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Glimpses of grace: daily thoughts and reflections
By Madeleine L'Engle. 1996
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General fiction, Christian fictionReligion, Psychology, Inspirational and family life, Self help, Spirituality, Christianity
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For half a century, Madeleine L'Engle has spun magic with words, touching millions of lives and earning a devoted readership…
with her award-winning fiction, candid reflections on her personal and family life and graceful meditations on faith. Now, Glimpses of Grace captures the essence of L'Engle's literary gift in one unprecedented volume. Ranging freely throughout L'Engle's remarkable lifework of more than 40 volumes of fiction and nonfiction, adventure stories, family dramas, autobiography and religious commentary, editor Carole P. Chase has collected evocative passages and arranged them as daily readings that offer illuminating bits of wisdom, provocative insight, and, above all, engaging and intelligent daily inspiration. With enduring power and resonance, each of these 366 rich selections speaks to the simple joys and sorrows of daily life and the deepest questions of the human heart and spirit, while reflecting the exhilarating artistry of one of the most spiritually alive and articulate storytellers of this century. AdultThe giant Joshua
By Maurine Whipple. 1976
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Historical fiction, Christian fictionReligious biography
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Set in the 1860s at Utah's Dixie Mission, this is a moving story of a desert outpost where a band…
of Mormons fight to survive in an arid land. A young Mormon girl finds herself torn between fear of her older husband and love for his son; between her passionate faith in the stern tenets of Mormonism and her equally passionate desire for beauty and gaiety. Considered a classic historical novel. LDS fiction. AdultGrowing up Amish: a memoir
By Ira Wagler. 2011
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Christian fictionJournals and memoirs, Christianity, Inspirational and family life, Religious biography
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In this heartwarming memoir, Ira paints a vivid portrait of Amish life--from his childhood days on the family farm, his…
Rumspringa rite of passage at age 16, to his ultimate decision to leave the Amish Church for good at age 26. AdultThe war of Jenkins' ear
By Michael Morpurgo. 1995
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
School stories, War stories, Christian fiction, General fictionParenting
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Autumn 1952. Toby Jenkins is not looking forward to another year at Redlands Preparatory School in Sussex, England. But beginning…
with dinner the first night, Toby and his schoolmates know things will be different because of the new boy, Simon Christopher, who before long claims to be Jesus. For grades 6-9