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As a homeschooling veteran, I review middle-grade stories to help parents, librarians, and teachers choose good books.
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Prayer healed my back
I suffer from a back that occasionally goes “out,” meaning I bend in some direction, and things go sproing. With the help of a chiropractor it usually takes three or four weeks before I can feel normal again. This happens every couple of years.
Last fall, it happened again. I was bending over and twisting, and sproing, there it went. It hurt to move, but move I had to do to live my life. I went to the chiropractor, and she did some adjusting and so on, but it was going to be the usual recovery period, I could tell.
I met with my regular prayer partner, Jennifer. Jennifer and I often lay on a hand and pray for healing.
16 flood victims in Brazil raised from the dead
After three days, the Holy Spirit raised them from the dead. There were 16 of them, all victims of a flood in Brazil. Read the story!
Blind woman healed
This video documents the healing of a blind woman in Nigeria. Thank you, Lord!
Sense of smell restored
My sense of smell had been on the way out for maybe 20 years, and had finally totally absented itself for about three years. My mother had had the same problem. I just figured it was genetic and lived with it. Never thought to ask anyone to pray about it.
Thoughts for the new year
What do I normally rely on? My bank account, my doctor, my car, and so on.
Thoughts for the new year
What do I normally rely on? My bank account, my doctor, my car, and so on.
The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers, a review
This book traces the stories of two women, separated by 150 years or so. The pioneer, Mary Kathryn, is the ancestor of the modern woman, Sierra, who finds Mary Kathryn’s handmade quilt and diary.
The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers, a review
This book traces the stories of two women, separated by 150 years or so. The pioneer, Mary Kathryn, is the ancestor of the modern woman, Sierra, who finds Mary Kathryn’s handmade quilt and diary.
Miracles seem more prevalent in 3rd world: why?
Why does it seem that miracles are more prevalent in the third world? I have seen and experienced some here in America, but they don’t happen anywhere near as often as I ask for them.
Jesus healing teens at Disney Land
Members of the youth group at Bethel Church in Redding, California (near the Oregon border) trekked downstate to Disney Land. Their purpose wasn’t fun, but to find other kids to pray for for healing.
Two blind men healed in Mozambique
It was the summer of 2006. A blind man, a Muslim, asked an American woman in Mozambique for money. She prayed for him, but he wasn’t healed. So she gave him some money and suggested he come to the church service on Sunday. He came and brought a friend, also blind, also Muslim.
Dead man raised
A man in Nigeria at a gathering fell to the floor, in cardiac arrest. Someone pulled out a video camera. Those around him performed CPR for some minutes, and then gave up. Then the preacher took over.