THE JADE BRACELET
by Wilma Wall
In 1933 missionary families were still allowed in China, and Elsa Meier’s family are serving over there. She and her little brother, Jasper, are cared for by a Chinese nanny while her father concentrates on missions work and her mother teaches at a little school. Elsa doesn’t get along well with [...]

Bygones
by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Marie is a lapsed Mennonite who left her home, and in some ways her faith, behind when she eloped with a truck driver. Widowed and with an infant, she was turned away from her childhood home by her father. She raised her daughter in the world, always keeping in touch with her [...]

Wishing on Dandelions
by Mary E. DeMuth
From the back cover:
Maranatha needs to hear God’s voice. At seventeen, Natha admittedly has some trust issues. Though the abuse by a neighbor boy has stopped, Natha is anything but healed. Now her best friend has left for college, the trials of dating have begun, and God, ever since he [...]

SUNRISE
by Karen Kingsbury
The Flanagan’s family’s teenage border, Cody Coleman, is a closet alcoholic, and the family is stunned when he comes home from a party suffering from an alcoholic overdose. He’s in a coma for days fighting for his life. The football team captains come by and confess their drinking problems to the coach too. [...]

A PAGAN’S NIGHTMARE
by Ray Blackston
Who’s ever heard of a reverse rapture?
Believer’s can buy gas for twelve cents a gallon. The pagans have to pay $6.66. The radio stations have altered all the songs to conform to certain standards. The Beatles sing I Wanna Hold Your Tithe. Abba’s Dancing Queen becomes Dancing’s Wrong. Even French Fries [...]

In Every Flower
by Patti Hill
Mibby is now married to Larry McManus, but upon their return from their honeymoon, Mibby is learning that marriage is not the piece of cake she’s imagined. Her mother-in-law has almost moved in with them, going so far as to rearrange the kitchen and getting them a cat while kicking the [...]

A SISTER’S SECRET
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Grace Hostettler left home during her rumschpringe (running around years) and moved to Cincinnati, pretending to be English. She even married. But when her husband is killed, Grace moves back to her Amish family and takes the Amish vows. No one knows her secrets. Now Grace is betrothed to a [...]

Like a Sheep Gone Astray
By Leslie Sherrod
Rev. Anthony Murdock’s story can be compared to Job, except in Anthony’s case, his sins have definitely come back to haunt him and he knows it. Driven by greed and ambition, Anthony accepted some unscrupulous offers all for the mighty dollar. Now that Anthony has turned his life around, [...]

IN HIGH PLACES
by Tom Morrisey
Patrick Nolan and his father, Kevin, enjoyed a close father son bonding time as they climb the rocks in the mountain hamlet of Seneca Rocks. They are renewed, revitalized, and making plans to return with Patrick’s mother, Laurie, soon. Laurie doesn’t climb, but Patrick and Kevin want to show off to [...]