Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441271023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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Sweet Contemporary Story Set in an Old Order Mennonite Community Amy Knackstedt moves with her children to Weaverly, Kansas, to escape the speculation surrounding her husband's untimely death. She hopes the new location will provide a fresh start for them all. But her neighbor, Tim Roper, is not pleased to have a Mennonite family living next to his apple orchard. When the children try to befriend him, he resists. Tim left the Mennonite faith years ago and doesn't want any reminders of his former life. Yet Amy and Tim find their paths colliding far more than either could have foreseen. Will this tentative relationship blossom into something more?
Author: Kim Vogel Sawyer
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 0764207873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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When a Mennonite widow and her children move in next door, Tim's tentative relationship with them stirs memories of a faith he left.
Author: Nina Smit
Publisher: Christian Art Publishers
ISBN: 1432107410
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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WHERE HOPE BLOSSOMS is a compilation of 366 daily devotions by popular author Nina Smit. She highlights themes such as: Life is a journey; generosity and gratitude; the secret of happiness; discipleship; reconciliation and forgiveness; and dealing with stress. WHERE HOPE BLOSSOMS shows readers that they can always experience God’s presence in a new and fresh way if they pursue Him with total devotion.
Author: Priscilla Smith McCaffery
Publisher: Sophia
ISBN: 9781644135785
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Zhang Jian is a master artist of interior glass painting. He celebrated Christmas as a child before the Communist Revolution overturned his simple and beautiful world. But he never forgot the sights, smells, good cheer, and happy anticipation of that joyous season. Familiarity with the enchantments of Christmas is a rare thing in China. Throughout his life, quiet Jian draws on this private inspiration to craft especially lovely Christmas ornaments for girls and boys across two oceans, bringing financial success to the glass works factory where he is employed. After Midnight Mass, overcome with sacred emotion, old Jian designs and paints one last ornament with the intention of inspiring the men and women of his country to understand who they are in relation to the Christ child. Christmas Blossoms is an impassioned and imaginative tale that explores the fascinating irony of our most cherished Christmas objects, both sacred and secular, produced by the artists and craftsmen of Communist China. In their imaginations, in the depth of their hearts, what do these artisans think of the mangers, the shepherds, Santa Claus, and Mother Mary? Of the star, the bells, the holly, and the Wise Men? Most significantly, what do they make of the Holy Child Who exists at the heart of the West? A story for young and old, parents and children alike, this beautifully illustrated novella captures how the Christmas spirit endures and stirs hearts despite the antagonistic forces of commercialism and oppression--and it will touch your heart as well. Prepare to be swept away as you witness the precious moment when Christmas returned to China.
Author: Jennifer Maruno
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1894917839
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Michiko Minagawa's father is exiled and she and her family must move to a desolate internment camp in the middle of British Columbia, where she must deal with the prejudices of her schoolmates.
Author: Deborah Malone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781600392399
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Deborah Malone is no stranger to the trials of life that can rob a woman of her self-esteem, but she discovered how God can use her despite her limitations and healed her from self-doubt. Discover your worth in God's plan as Deborah delves into how women from the Bible were all used by God, even while they were in Broken Places.
Author: Cynthia Ruchti
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426770774
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Becky rocks a baby that rocked her world. Sixty years earlier, with her fiancé Drew in the middle of the Korean Conflict, Ivy throws herself into her work at a nursing home to keep her sanity and provide for the child Drew doesn't know is coming. Ivy cares for Anna, an elderly patient who taxes Ivy's listening ear until the day she suspects Anna's tall tales are not the ramblings of dementia. They're fragments of Anna's disjointed memories of a remarkable life. Finding a faint thread of hope she can't resist tugging, Ivy records Anna's memoir, scribbling furiously after hours to keep up with the woman's emotion-packed, grace-hemmed stories. Is Ivy's answer buried in Anna's past? Becky, Ivy, Anna--three women fight a tangled vine of deception in search of the blossoming simplicity of truth.
Author: David Aikman
Publisher: Deep River Books LLC
ISBN: 9781940269931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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David Aikman, former senior foreign correspondent for Time magazine, first published When the Almond Tree Blossoms in 1993, as the Cold War ended and political polarization grew in the United States. Twenty-three years later, his novel is as timely as ever. The 2016 presidential election pits unabashed socialists and jaded capitalists against each other, and the nation seems more politically polarized than it's been since the Civil War. This book is a reminder of what's at stake: not only freedom, but life and peace. It's 1998 in this alternative timeline. The US is controlled by a radical, collectivist regime bent on maintaining control despite a growing nuclear threat from the resistance. Douglas Richfield supported the People's Movement early on and now participates in its regime as an assistant adviser for protocol. He's known as an \"activist\" and a \"progressive,\" but he's not entirely at ease with the movement he's always supported. Limitations on freedom of speech, along with military police brutality, give him pause. A conversation with a beautiful stranger only increases his confusion. Perhaps the People's Movement regime is neither as secure nor as noble as he once thought. Just as these doubts begin to form, the regime takes him out of his comfortable office job and into the field, where he must choose once and for all whether his loyalties lie with the People's Movement or the Constitutionalist resistance. Aikman addresses world politics, secret agendas, and ultimately biblical prophecy in this thriller.
Author: Mamadou Wade
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
ISBN: 9781771086950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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There is an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child, but Jessie Jollymore has experienced through the youth of Hope Blooms, an inner city initiative she founded that engages at-risk youth, that sometimes it takes the children to raise the village. A dietitian who worked in inner city health for 15 years, Jollymore witnessed the challenges people face every day with food security, isolation, discrimination, and poverty. An idea bloomed of creating sustainable, youth-driven micro-economies: growing local food systems, growing social enterprises, and mentoring youth to become leaders of change. This led to over 50 youth ages 6 to 18 leading the way in growing over 3,000 pounds of organic produce yearly for their community, building innovative outdoor classrooms, and building a successful Fresh Herb Dressing social enterprise, with 100% of proceeds going toward growing food, and scholarships for youth. In this inspiring, vibrant book, the youth behind Hope Blooms tell the story of the social enterprise they built from the soil up, the struggles of "creating something from nothing," successfully navigating the world of business, and ultimately building resilience and leaving behind a legacy. Includes youth's words of wisdom, stories, and poetry, and over 75 colour photos.
Author: Carolyne Roehm
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578940465
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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