Download or read book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever written by Barbara Robinson and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1983 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

Download or read book Grace at Christmas written by Mary Hoffman and published by Dial. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her grandmother takes in a stranded family at Christmas, Grace is reluctant to share her favorite holiday with strangers, even though the visiting family includes a "real live ballerina." Full color.

Download or read book Christmas Grace written by Mindy Steele and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second chances and the Christmas spirit abound in Mindy Steele’s heartwarming novel, one of faith, love, and the power of community. Grace Miller believed herself in love with the charming Englischer who eventually broke her heart. Now alone except for the secret life growing inside her, she arrives in the unfamiliar small village of Walnut Ridge, Kentucky, to hide and hopefully gain forgiveness. She is pleasantly surprised, however, to find a tight-knit, welcoming group who help her heart grow right alongside her belly. And with the holidays around the corner, there’s plenty of preparations to occupy her mind. Also occupying her mind? Her strong, protective neighbor, Cullen Graber, the town’s blacksmith, who seems intent on not allowing her to ever suffer alone. Cullen Graber gave up on love after too many losses early in life. He planned to live out his days focusing on his smithy business, yet the beautiful and mysterious Grace refuses to leave his thoughts. But can they open their hearts to God’s grace and create a new family together before Grace must return home?

Download or read book Grace written by Shelley Shepard Gray and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's never too late to go home It’s Christmastime at the Brenneman Bed and Breakfast, and everyone is excited about closing down for the holidays. But when two unexpected visitors appear seeking shelter, the family’s commitment to hospitality is tested. First Levi arrives, sullen and angry . . . but insisting on staying for five days. Next Melody shows up. She’s almost nine months pregnant, but won’t say a word about why she traveled all the way from Kentucky by herself. As the two strangers settle in, the Brennemans try to make the best of an uncomfortable situation, except for Katie, who and knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. She is determined to learn the truth about these two strangers . . . all while keeping her own secret safely hidden away. All is revealed when a snowstorm traps them at the inn.

Download or read book The Worst Christmas Ever written by Kathleen Long Bostrom and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that his family has moved to California, Matthew has doubts as the holiday season approaches. Palm trees? No snow? Its all wrong. Little sister Lucy thinks everything is wonderful, but Matthew knows better. And to top it off, the sudden disappearance of his beloved dog, Jasper, settles it. This will be the worst Christmas ever. Or will it? Surprising events on Christmas Eve just might change everythingand maybe this new place can feel like home to Matthew after all.

Download or read book THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER written by Stella Bagwell and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas Bells, Wedding Bells When Nick Gallagher returned to his hometown for his brother's Christmas wedding, the confirmed bachelor and military man had to exchange his usual army fatigues for something more suitable—the tux of a best man. Nick had never thought about settling down, but soon he found his attention straying…mostly to the very pretty neighbor next door. Allison Lee didn't trust men—especially ones as charming and handsome as Nick. She knew firsthand that men usually ran off at the mention of the word "commitment." And she couldn't risk having her heart broken again. But even as Allison withdrew, Nick seemed to draw closer…

Download or read book The Grace of Enough written by Haley Stewart and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2018-09-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (first place, backlist beauty). Do you ever feel caught in an endless cycle of working harder and longer to get more while enjoying life less? The Stewart family did—and they decided to make a radical change. Popular Catholic blogger and podcaster Haley Stewart explains how a year-long internship on a sustainable farm changed her family’s life for the better, allowing them to live gospel values more intentionally. When Haley Stewart married her bee-keeping sweetheart, Daniel, they dreamed of a life centered on home and family. But as the children arrived and Daniel was forced to work longer hours at a job he liked less and less, they dared to break free from the unending cycle of getting more yet feeling unfufilled. They sold their Florida home and retreated to Texas to live on a farm with a compost toilet and 650 square feet of space for a family of five. Surprisingly, they found that they had never been happier. In The Grace of Enough, Stewart shares essential elements of intentional Christian living that her family discovered during that extraordinary year on the farm and that they continue to practice today. You, too, will be inspired to: live simply offer hospitality revive food culture and the family table reconnect with the land nurture community prioritize beauty develop a sense of wonder be intentional about technology seek authentic intimacy center life around home, family, and relationships Drawing from Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, Stewart identifies elements of Catholic social teaching that will enhance your life and create a ripple effect of grace to help you overcome the effects of today’s “throwaway” culture and experience a deeper satisfaction and stronger faith.

