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“On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,  and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from…

Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going…

No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turanksy Published by Multnomah (Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my complimentary copy!) Release date: June 8, 2021 Overview Like 100,000 other impoverished British children, Grace McAlister and her siblings arrived in Canada around the turn of the 20th century as “British Home Children.” (Nerd Note: If you…

I fell in love with Genevieve Graham\’s writing when I read THE FORGOTTEN HOME CHILD. I was so excited when she shared little tidbits along her journey of writing and publishing LETTERS ACROSS THE SEA. I had high expectations for this book and it did not disappoint.  Graham\’s characters are always so carefully crafted. I…

I loved the character development in the protagonist Sophie. Without sharing any spoilers, she matured in her faith and grew into a self-possessed woman with an open heart after surviving being stranded with the man who had broken her heart. Thank God for the hurricane and sprained ankle that forced these two to spend time…