Wings of a Dream by Anne Mateer
323 pages, 63 of 66 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Debut Author Delivers Sweet Heartwarming Historical FictionRebekah Hendricks dreams of a life far beyond her family’s farm in Oklahoma, and when dashing aviator Arthur Samson promised adventure in the big city, she is quick to believe he’s the man she’s meant to marry. While she waits for the Great War to end and Arthur to return to her so they can pursue all their plans, her mother’s sister falls ill. Rebekah seizes the opportunity to travel to Texas to care for Aunt Adabelle, seeing this chance to be closer to Arthur’s training camp as God’s approval of her plans.But the Spanish flue epidemic changes everything. Faced with her aunt’s death, Arthur’s indecisiveness, and four children who have no one else to care for them, Rebeka is torn between the desire to escape the type of life she’s always led and the unexpected love that just might change the dream of her heart.
The Hard Way by Jeremy Donovan
232 pages, 12 of 12 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
I had to learn the hard way. You don’t have to! My life sucks! Will things ever get any better? There is no way out of this. For years of my life, I constantly thought and said these things. When I reached my lowest point of desperation, I was a “garbage head,” willing to consume any drug, deep into cocaine addiction, and plagued with depression and anger from which I could not break free. I wished for death because that seemed to be the only way to escape the pain permanently.
After a failed suicide attempt, I ended up in a padded cell with “God is Fake” scratched into the wall by a previous occupant. I had hit rock bottom with a crash. That is where I found God and began my journey out. The book you are now holding, The Hard Way, is the one I wish I’d had when my rut was the deepest and my nights were the blackest. Whether you’ve been where I’ve been, are headed there, or even gotten out, you will find in these pages inspiration, hope, and a proven pathway out of the rut you’ve been living in. Don’t go through the pain of the hard way. Leave your rut behind and live your dreams. Your life is a legacy that will impact generations. Read this book, The Hard Way, find new life… and live it.
The Reluctant Prophet: A Novel by Nancy Rue
498 pages, 25 of 27 reviews are 4 or 5-star
At age forty-two, Allison Chamberlain is still making a half-hearted attempt to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. Although she has been a pew-sitting member of a church for seven years, “prophet” has never been on the short list of possible careers. Then one Sunday Allison senses a divine nudge to buy a Harley motorcycle and go wherever it takes her. Soon she is wondering if she is called to present the reality of Christ to one of society’s darkest corners—and challenge her own church to look beyond their fears. The first in a brave trilogy from seasoned writer Nancy Rue, The Reluctant Prophet shows how one person’s response to God’s call can change a community forever.
The Hour that Matters Most: The Surprising Power of the Family Mean by Les and Leslie Parrott
208 pages, 18 of 18 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
The Sister Circle by Vonette Bright and Nancy Moser
352 pages, 15 of 18 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
The Sister Circle, book one of this charming contemporary series, introduces Peerbaugh Place, the quaint Victorian house that becomes a refuge to seven women of vastly different ages, personalities, and backgrounds. When Evelyn Peerbaugh hung the ancient sign in front of her house, she had no idea how life was about to change. In a matter of days, she became the newly widowed owner of a busy boardinghouse, trying to cope with the lives and emotions of the most incompatible group of women ever gathered under one roof. Through struggles and triumphs, the women forge a special bond of sisterhood. Readers will find their own place in the circle, gaining insight into their own spiritual gifts, as they laugh and cry with each of these women.
Princess Paisley by Chautona Havig
340 pages, 7 of 7 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
The Outlaw Preacher by John Andrews
172 pages, 15 of 17 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Understanding Our Covenants with God by David Guion
39 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
The creation story is told in the form of a covenant, which was broken in the fall of man. God immediately responded with another covenant. He made covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and finally the risen Christ. Each new covenant has restored something of what Adam forfeited in the Garden of Eden.
What we know as the New covenant is not God’s final word. Actually, Scripture contains a promise of a covenant yet to come after Christ returns in victory. After all, we have not yet received back everything Adam lost.
Getting to know these covenants helps us to understand the relationship between two things that seem incompatible: God’s righteousness and promise of final judgment on the one hand, and his love, grace, and mercy on the other.
Religion Made Me Fat by AmyJo Matttheis
171 pages, 6 of 6 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled
Through real life stories, AmyJo Mattheis narrates her upbringing in the church and how she became an ordained minister with questions. Questions about God, fun, sex, money, flirting and more, all come up in a life well lived within the visions and expectations of the Christian church. Can an ordained woman wear red lipstick? Is sexuality dirty? Are women the source of sin? Should pastors not want things? Does everyone really burn in hell who doesn’t know Jesus?
