Cori signs up to take a mission trip to Indonesia during the summer after her senior year of high school. Inspired by happy visions of building churches and seeing beautiful beaches, she gladly escapes her complicated love life back home. Five weeks after their arrival, a sectarian and religious conflict that has been simmering for years flames to life with deadly results on the nearby island of Ambon. Within days, the church building the team had constructed is in ashes, its pastor and fifty villagers are dead, and the six terrified teenagers are stranded in the mountainous jungle with only the pastor's teenage son to guide them to safety. Ultimately, Cori's emotional quest to rediscover hope proves as arduous as the physical journey home.
Lisa looks as if she has it made. She has turned her nomadic childhood and forensic psychology training into a successful career as a stress management trainer for humanitarian aid workers. She lives in Los Angeles, travels the world, and her first novel has just been published to some acclaim. But as she turns 31, Lisa realizes that she is still single, constantly on airplanes, and increasingly wondering where home is and what it really means to commit to a person, place, or career. When an intriguing stranger living on the other side of the world emails her out of the blue, she must decide whether she will risk trying to answer those questions. Her decision will change her life.
When most women think of a pastor's wife, certain images come to mind: either a woman who's so holy she doesn't seem human, or someone sentenced to a life without fun, fashion, or friends. Lisa McKay's You Can Still Wear Cute Shoes is an utterly honest, charmingly-witty, and biblically insightful guide for every minister's wife who wants to serve the church and support her husband without losing herself along the way. You will feel an instant sisterhood with Lisa, a senior pastor's wife happily serving in the trenches. She understands the challenges of a life lived before a congregation, from finding friends and coping with criticism, to saying goodbye to a church family and starting all over again. This book is a must-have resource for every woman who wants to do the "ministry wife thing" well. Through Lisa's engaging style and fresh perspective, you will be encouraged to fully embrace being married to the ministry!
About the Book We all know a tragic event can deeply affect a family forever, fundamentally changing how they view and move through the world. Shadows of Yesterday chronicles the disappearance and search for the author’s sister and its effects on the sixteen-year-old and her family. The author says, “I want others to know that you can overcome the horrors that are directed at us to become better people.” About the Author Lisa L Colsen lives with her husband in Sebeka, Minnesota. She is the mother of four children, Brian, Amanda, Dallas and Alisha. Sixteen grandchildren. She is an animal lover and lives in the country. Colsen enjoys reading, riding horses, and taking walks. She enjoys a quiet life, doing simple things.
A large, dark shadow entered the playground. Bruno knew immediately what it was. He knew that shadow belonged to Hattie McKay. Hattie McKay was in Year 6. She was big, bad and bossy. She thought she ruled the school. Hattie McKay always had something to say - and it was usually not nice.
Years without Magic is an exhibition by Louise Haselton and Briget Currie, in which they explore 'connections and commonalities' in their work - their ideas intersecting and resonating.
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