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Football, fun and furry friends
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Brave admission
ByGreyowlHonesty Over Silence by Patrick Regan It’s OK Not To Be OK Suffering – whether it’s physical or emotional – is never easy. It’s particularly difficult to accept and understand as a Christian, when one knows God as a caring Father. Why does He let it happen? Why doesn’t He answer our prayers?
Deep convictions under fire. Flame in the Night by Heather Munn
ByVikFlame in the Night by Heather Munn is a captivating drama about the resistance movement in occupied France during WWII. Teenage scouts conceal Jewish children from the Gestapo in remote farms, attics, treetops and caves. Meanwhile, all around them everyday life continues as usual: cultivating vegetables, going to school, shovelling snow, attending church. Plot An…
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Persuasion? Or wait and hope?
ByVikIt’s the beginning of the 19th century in rural England. Anne Elliot, ‘with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character, was nobody with either father or sister; her word had no weight, her convenience was always to give way – she was only Anne.’ But, amid illustrious Lords and Ladies, Baronets, Admirals and naval Captains, we see the world through her eyes.

