened to drop in time for Valentine’s Day. Click the play button above to watch the new song video. About Residence Music Residence, a sub-label of Centricity Music, believes that Christian aritsts have a lot to sing about—even beyond worship radio. It sometimes seems that musicians who want their faith to be part of their musical identities have one option: become Christian-music artists. But Residence Music holds a unique philosophy— one that values artists for both who they want to…
