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A Baxter Family Christmas by Karen Kingsbury
3.0
A return to old friends. I read every book in the Baxter series years ago. Recently I read Coming Home and this one. Lots of tears. This one was rather predictable, but I still enjoyed it.
The Lies We Believe by T.K. Chapin
4.0
When a child - even an adult child - makes a bad choice, it's hard to let them go. It tears at a parent's heart. Asking the Lord to take the load is hard and sometimes we snatch it back. The reader feels for the main character when his daughter chooses a cult over her Christian faith.
It all becomes much more involved with many more players. The action is non-stop, but the main character always takes time to pray and to contemplate about mistakes. He does his best to make any wrongs into rights.
The ending was missing something for me because I didn't totally understand some things with the daughter and what happened & changed with her. I also wondered about the monetary aspect mentioned and how that worked. I don't want to give any further detail and cause a spoiler.
I liked that the main character was very realistic. He had faults and yet he was a man of faith.
This is my second book by this author and I look forward to more.
It all becomes much more involved with many more players. The action is non-stop, but the main character always takes time to pray and to contemplate about mistakes. He does his best to make any wrongs into rights.
The ending was missing something for me because I didn't totally understand some things with the daughter and what happened & changed with her. I also wondered about the monetary aspect mentioned and how that worked. I don't want to give any further detail and cause a spoiler.
I liked that the main character was very realistic. He had faults and yet he was a man of faith.
This is my second book by this author and I look forward to more.
Before the Dawn by Alana Terry
4.0
I got this book after a fellow reader recommended it and shared a little about it. I’m so glad that I got it.
I had a little trouble getting into it at first, but then once I understood how the book flow was going to go, I got more and more into it. It was ironic that it kind of mirrored how it is to try and understand depression, or other forms of mental illness.
The character is telling her story in first person. The identity of the source is later revealed. There are many aspects to her story that don’t get explained until later on, which keeps you reading. Things aren’t always what they appear....
Personally, I’m glad the author didn’t shy away from the problems with stagnant churches and those that have a false gospel and bad teachings, such as health & wealth, prosperity, word to faith, NAR, etc. That is very relevant in today’s world. There are churches and movements who are doing untold damage to many people with mental illness, and who are being (or have been) abused in one or more ways. Those are subjects close to my heart because of many loved ones/friends.
I love how the main character comes to such a place of growth and shares her truth and heart. She takes a stand and grows in her faith because God can make good from anything.
This is a book that will break your heart, teach you a lot, and then cause you to grow and heal righty along with the main character.
I had a little trouble getting into it at first, but then once I understood how the book flow was going to go, I got more and more into it. It was ironic that it kind of mirrored how it is to try and understand depression, or other forms of mental illness.
The character is telling her story in first person. The identity of the source is later revealed. There are many aspects to her story that don’t get explained until later on, which keeps you reading. Things aren’t always what they appear....
Personally, I’m glad the author didn’t shy away from the problems with stagnant churches and those that have a false gospel and bad teachings, such as health & wealth, prosperity, word to faith, NAR, etc. That is very relevant in today’s world. There are churches and movements who are doing untold damage to many people with mental illness, and who are being (or have been) abused in one or more ways. Those are subjects close to my heart because of many loved ones/friends.
I love how the main character comes to such a place of growth and shares her truth and heart. She takes a stand and grows in her faith because God can make good from anything.
This is a book that will break your heart, teach you a lot, and then cause you to grow and heal righty along with the main character.