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ByGreyowlWhere the Light Fell by Philip Yancey This is a very personal and a very honest autobiographical book, covering primarily the author’s childhood and youth. Growing up in a very conservative Christian environment, which causes him much emotional anguish, Yancey develops into an intelligent and gifted writer. His many successful books and fame as an…
New Life: Reflections for Lent, compiled by Amy Robinson and Ros Bayes
ByVikA variety of meditations on the Bible passages relating to the period just before Jesus’ death, some quite thought-provoking.
Adventures in thin places
ByGreyowlThe Road of Brightness, by Michael Mitton No one is sure who first suggested undertaking a pilgrimage to Assisi. But a highly improbable group of friends and acquaintances from Dingle, Ireland, decide to do just that. And the new local priest, Father Kilbar, agrees to lead them, although he has never been there before.
Sample audio of “Aquila – Can Silvanus Escape That God?”
ByGreyowlSilvanus is a young lad intent on becoming a man. When his God Aquila smiles on him, Silvanus finds a cave of precious gems. His dreams of buying a boat and fleeing his island home are that much closer! Instead, a series of events lead Silvanus to the bizarre old hermit, Cerbonius. His uncanny wisdom…
Peek below the surface
ByGreyowlThe Victor by Patricia St John Philo, the son of a fisherman in first century Tyre, is traumatised by his sister’s sinister illness. When his father drowns, the family is thrown into poverty. Only little Ione provides a ray of sunshine.
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
ByVikThis is a lengthy, complex, but very human book about relationships between normal, dysfunctional people. We discover how the two primary players, Paige and Nicholas, are very much influenced by their respective mothers, both of whom abandoned their families in different ways and for different reasons.