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Tobit’s Dog, A Novel by Michael Nicholas Richard (Reviewed by Nancy Ward)
Tobit’s Dog is a love story amid the battle between heaven and hell for the souls of the good guys as well as the racists, murderers, rapists, thieves and connivers not portrayed in the biblical version of the Book of Tobit. In this imaginary take on the Book of Tobit, exciting enough a tale, Richard...
Big Hearted Families, inspiring stories from everyday families by Patti Armstrong and Theresa Thomas (Reviewed by Nancy)
“I joined with (cancer survivor) and mother of nine, Theresa Thomas to write Big Hearted: Inspiring Stories From Everyday Families,” Patti told me. “This collection of 22 stories is a recipe for happiness and love for families of any size. We’ve included some of our own stories including how my family came to include 2 AIDS...
Review: Swept Up by the Spirit, Journey of Transformation by Gary Garner
“I have lived two vastly different lives—one spent exalting materialism and filled with spiritual darkness, the other spent exalting Jesus the Lord and filled with light and hope.” Because Gary’s conversion was so “life and death,” he sees it that way for everyone. He recounts how the Spirit plainly revealed some of the traps he...
Book Review: The Universal Monk, The Way of the New Monastics by John Michael Talbot
The call to “the universal new monasticism . . . is an almost irresistible urging of the Spirit to a life beyond the status of quo of any religion. But it fulfills every religion,” writes John Michael Talbot. Jesus restores the authentic personality we have lost touch with. He restores us to “the deepest ‘us’...
Book Review: Down Right Good by Karen Kelly Boyce
The award-winning “Down Right Good” tells the poignant adventures of ten-year-old Angie who was born with Down syndrome. She develops a limited vocabulary but has the ability to see angels. She bikes around her town, delivering the weekly community tabloid, seeing the pain in the people who live at each stop. Their stories of abuse...
Review of Amazing Grace for Married Couples
by Jeff Cavins, Matthew Pinto, Patti Armstrong This remarkable collection of "12 Life-Changing Stories of Renewed Love," portrays the varied experiences of twelve couples whose marriages could never have survived without both spouses having a change of heart. The voices of each husband and wife describe every possible attack against marriage. Situations of affairs among...