What a scary time it must have been for the disciples and those who had been following Jesus, after He was crucified on that cruel, rugged Roman cross. But the most amazing resurrection happened and Jesus is not dead. He has risen from the dead...

Diana Wallis Taylor’s novel, Claudia, Wife of Pontius Pilate, tells the story of a woman who becomes the wife of the governor of Judea, the man who condemns Jesus to death. Claudia, granddaughter of a Roman emperor, lives a simple life with her banished mother...

The Inconvenient Widow (Situations of Inconvenience) by Jennifer Reinoehl is a love story, a historical fiction, and a Christian-based book with a great story to tell. It is 1739 in Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, and Emily is at an inn awaiting her new employers, who never...

Ruth: Mother of Kings by Diana Wallis Taylor is a beautifully conceived and rendered recitation of what the life of the Biblical character Ruth might have been like. Taylor has taken the Book of Ruth from the Old Testament, and “filled in the blanks”, so...

Woman of Flames by Kim Stokely is a well written historical fiction which will enthrall readers with its imagery, passion, and story line. Deborah is a gifted child and from childhood she has this task of convincing people around her that she is special and...

Travel back with me to the Southern United States in 1830 to the beautiful setting of our story in Millicent by Felicia Rogers. Millicent is the oldest of three daughters of a plantation owner, living just outside of New Orleans. For the last eight months,...

In Dandelions on the Wind, Maren Jensen moved in with Elsa Brantenberg to work for room and board after a mail-order-bride deal went wrong. Maren’s life changed when Wooly shows up at the farm to work. In Bending Toward the Sun, working at the general...

A Whisper on the Wind by Sandra H. Esch is the powerful depiction of love and drama in the life of Jo Bremley. Amber Leaf holds many painful memories for Jo Bremley because it reminds her of her husband and his death. She blames his...

A Story of Easter and All of Us by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett and narrated by Keith David, is an audio book to accompany a hit television mini-series. This review is about the audio book, which is roughly 90 minutes in length. I was, first...

David has withstood some of the hardest lessons life has to teach and yet he is asked to do more. Margaret tries to be a good person, secure in her faith in God, but intrigue and misfortune take away her chance to be a royal...