History, Real Life, and Faith
What were Jesus’ prayers like? You know, not just how he taught us to pray in the Lord’s Prayer but what He prayed about and how. My friend Janet McHenry explains it all in her new book, The Complete Guide to the Prayers of Jesus: What He Prayed and How it Will Change Your Life Today. Janet is the author of…
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Isabel Craddock attended the Bible Training College (BTC) and took her insights to India. Where she stayed for the rest of her life. Nicknamed “Joan of Arc,” by Oswald Chambers, Jeannie Isabel was the daughter of Reverend Robert Craddock, a Methodist minister, and his wife Clara. Born in Australia in 1889, she moved to England as a girl. Records indicate…
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Egyptian research challenges during political upheaval
How a writer researched 1914 Egyptian food and clothing–without going there!
What’s the significance of poppies and World War I? Why has a red poppy become the symbol of the War to End All Wars? Several reasons All about poppies Poppies are short-lived perennial flowers. They’re the native flower of my home state, California, though ours are orange. Fragile, paper-thin flowers grow on the end of thin green stalks, about eight inches…
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What IS a coming of age story? And how young do you need to be?