A Few Special Books

Some books to touch your heart, in many ways.

 

A piece of the moon by Chris Fabry. A bunch of broken souls come together around a small-town radio station in 1981. They face their past, join with unexpected partners, and find acceptance and forgiveness and hope. I read this as an audio book read by Chris Fabry himself. I think he’d make a great radio DJ.

 

Waiting for Christmas by Lynn Austin. A story of hope and miracles in early 1900s New York City.

 

A Constant Love by Tracie Peterson. A great story of Wyoming ranching in the late 1880s, wonderful truths of God’s love and forgiveness. “But there was no way to turn back time. Somehow, they all had to move forward.” And, the author takes a brave stand on the issue of suicide by Christians.

 

By Irene Hannon:

Vanished. I’ve enjoyed books by this author before. I search for them. This is a fun story. Faith. A little romance. Well-developed crime and criminals. A group of buddies who love to give each other trouble and always protect each other. What I’d forgotten about this author’s stories was the down to the last minute, breath-grabbing, fist-clenching danger.

And, Dark Ambitions. Some of the same characters, wonderful suspense and mystery. Both excellent reads.

 

Mother Emanuel: two centuries of race, resistance, and forgiveness in one Charleston church. By Kevin Sack. A fascinating history of the Black church. It begins by telling of the murder of nine church members in 2015 Charleston, South Carolina. Then moves back to talk of slaves being brought to America in the 1500s; slavery; the fight for emancipation and abolitionism, including in churches. The discussion of whether to evangelize Blacks; the Civil War; the growth of the Black church. It talked of pastors who were elected into government, and of the church helping with marches, demonstrations and classes in non-violence. It told of the life of Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney, the pastor who died at the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel. Then of the trial of the murderer, and of the struggle for forgiveness and healing, for Mother Emanuel and the families of those killed and the surviving victims.