2017 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist (Biography and Memoir category)What happens after the worst happens?Before May 31, 2008, September Vaudrey’s life was beautiful. But on that day, with one phone call from the ER, her whole world—everything she knew and believed—was shaken to the core. Katie, her 19-year-old artist daughter, had been in a car acci… Read more…
Forgiveness is possible even in impossible circumstances.On March 28, 2010, Kate and Andy Grosmaire received two pieces of news that would change their lives forever. The first was their worst nightmare: “Ann has been shot.”And the second was the dumbfounding addendum: “Conor was the one who shot her.”Their nineteen-year-old daug… Read more…
“You teach a little by what you say. You teach the most by what you are.” —Henrietta C. Mears.Meet Henrietta Mears, an ordinary woman who was used in extraordinary ways to shape some of the most influential Christians of our time. Dr. Henrietta Mears had one purpose—to know Christ and make him known. She inspired a generation of college kids to aspir… Read more…
"I stand on the edge of a cliff in my own bedroom."Gillian Marchenko continues her description of depression: "I must keep still. Otherwise I will plunge to my death. 'Please God, take this away,' I pray when I can."For Gillian, "dealing with depression" means learning to accept and treat it as a physical illness. In these pages she describes her jou… Read more…
When all she wanted was to fit in, Tamika Catchings never imagined one day she'd stand out--as a basketball superstar and an inspiration. Catchings faced being set apart by her hearing loss, separation from family, living up to high expectations, and the pain and discouragement of debilitating physical injuries. Yet she reached for the stars with hard wo… Read more…
Este libro es una colección de lecciones y anécdotas personales que han formado la carrera en el servicio público del general de cuatro estrellas y anterior Secretario de Estado Colin Powell. En el corazón de este libro se encuentran las «13 reglas», notas que él ha acumulado en su escritorio, y ahora son base de sus presentaciones de liderazgo en tod… Read more…
William wondered how anyone was supposed to battle slavery. After all, King George III and the Church of England both had large amounts of money invested in trade with the West Indies. And a large number of bishops sat in the House of Lords. William shook his head. This was a much bigger fight than he felt capable of taking on. For two hundred years, British… Read more…
As Sundar preached the gospel to the crowd, the monastery guard marched forward and arrested him. Sundar was dragged to the edge of town and hurled to the bottom of an abandoned well. The air was putrid. Desperation and loneliness soon washed over him. Left to die, Sundar leaned against the side of the well and began to pray. Searching since boyhood f… Read more…
Pam Roswell Moore had her doubts when she interviewed to be companion of the much-loved author Corrie ten Boom. Corrie's bestselling book The Hiding Place, which recounted how she and her family had hidden Jews during World War II in Holland until their betrayal and arrest by the Nazis, had launched for Corrie a worldwide ministry of travel and speaking.… Read more…
A rip current overturned the whaleboat with eight Kanaka Christians aboard. Only three of the men could swim, and the others clung to the upturned boat. Sharks circled the three as they struggled to get to shore. The three survived, but the others could not be found. When Florence heard the news, she resolved to go on despite the dangers. Once timid a… Read more…
Mike Fechner had cofounded an urban renewal ministry called H.I.S. BridgeBuilders and sold all he owned to fund it. But at this stage of serving the poor full time, when Mike believed he was doing precisely what God wanted him to do, the unthinkable happened. Mike was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a year to live. With his life’s clock n… Read more…
Once you hear this new book, you can't go back to your old life.Texas businessman Mike Fechner had it all. Money. Investments. Prestige. Until he did the unthinkable. He sold his company and poured his life’s earnings into a ministry for the poor. With a strong faith in God at his core, this millionaire-turned-missionary envisioned a long… Read more…
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