Religion Made Me Fat chronicles the evolution of Mattheis’ understanding of the man Jesus and what his teachings mean to men and women, atheists and others who believe a different way. Through her experiences as a pastor’s kid in California, working in West Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer, her time as an intern pastor in Jerusalem and an ordained minister in the United States, Mattheis challenges us to take seriously the role Christianity plays in our intimate and collective lives.
114 pages, 3 of 4 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
The lies about the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship have been passed down throughout history and reduced to the inevitable: mutual dislike and mere toleration of one another. Before it ever begins, the relationship seems destined to fail. Yet, it’s through the biblical book of Ruth, and in the hopeful message of A Bond of Blessing that you will discover the Truths that hold the power to unleash blessings in your relationship.
Written directly to both mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, author Jaime Farkas takes you into the lives of Ruth and Naomi, in order to reveal principles that you can apply to your life today, or in the future. Through the powerful insights within the message, you’ll find Truths that will transform your heart and prepare it for the blessings God intended you to have in the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship.
God for Today by Denise Lorenz
44 pages, 2 of 2 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
God for Today takes everyday things and turns them into reminders of God’s constant presence in your life. How can credit cards, cell phones, parties, trees, and mail remind you of God? In just a few paragraphs, the author makes the connection of those five items and 15 more items in such a way that you will be reminded of God every time you use them or see them.
Intended to be used as a devotion for the day, you will enjoy 20 days of discovering ways to connect your everyday life to the God who is giving you life. God for Today is a practical, non-religious book that will encourage you to begin to see God in specific small things and remind you that He is the God of all things
Always the Baker, Never the Bride by Sandra Bricker
308 pages, 135 of 238 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
They say you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
But who would want a cake they couldn’t eat?
Just ask Emma Rae Travis about that. A baker of confections who is diabetic and can’t enjoy them. When Emma meets Jackson Drake, the escapee from Corporate America who is starting a wedding destination hotel to fulfill a dream that belonged to someone else, this twosome and their crazy family ties bring new meaning to the term “family circus.” The Atlanta social scene will never be the same!
274 pages, 22 of 37 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
Highly skilled Search and Rescue (SAR) team leader, Honor Mackenzie, works almost as hard at guarding the dark secrets of her past as she does when training SAR dogs. As for widowed Sun reporter Matt Phillips, not even his former SAR work is as important as protecting his ten-year-old twin boys.
When a jumbo jet crashes outside Baltimore one cold night, their respective jobs put them face-to-face at the grisly scene–and force Matt and Honor to reconsider the difficult decisions that resulted in their long-standing “single forever” status.
As Matt tries to come to terms with his feelings for Honor, he gets word that she hasn’t reported in since starting the search for a missing child. Reverting to his SAR training, Matt leads the search team as a vicious winter storm bears down on the area. Will he find her in time? And if he does, will they find their way back to each other or go back to living life alone?
A Texan’s Promise by Shelley Gray
337 pages, 39 of 46 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Lending Enabled, Previously Free
When Clayton Proffitt, foreman of the Circle Z Ranch in Texas, discovers Vanessa Grant is the victim of her stepfather’s advances, Clayton knows he must protect her honor and move her far away from the ranch—and from the man she fears.?
As they make their way West, an unexpected, deep bond develops between Vanessa and Clayton—far more powerful than a mere friendship or his sense of duty to her. But Vanessa’s stepfather won’t let her go so easily. As Clayton and Vanessa place their faith in God and their trust in each other, will they find healing and hope for the future together?
Simple Truths (John 8:32) by F’folu Popoola
389 pages, 1 of 1 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
This is an everyday book that applies to everyday life with practical lessons to make us examine them in the light of God’s word.
The 10 to 15 minutes you’d spend daily reading something new may not necessarily change your life, but will surely impact it. You’d become enlightened; have a subject matter to start conversations with, have words to encourage others and inspiration that can be shared.
This is hoping this book transforms, and like the Berean Christians encourage studying God’s word more and openly bragging about your faith.
Becoming a Proverbs 31 Woman in One Month by Kimberly Hartfield
128 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Being a Proverbs 31 woman seems a little bit intimidating to most of us women, but it can also be viewed as a challenge. The Proverbs 31 woman is an ideal woman that God has in mind for us, and this should be our goal as well. This paraphrase and Bible study gives us a picture of what a Proverbs 31 woman might look like today. As we can see, her employments are many. She buys real estate, she plants a garden, she is a sales person, she is a manufacturer, and she is a distributor. She is like Lydia in Acts 16:14, who was a seller of purple goods. Both of these women were godly women, who worked and helped make money to support their families. Some people believe these were home-based businesses, and I believe that is the ideal, as well. If we can stay at home with our families and work, then I believe we should, but if your employment takes you elsewhere (to the riverside or to the city) then we will do what’s necessary for our family.