Download or read book Tessa and Weston The Best Christmas Ever written by Abbie Emmons and published by Abbie Emmons. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Tessa and Weston's first Christmas together, and Tessa is determined to make it the best holiday ever. But when her estranged mother shows up with a suitcase and plans to stay for two weeks, Tessa's hopes are shattered. Bitter from the past and still holding a grudge, Tessa is in no mood to give her mother a second chance. The holiday season may be a time of reconciliation with family, but Tessa believes her mother will never change. Why get close when she's just going to leave again? Tessa realizes there is only one way to save this Christmas: avoid her mother as much as possible. With the best intentions in mind, Tessa chooses to not tell her mother about Weston's disability. But when they meet face-to-face, Tessa is mortified and ashamed by her mother's insensitive remarks. Weston begins to think he is the real cause of Tessa's shame. His old demons resurrect to haunt him with doubts: What if, one day, Tessa stops loving him because of his disability? Determined to prove his love for her, Weston makes it his mission to be the best boyfriend ever and works to reunite Tessa with her mother. Meanwhile, Tessa plots elaborate ways to avoid "mother-daughter time" at all costs. One scheme leads to another, until Tessa finds herself tangled in a web of deceit - and, worst of all, lying to Weston. When the secrets between them force Tessa and Weston to face their greatest fears, they must confront the inescapable question: Is true love worth the risk of heartbreak? Is it ever too late to forgive and start over? The Best Christmas Ever is a heartwarming holiday follow-up to 100 Days of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons. You'll love this touching story of forgiveness, family, and first love.

Download or read book GOD S GRACE AND MERCY written by REV. J. A. JEFFERSON and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS BOOK CONTINUES THE REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY OF LIFE THROUGH THE WORDS OF THE HOLY BIBLE There are sixty-six books and letters that make up the Bible. These are divided into chapters and verses that help make it easy reference. When Scriptures are quoted in passages they are written to refer to or mention by the way of example, or proof in publication, the first number after the name indicates the chapter of the Bible book or letter, and the next refers to the verse. For example, when the Scripture refers to "(2-Timothy 3:16)" means the second letter to Timothy, chapter 3, verse 16. You will quickly become familiar with the Bible by looking up Scriptures passages. This book will help you understand the Bible much better then you could ever believe. You have in this book study and reflection in a way you will have to read the Bible to get some of the answers; I must say it is a great privilege having you as one of the most valuable readers of this book. I am sure you will enjoy and receive a blessing in reading as you apply the Word of God to growth in your life. Applying the teachings of the Bible requires some adjustments in the value of the life you live. I wanted to be absolutely sure you received this valuable information concerning the way of life through the teachings of the word of the truth as it was given to me to share with you the salvation of God through Christ Jesus. The entire gospel comes to a focus in John 3: 16. It shows that God's love is not static or self-centered; it reaches out and draws others in. God sets the pattern of true love, the basis for all love relationships when you love someone dearly; you are willing to give freely to the point of self-sacrifice. I urge you to also read John 17:20-21.

Download or read book Grace and Box written by Kim Howard and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little girl and a refrigerator box go on many adventures as they imagine all the things they can be in this debut picture book from Kim Howard and Megan Lotter, Grace and Box... Grace and Box have become fast friends. Box delivered a refrigerator earlier in the week and by the end of it, Grace and Box had already been to space, gone camping, and explored the depths of the sea together. But on Sunday, Grace notices something’s wrong with her buddy. Box has some rips and crumples that Band-Aids, ice packs, and rest on the couch can’t seem to heal. Grace certainly doesn't want these adventures to end, so she is determined to fix Box so that they can continue their play together! A universal friendship (child and box) has come alive in this imaginative and humorous picture book. The depths of friendships run deep with children, even if they're just boxes to us!

