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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Relates the author's efforts to eulogize a beloved rabbi who is near death, while at the same time befriending a Detroit pastor who gives spiritual guidance to the poor and homeless, and describes how observing these two different religious leaders rekindled his own faith.
2) The chance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Vowing to meet eleven years after sealing letters they wrote to each other in an old metal box, best friends Ellie and Nolan both have reservations about seeing each other again as loneliness, personal tragedies, and a lack of faith haunt both of them.
Author
Series
A Faith Fairchild mystery volume 25
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a body with a mysterious tattoo appears in Lily Pond, caterer Faith Fairchild investigates, with help from her friend Sophie Maxwell.
Author
Language
English
Description
Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, nine people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in.
“Thank the Lord we found you,” a passenger says.
“I am the Lord,” the man whispers.
So begins Mitch Albom’s most beguiling and inspiring novel yet.
Albom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers The Five People You Meet...
5) Matrix
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily...
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
c2020
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
226 p.
Language
English
Description
A revelatory manifesto on how we can reclaim faith from abstract doctrines and rigid morals to find God in the joys and ambiguities of everyday life, from the acclaimed author of Saving Jesus from the Church.
7) Faith
Author
Publisher
Audioworks
Pub. Date
p2018
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (ca. 4 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In an intensely personal recollection, the president describes his encounter with faith, and how it has sustained him in both happiness and disappointment. Quoting eminent Protestant theologians, he describes his belief in religious freedom, moral politics, and the place of prayer in his daily life.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Anne Lamott's new book, she confronts the harsh truth that many of us grapple with every day: How can we recapture the confidence we once had in the world and in the future as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad news piles up every day -- from climate crises to threats to democracy to daily assaults on civility -- how can we mere mortals cope? Where, Lamott asks, "do we start to get our joy and hope and our faith...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The inimitable Faith Fairchild returns in a chilling New England whodunit, inspired by the best Agatha Christie mysteries and with hints of the timeless board game Clue. For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn't familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded...
Publisher
Studio City Pictures
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a devastating car crash leaves her husband on life support, one woman must find strength in her faith as she faces the prospect of his passing. Recalling their courtship through flashbacks, she relives the early days of their relationship and how they fell in love. Their journey wasn't easy as she faced resistance from her conservative father. But their love was stronger than any obstacle encountered in this true story of family, faith, and...
Author
Publisher
CLC Publications
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
168 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Michael Catt shows how we can stand strong through the fiery trials of life, and even be fruitful. Using illustrations from his own life and from the movie, Fireproof, Catt shows eight ways we can prepare our lives for the trials that inevitably come our way. Discussing practical issues such as temptation, marriage and finances, he reminds us that in an eroding culture we are called to stand firm in our faith.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
All his life, President Jimmy Carter has been a courageous exemplar of faith, and now he shares the lessons he learned. He writes, "The issue of faith arises in almost every area of human existence, so it is important to understand its multiple meanings. In this book, my primary goal is to explore the broader meaning of faith, its far-reaching effect on our lives, and its relationship to past, present, and future events in America and around the world....
Author
Series
Creektown discoveries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Welcome to Apple Creek, Ohio, where piano teacher and artist, Andrea Wagner, has a fascination with painting the rural Amish landscapes around her home. She has made it to her thirties feeling like she has had a charmed life and finally has fallen in love with Brandon Prentice, a local veterinarian. But then she discovers she was adopted and all she thought she knew about herself has crumbled. Andrea becomes so fixated on finding her birth mother...
Author
Publisher
Christian Focus Publications
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
New ed.
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mary Jones lived in Wales over 20 years ago. She was determined to have a Bible, and after saving for six years every penny she had, she set off to walk for fifty miles in the hope that she could obtain a Bible. Learn how her long walk was one of the inspirations behind the founding of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Tracer Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After spending sixteen years in prison, Marie Cooper is forced to return to Sugarcreek, deep in Amish Country. Forced to take the only job available to her, she finds herself working for wealthy Nathan Bouteright. As her late husband's memory continues to follow her, who will hold the key to unlock so many unanswered questions about her past? Will she be able to help Emma and Daniel come to terms with who they are, and can they forgive the one person...
Author
Series
A Cape Light novel volume 12
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Reverend Ben has been ignoring his health recently and it's finally caught up with him-he's developed a heart problem, and requires bypass surgery. Since Ben will need six weeks' recuperation and physical rehab, interim minister Isabel Moran is assigned to the congregation.
Is this health setback a sign from above that it's time for Ben to move on to a new phase of his life? As Ben grows stronger and gets back to his old self, he starts to wonder...