The Treasure Principle
by Randy Alcorn

The underlying basis for this book is the concept: "You can’t take it with you–but you can send it on ahead." He knows that we’re only on this planet for a short while. He divides the principle into six keys:

1. God owns everything. I’m His money manager.
2. My heart always foes where I put God’s money.
3. Heaven, not earth, is my home.
4. I should live not for the dot but for the line.
5. Giving is the only antidote to materialism.
6. God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

The author has some good points. We should understand that earthly possessions won’t last. We’ll either lose them in this life, or we’ll lose them when we die. He makes the reader think about how money could be used to help others.

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THE MISSIONARY 
by William Carmichael and David Lambert

THE MISISONARY is a story about David Eller and his family who serve the poor and needy in a small village in Caracas, Venezuela. David’s wife, Christie, works at a small hospital/orphanage, getting kids off the street and spreading the gospel. David is working on the symptoms of diseases that are common among children who live in the street. A very rare form of pneumonia has hit Venezuela, and it is proving to be fatal in 72 hours.

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Jillian Dare
by Melanie M. Jeschke

Jillian never knew her parents. Her only memories of her childhood are ones of being passed around from one foster family to another. One especially she’d rather forget because she was treated horribly. The last family that took her in was so different. She was actually part of a loving family. Did her upbringing make her want to become a nanny? To give children love and care that she herself hadn’t had? It’s possible. But whatever the reason she’s now out on her own, having accepted the job of nanny to a young girl named Cadence. She’s being raised by her father who has to divide his time between his company holdings in the United Stated and England. The mother isn’t in the picture, but Ethan’s aunt lives at the mansion and oversees everything.

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No Idea, by Greg Garrett from David C. Cook on Vimeo.

Bonnie, describe yourself for our visitors.

I’m a Canadian – my family and I make our home in Saskatchewan. My husband, Steve, is the senior pastor of a Nazarene church and we have two children, a boy age 8, and a girl age 6. Before I embarked on a writing career, I developed and wrote social programming for families at risk, focusing on issues of addiction. Now a days, I use my training in counseling, psychology, and theology in my writing. We have a busy, happy life that keeps us all hopping.

How do you find time to connect with God?

For me, it’s a matter of not disconnecting from God – I believe that God is with us always and the best way to move through my day is to remain connected to God praying always, remembering Him in all my decisions and recalling His Word (which, after decades of reading and contemplating, I have a fair amount of it tucked in my heart for easy access!), and speaking to and of Him frequently. I consider my life a partnership with my Creator – with Him being the Senior partner.

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  ONE PERFECT DAY
by Lauraine Snelling

One Perfect Day. One Perfect Christmas. And that is what Nora Peterson is aiming toward. Next year, her two twin teenagers will be off at college and she wants this holiday to be one to remember. If only her husband would cooperate. But Gordon is delayed on a business trip overseas, and all the preparations are left to Nora. Of course.

Jenna Montgomery is used to handling the fast, frantic pace of the emergency room, but she still can’t come to grasps that her daughter needs a heart transplant, or she will die. Now this possibly might be Heather’s last Christmas, unless they get a miracle. A miracle she is desperately praying for.

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Double Cross is an action-packed story that provides thrilling twists and turns as well as a thought-provoking look at the personal and spiritual struggles of characters who are as complex as they are flawed.  Ultimately, it’s a story of self-examination that describes Taylor Pasbury’s journey toward the conclusion that some sacrifices can never be earned.

Q:  Double Cross is your third novel, but writing is not your full time job. You are a successful business attorney. Tell us how and why you started writing. 

A:  I’ve always enjoyed writing and always considered it a challenge to write a novel and get it published.  Like most beginning writers, I was naïve and didn’t know how much I didn’t know about writing. I knew that when I did write, I wanted to write about life’s "big" issue which, at least in my mind, is faith.

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Surviving the Storms of Life
H. Norman Wright, Matt Woodley and Julie Woodley

What do you do when life deals you a crippling blow? Life’s traumas can overwhelm body and heart. When we hurt, we cannot simply "get over" the anger, guilt, fear, and depression. But there is hope. Surviving the Storms of Life can help lead the way to recovery. Combining the talents and insights of bestselling author and trauma specialist H. Norman Wright with the pastoral and ministry experience of Matt and Julie Woodley, Surviving the Storms of Life offers strength and encouragement in the face of personal tragedy.

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