Download or read book Grace Style written by Grace Helbig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Grace's Guide and the host of The Grace Helbig Show on E! comes an illustrated, tongue-in-cheek book about style that lampoons fashion and beauty guides while offering practical advice in her trademark sweet and irreverent voice.

Download or read book Lady Louisa s Christmas Knight written by Grace Burrowes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tis the Season for Scandal... Years ago Lady Louisa Windham acted rashly on a dare from her brother, and that indiscretion is about to come to light. She knows her reputation will never survive exposure. Just as she's nearly overwhelmed by her dilemma, Sir Joseph Carrington offers himself to her as a solution... But Sir Joseph has secrets as well, and as he and Louisa become entangled with each other, their deceptions begin to close in on them both... Windham series: The Heir (Book 1) The Soldier (Book 2) The Virtuoso (Book 3) Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish (Book 4) Lady Maggie's Secret Scandal (Book 5) Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight (Book 6) Lady Eve's Indiscretion (Book 7) Lady Jenny's Christmas Portrait (Book 8) Praise for RITA-nominated Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish: "An extraordinary, precious, unforgettable holiday story."—RT Book Reviews, 41⁄2 stars, Top Pick of the Month, Best Historical Romance, RT Book Reviews 2011 Reviewers' Choice Awards "My Christmas wish for you is that Santa brings you this book...a joyful sensual read."—USA Today Happy Ever After "Supremely sexy, emotionally involving, and graced with well-written dialogue...a fascinating, enjoyable read."—Library Journal "Burrowes continues to write outside the usual Regency box with strong characters and humor similar to Amanda Quick's."—Booklist

Download or read book Memories of My Life and Family written by and published by William Allison Robinson. This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In This House of Brede written by Rumer Godden and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following World War II, a British widow joins a Benedictine monastery in this poignant New York Times bestseller from the author of Black Narcissus. For most of her adult life, Philippa Talbot has been a successful British professional. Now in her forties, the World War II–widow has made a startling decision: She’s giving up her civil service career and elite social standing to join a convent as a postulant Roman Catholic nun. In Sussex in the south of England, Philippa begins her new life inside Brede Abbey, a venerable, 130-year-old Benedictine monastery. Taking her place among a diverse group of extraordinary women, young and old, she is welcomed into the surprisingly rich and complex world of the devout, whom faith, fate, and circumstance have led there. From their personal stories, both uplifting and heartbreaking, Philippa draws great strength in the weeks, months, and years that follow, as the confidence, conflicts, and poignant humanity of her fellow sisters serve to validate her love and sacred purpose. But a time of great upheaval in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church approaches as the winds of change blow at gale force. And for the financially troubled Brede and the acolytes within, it will take no less than a miracle to weather the storm. Author Rumer Godden spent three years living in close proximity to Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire communing with the Benedictine nuns in preparation for the writing of this beloved bestseller. The result is an honest and unforgettable novel of love, sacrifice, and devotion, a major literary achievement from the acclaimed author of Black Narcissus and The River. This ebook features an illustrated biography of the author including rare images from the Rumer Godden Literary Estate.

Download or read book Mulburn written by Deniese Krall and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chad, Tim and Amy grew up in the small town of Mulburn. Chad and Amy were childhood sweethearts and vowed to get married one day at Mulburn Christian Church. Mulburn Christian is the church where all three of them together attended. Chad's strong Christian faith starts to weaken when he moved to Romania to complete missionary work. Years later, Chad returns back to Mulburn only to find it completely different of how he remembered. He discovers that his grandmother is gravely ill. He will be challenged even further, when his grandmother decides to share the secrets of his childhood that has burdened her his entire life. Chad will have to face one dilemma after another, and he'll have to do it without Amy and Tim. Amy's disappearance has caused her parents such grief and heartache that they also start to question their faith. As a result, their marriage starts to unravel and they are left with so many unanswered questions. Will they be able to handle the truth? Tim leaves Mulburn after his dad died. He attends medical school and takes on the medical community with a relentless zeal. Then he meets a nurse, Samantha Bering, and his life entirely changes. Does Tim slow down enough in his quest for perfection to find out who really he is and his purpose? This story depicts the real struggles that Christians go through in their walk with God and the true value of what redemption means to the soul.

