Biographies
An Untold Love Story Suddenly, it crashed in on her. All of it. The cancer.
The surgery. The cancer-and-surgery-on-top-of- endless-pain-on-top-of-paralysis. The exhaustion. The loss of her breast. Going back to the hospital. A port in her chest — for poison. Losing her hair. Death, somewhere back there in the shadows. She collapsed into convulsive sobbing, weeping for all the losses and pain and disappointments here and now and long, long ago. The unshed tears of departed years.
“I can’t do this . . . it’s too much . . . I can’t,” she sniffed, her eyes and nose running.
Immediately, Judy walked over to Joni’s chair, put her arms around her, and let her friend fall against her shoulder. Judy gave her a squeeze as sobs wracked Joni’s frail body. She held her like that, murmuring words she might have whispered to a lonely, heartbroken child.
And then something unusual happened. Ken stood up and said, “I’ll do that.”
Judy, more than a little surprised, looked up at him, uncertain at first about what he intended, and whether to let Joni go.
“Let me take over,” he said quietly. And just like that, he did.
Joni And Ken: An Untold Love Story 9780310314691 $18.99
Ken, her husband, took over. He put his strong arms around Joni, let her rest her head against his broad chest, and held her like that for a long time. Joni, crying so hard she’d seemed oblivious to everything, wasn’t oblivious to this. Something in her noted this . . . change.
7 Men and the Secret of
Their Greatness Eric Metaxas
What does it take to be a true
exemplar of the faith? Metaxas offers seven exquisitely crafted portraits of widely known—but not well understood—Christian men. 9781595554697 $24.99
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Lamp Unto My Feet Peter Barnes
God’s Word directs peoples’ lives. Over a hundred bite- sized, thrilling, biographi- cal sketches from a wide range of cultures, time, gifts and status show how Gods
Word determined their story. 9781781911211 $14.99
Charles Spurgeon: The Prince
For challenge and encouragement in the Christian life, read the life stories of the Heroes of Faith. The novelized biogra- phies of this series are inspiring and easy to read. Ideal for Christians of any age and background. 9781620297100 $4.99 Jim Elliot: Missionary Martyr 9781620297124 $4.99
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