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Beneath the Tamarisk Tree – A Review

The story of a thief’s redemption. Beneath the Tamarisk Tree is based on the words of Jesus in Luke 23:43, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” From this verse, the author Rob Seabrook has imagined not only a complete backstory for the thief, whom he calls Dismas, but also a future story of his completed redemption […]

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Friend of God by Rachel Yarworth – A Review

Friend of God: The miraculous life of an ordinary person. I’m going to come straight out and say this: reviewing memoir is completely out of my comfort zone. And I think it comes down to this: this isn’t fiction, this is someone’s life. This isn’t a story an author has imagined, it’s a story God

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Despair Turns into Hope

Thoughts from the Song, Redeemer of Life, in The Wanderer Reborn. I sang of despair, eyes flowing without ceasing; Yahweh from heaven looked down and saw. I called on His name from the depths of the pit; He heard my plea and took up my cause. Redeemer of life, all-sufficient one, Help me grasp the

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The Pilgrim – a Review

The Pilgrim Historical Fiction by Joy Margetts Driven by ambition and family expectation, young Henry de Brampton is determined to make his mark. Destined for a prestigious career in the Church, he readily embraces the chance to experience the world before taking his vows. But fuelled by selfish desire, he recklessly betrays those he loves,

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The Potter – Making things beautiful

The Potter Making things beautiful A friend of mine was going through a difficult circumstance: a betrayal, a shattering of the security she’d built her life upon. Perhaps you’ve been there yourself? Maybe you have experienced abandonment or divorce, the loss of a loved one, an affair, or deception? When I was praying for my

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Plan for the world Part 1

Does God have a plan? Sometimes it’s hard, so hard to believe. Things seemed much easier when they weren’t meant to be. You know that old adage, ‘Everything happens for a reason?’ You know what it feels like when some well-meaning person says, ‘everything happens for a reason’ right after the most awful thing you’ve

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