Download or read book Grace written by Max Lucado and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace. We talk asthough we understand the term. The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a gracenote. We describe an actress as gracious, a dancer as graceful. We use the wordfor hospitals, baby girls, kings, and premeal prayers. We talk as though weknow what grace means. But do wereally understand it? Have we settled for wimpy grace? It politely occupies aphrase in a hymn, fits nicely on a church sign. Never causes trouble or demandsa response. When asked, "Do you believe in grace?" who could say no? Max Lucadoasks a deeper question: Have you been changed by grace? Shaped by grace?Strengthened by grace? Emboldened by grace? Softened by grace? Snatched by thenape of your neck and shaken to your senses by grace? God's gracehas a drenching about it. A wildness about it. A white-water, riptide, turn-you-upside-downness about it. Grace comes after you. It rewires you. Frominsecure to God secure. From regret riddled to better-because-of-it. Fromafraid to die to ready to fly. Grace isthe voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off. Let's makecertain grace gets you. Endorsements for GRACE: "God's grace--His unconditionally loving, unmerited favor--issometimes difficult for people to grasp, even though each one of us is indesperate need of it. But in Max Lucado's new book, GRACE, it is completely embraceable and understandable. ThroughLucado's characteristic narrative style and profound biblical understanding, welearn that God's grace is truly much more than we deserve and greater than weimagine. " --Dr. Charles F. Stanley "Max Lucado has blended his creative writing style withhonesty about how he has experienced God's grace, mercy and forgiveness in hisown times of failure and despair. Youwill find comfort as Max shines the light of the Word of God revealing thatJesus Christ is truly the only hope that brings everlasting peace." --Franklin Graham, President and CEO, Samaritan's Purse, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association "Reading Max Lucado on grace is like hearing Warren Buffetton money or Julia Child on food--it's a subject he spent a lifetime falling inlove with." --John Ortberg, pastor and author, Menlo Park PresbyterianChurch "Few writers are better than Max Lucado, no subject isbetter than God's grace." --Randy Alcorn, author of Heaven and If God is Good "Max gives us encouragement, hope and a needed reminderthat the grace we all possess as followers of Jesus should empower us to movemountains, vs simply settling for pushing wimpy molehills." --Brad Lomenick, President and Executive Director, Catalyst "Max offers up a biblical vision of God's grace that comesdrenched in sweat and with a set of six-pack abs; a life-defining newness andrelationship-refining kindness straight from the heart of God." --Tim Kimmel, author of GraceBased Parenting "Some writers aim for the mind, others for the heartand a small number for the soul. With his latest book, 'Grace, ' Max Lucado hitsthe trifecta, touching on all three." -- Cal Thomas, Syndicated and USA Today Columnist and Fox News Contributor "If you love the writings of Max Lucado, this will probablybecome your favorite." -- Stephen Arterburn, Founder and Chairman of New LifeMinistries, host of "New Life Live " and best selling author "I can think of no more needed message for weary peopleeverywhere, and no better writer than Max Lucado to paint so gloriously thehope that "Christ in you" affords." --Louie Giglio, creator of Passion Conferences and pastor, Passion City Church

Download or read book His Christmas Family written by Melissa McClone and published by Cardinal Press, LLC. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two and a half years after Grace Wilcox’s husband died a war hero, the hole in her heart and life remains. She wants to start over with their young son, but a snowstorm thwarts her plans, stranding them in Hood Hamlet. When Grace knocks on a stranger’s door in search of help, a handsome firefighter comes to the rescue. Bill Paulson invites the two wayward travelers into his home. A relationship and family aren’t on his radar, but something about the widow and her son touches Bill’s heart. While Grace’s truck is being repaired, she wants to give her son a special Christmas. An overgrown kid who loves the holidays, Bill decides to do the same for Grace. Attraction soon flares between Grace and Bill, but she won’t gamble her heart on another hero and he doesn’t consider himself husband material. Can a little Christmas magic show them love and a family are worth the risks? Previously published as A Little Bit of Holiday Magic. Mountain Rescue Romance series Book 1: His Christmas Wish Book 2: Her Christmas Secret Book 3: Her Christmas Kiss Book 4: His Second Chance Book 5: His Christmas Family