The Books We’re Thankful For (Part 1)
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Happy season of Thanksgiving to you and your family! I hope you enjoy your holidays with loved ones. I recently asked my Facebook friends what books they’re thankful for, and I thought this month would be the perfect time to share some of their answers. I’ll be back next week with more!
- Becky Lewis: If I had to pick just one… Not My Will by Francena Arnold. Old book (I read in high school in the 70s). Got me wanting to sacrifice whatever I needed to follow Christ.
- Amy Walsh: I think the novel that has had the greatest influence on me in the past year is Christine Dillon’s Grace in Strange Disguise. I often think of the main character’s grace despite devastating circumstances — and of some real-life grace-filled people.
- DeLyssa Davis: The latest one I am “stuck” in is How We Love by Milan & Kay Yerkovich. It’s been excellent
- Rachel Miller: Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke, because it inspired me to write not just fiction but fiction that points toward Christ.
- Carol Ashby: Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness. I had never thought about spiritual warfare in our present day before reading it.
- Laura Hamilton: I have so many but I especially appreciate the Lineage of Grace series by Francine Rivers because it drew me to Biblical Fiction and made me think about scripture in a more full way, seeing the people of the Bible as people not just characters.
- Laura Dyer Hamby: Criss Cross and the books that follow by C.C. Warrens. Holly has taught me to find things for which to be grateful no matter how hard things get. She is quirky and develops relationships that turn into “family” that has her back and love her deeply. I probably have more books than I will be able to read them all in years but I still keep coming back and reading and listening to these books over and over. I have literally lost count of how many times I’ve read some of them.
- Misty Catt: I am thankful for many! But to pick one I would say The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese! It made me cry!
- Victoria Reynolds: Oh man this is a tough question but I would have to say A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano. The imagery in this was so profound I still think about it and it’s been two years since I read it.
- Lorraine Groom: I recommend that everyone read The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold.
- Robin Stearns Lee: So, so many! But if forced to pick one… Some Wildflower in My Heart by Jamie Langston Turner.
- Charlene Robinson Clevenger: The book that most influenced my spiritual life is Safely Home by Randy Alcorn.
- Temperance Johnson: Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar is such a touching story.
- Margaret Nelson: Besides the Bible, Isobel Kuhn’s In the Arena has greatly impacted my life.
- Rachel Mamap: The Bible, The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard, and The Heart of Home Schooling by Christopher J. Klicka (the Lord used it to convict me to homeschool).
What book are you thankful for this season? Leave us a comment and a new book to try!
"Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." - Psalm 106:1
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