Shares the experiences of the authors' grieving their spouses together and finding the courage to love again.

After reconnecting with her roots and her family in "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress," the author describes her newfound faith and interesting experiences hanging out with Pentecostals after she begins dating a churchgoer.

"In Anne Lamott's new book, she confronts the harsh truth that many of us grapple with every day: How can we recapture the confidence we once had in the world and in the future as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad news piles up every day -- from climate crises to threats to democracy to daily assaults on civility -- how can we mere mortals cope? Where, Lamott asks, "do we start to get our joy and hope and our faith...

"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...

The ten Booms, who had recently celebrated the one-hundred-year anniversary of their Haarlem watch shop, lived a quiet life. That changed in 1940 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands and Jewish citizens began to disappear. Corrie and her family, devout Christians, joined the Dutch Resistance and built a secret room in their house to hide Jews and refugees. The Gestapo applied unrelenting pressure on Haarlem, continually raiding homes to snatch...

The two American Christian aid workers imprisoned by the Taliban prior to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks tell the story of their ordeal, from their work with the people of Afganistan to their arrest, trial, and rescue by U.S. Special Forces.

Presents biographies of 15 missionaries, evangelists, and other Christian heroes who worked courageously to share the gospel withothers. Family Treasury of True Stories from the Lives of Christians

A former Franciscan priest who has spent his life spreading the word of God's love and grace recalls his spiritual journey and honors the lives of the family and friends who have supported him through his life.

The wife of the Nickel Mines Amish Schoolhouse shooter shares her story of life after the tragedy and her experience of Christ's redemptive love, encouraging others to believe in the capacity for beauty in the midst of their own brokenness.