See what's new

1) Books for 2011 have been added to my Google books library pages.
2) Also a new Leadership Development category has been added.
3) There is a page for My Reviews which will be updated as I read books.

New book added to our church library

A Single Thread by Marie Bostwick is an enjoyable novel in the Nurturing for Community category.

Evelyn and Abigail, very different from one another, are telling their own stories. For a while it's like two parallel narratives, until Abigail's niece brings them together in a quilt-making endeavor. Chapter headings bear the name of whichever one is narrating, and it goes back and forth between these two main characters. The women are strong-willed, feisty and independent individuals who learn they need others to support and care for them as events unfold. The thread of faith which is present in their growing relationships is an openly expressed part of this book, but not overdone. The book deals with ways in which breast cancer touches each of their lives and how they handle the emotions evoked as a result. There is even a bit of romance included. It is a strong statement for what the power of friendship and forgiveness can do.

A quote from this book: "The need for friendship is the single thread that we all have running through us."

Conference loan September - October books

The Hospital by the River (EM 2007)
No Turning Back (NC 2010)
Holy Stuff of Life (SG 2009)
And We Are Changed (SG 2009)