385 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
Who doesn’t love a good story? Stories capture our attention and our hearts. No wonder the Master Teacher did much of His teaching through short stories. Sometimes deceptively simple and sometimes truly mystifying, Jesus’ little stories were always packed with meaning and deep truths. The fun is in the unpacking!
Parables Plus takes a look-in-detail at the parables according to Matthew (plus related passages), examining one or two parables per week for a twelve-week study. Each of the twelve weeks contains five, daily, personal lessons and one, weekly, group-study application with review questions and summary. Daily lessons are moderate in length, requiring a time investment of twenty to thirty minutes each day. Parables Plus is suitable for anyone from the Bible-novice to the Bible-veteran who still has a novice’s desire to learn more.
You Can Make God Blush by Stephen Nellas
111 pages, 1 of 1 reviews are 5-star, Lending Enabled
Contemplation seen in the eyes of a lay person.
Most people think and believe that contemplation is reserved for only a chosen few. They think that only those who are in the religious state of life can actually become contemplatives.
SIN (acronym for the author’s name Stephen I. Nellas) begs to disagree.
Being a member of the laity himself, the author communicates this fact of contemplation to all his readers. This book is a collection of his mini-reflections on contemplation and prayer. The author moves on to show that indeed, all men and women of all generations were called to contemplate God. The outside world is a great venue to practice contemplation.
This book will surely open your mind about prayer and contemplation. The author hopes to inform and inspire the other members of the laity that contemplation is an open invitation sent out to every person.
Healing the Hurts of Your Past: A Guide to Overcoming the Pain of Shame by F Remy Diederich
183 pages, 12 of 13 reviews are 4 or 5-star, Previously free
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. We are our biggest critic. We doubt ourselves more than anyone else. Why is that? Why do we so often sabotage the success we long for? The answer, in a word, is shame.
Healing the Hurts of Your Past helps you discover the source of nagging hurts, habits and hang-ups in your life and connects the dots to your self-defeating behavior. It then offers a solid Christ-centered approach to find the freedom you’ve always wanted. This book is not a “feel-good” story but a “roll up your sleeves” look at the pain of shame and what to do about it. Questions are offered along the way to help you process the material at a deeper level.
Healing the Hurts of Your Past is a great first step before you seek out counseling or a companion once you start. It’s refreshingly “real” without the typical psychological or religious jargon. A special appendix gives you forty scripture verses that directly address the pain of shame to help you retrain your mind in regard to how you view yourself.
Banking Basics for Believers by Darrell Wolfe
113 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
God takes great pleasure in the prosperity of His servants (Psalms 35:27). How much more does he care about us, who are called his children (Romans 8:16)? We ought to prosper in all things and be in health; even as our soul prospers (3 John 1:2) God is looking for a prosperous church. It takes money to print bibles and send missionaries and fund ministries. We ought to be joyful givers. How can we give when we haven’t anything to give? Understanding banking should be a basic part of education in today’s world. But far too many lack the education they need to understand financial principles and use the banking system to their full advantage. This book is written to help people in the skillful use of financial principles and the practical understanding of how a bank works. Some of the questions answered are: “What is the difference between checking accounts?”, “Why do I get overdraft fees?”, and “Should I borrow money?” These questions and more are answered in this book. Enjoy and prosper with the tools you need to set you free through the Word of God in banking and financial matters.
The Inner Room by Martha Kilpatrick
41 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
The words contained in these 32 pages call out the error so touted as truth: that you can serve and worship God with your degenerate soul. And more importantly, it is an invitation to enter into your rightful place, in the very Presence of our Abba Father.
Martha has undertaken the masterful task of hearing the Spirit who has laid out so skillfully in these pages the plan of God to bring us to a greater intimacy than was known in Eden. She reveals succinctly His design from the temple in Jerusalem to Jesus’ announcement that a greater Temple was imminent.
God doesn’t just tell us; He shows us! He built on earth a picture of substance, the first temple. Painstakingly, He revealed the spiritual reality of His plans and Martha capsulizes His design in an easy to understand road map.
Those who are His and called to abide in such intimacy will leave these pages with a clear understanding of what is required and to Whom it is given. You will be in no doubt of the passionate pursuit our Father has laid out so that we might enter in.
Are You Ready to Serve by Don Terry
38 pages, no reviews, Lending Enabled
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