Having put the city, a successful academic career, and a failed engagement behind him, Alex Armstrong moved out to the wilds of North Dakota as a fledgling pastor. In Hilltop he found friends, many urgent needs, and delicious food donated by the ladies (some single) of his two congregations. In caring for his flocks, Alex […]
Reviews: Fiction
Review: Paradise Valley by Dale Cramer
Would you educate your children according to your religion even if it meant jail? What if it meant that the children would be taken away from you? That was the quandary facing Caleb Bender and other Amish fathers. Inspired by actual events, this novel follows Caleb Bender?s family as they move from Ohio to Mexico […]
Review: A Trio of Huguenot Stories
The Baron of Salgas: A True Huguenot Story by Sabine Malplach Not long after adjusting pyramids of fruit in the chateau’s dining room before an important dinner, beautiful Lucrece married the most distinguished of her father’s guests, the Baron of Salgas. She became mistress of his great estates in the Cevennes Mountains, and soon children were […]
Review: Dearer Than Life by Emma Leslie
When Sir Hugh Middleton returns from attending Parliament one warm summer day in 1366, we are welcomed with him into the bosom of his family. Impetuous Maud immediately tells the news: the local monastery has claimed one of the family’s fields. Furious at the monks’ grasping ways, Sir Hugh takes his field back, to their […]
Review: The Preacher’s Bride by Jody Hedlund
Elizabeth, a quick-witted and idealistic young maiden, was filled with pity for a tiny baby, left to die along with his mother. She found him a wet-nurse, decided to become a housekeeper to care for the rest of the motherless children, and fell in love with their father, while promising marriage to another man. But […]