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  • The Tree in the Churchyard

    A Bicentennial History of Meadow Creek Presbyterian Church

    by Ruth Kross ...
    The congregation of Meadow Creek enjoys dinner on the grounds in the shade of a massive red oak tree. Many of the people seated around the tables are descendants of Revolutionary War veterans and have lived on the south side of the Nolichucky River all their lives. Most of them are farmers. They love this place. Theyre very good at what they do. And they treasure their church. For two hundred ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia

    by Dennis Covington ...
    A reporter's investigation of a snake-handling preacher accused of murdering his wife leads to a haunting exploration of faith."One of the best books on American religion from the last twenty-five years." — Chicago TribuneNational Book Award FinalistFor New York Times reporter Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment—covering the trial of an Alabama pastor convicted... ... Read more

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  • Courageous Christians

    Devotional Stories for Family Reading

    by Joyce Brown ...
    Most Christian parents dream of raising children who will love God with their whole being and seek to serve Christ with their very lives. However, sometimes parents feel they lack solid Christian role models for their children outside of their family. Our kids need Christian heroes. Courageous Christians, by Joyce Brown, is just the family reader we need to fill this gap! The vast array of men, ... Read more

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  • Like a Bird

    The Art of the American Slave Song

    by Cynthia Grady ...
    Illustrated by Michele Wood ...
    Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms—including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit.Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these ... Read more

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  • St. Landry-Up from Slavery Then Came the Fire!!

    by Leona W. Smith ...
    Note: This isn't another Mississippi Burning or another Roots!! It's a true family legacy!! (Find it on Goodreads.com) From a child, Leona W. Smith was always intrigued by family stories told to her by her parents, grandparents, and close family friends. Birthed out of the intense desire of her mother (Shirley Mae LaVergne Williams) to discover more about her paternal roots, Leona set out on a ... Read more

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  • The Top 100 Women of the Christian Faith

    by Jewell Johnson ...
    Here are 100 Christian women who changed the world: The Top 100 Women of the Christian Faith will encourage and inspire you in your life today! From Harriet Tubman to Corrie ten Boom, from Katie Luther to Lisa Beamer, and from Fannie Crosby to Queen Victoria, the women of Christian history present a beautiful spectrum of service and devotion. These essays, short and easy-to-read, present the life ... Read more

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  • Heartwarming Stories of Adventist Pioneers

    by Norma J. Collins ...
    They spent their lives, their health, their pennies--and their fortunes--in spreading the three angels' messages. Norma Collins' second book of Heartwarming Stories of Adventist Pioneers introduces more pivotal members of our Adventist pioneers to readers in a special way that endears us to them. ... Read more

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  • Blessings in the Storm

    Samuel Wesley Gathing: a Closer Look

    by Roberta Wright ...
    Samuel Wesley Gathing: A Closer Look is the moving true story of Sam and Beatrice Gathing and the struggles they faced rearing their fourteen children during the era of the Jim Crow laws. These laws meant that both society and the system enforced the damaging view that their children were just stupid black kids. In this climate of institutionalized discrimination, Sam had to maneuver his way ... Read more

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  • Shaking the Gates of Hell

    A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution

    by John Archibald ...
    On growing up in the American South of the 1960s—an all-American white boy—son of a long line of Methodist preachers, in the midst of the civil rights revolution, and discovering the culpability of silence within the church. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist for The Birmingham News."My dad was a Methodist preacher and his dad was a Methodist preacher," writes John Archibald. ... Read more

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  • Young Goodman Brown

    Simplified for Modern Readers

    by George Lakon, Nathaniel Hawthorne ...
    “Young Goodman Brown” is the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story that presents everyman’s journey into darkness and his struggle to keep his faith. -The language of almost two hundred years ago has been modernized making Hawthorne’s difficult language easily understood by today’s readers. -Side-by-side notes as well as interpretation and discussion of major themes follow the text. -Every effort has ... Read more

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  • From Kansas Farm Boy to Moderator A Short History of the Life of Rev. William Francis Keesecker

    by Mary Jane Baird ...
    A grandmother records some details of her late husband's life for the benefit of his grandchildren and great grandchildren. ... Read more

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  • The Indigenous Black People of Monroe, Louisiana and the Surrounding Cities, Towns, and Villages

    A 100 Year Documentary

    by James O. McHenry ED.D ...
    This book is for those Louisiana slaves (and all the American slaves) whose labor was forced without regard to their humanity, even further, with unrestrained disrespect for their existence. This book is a tribute to the indigenous (originated in or native to the region) Black people of Northeast Louisiana, those folk who were reared in the rural areas, villages, and small towns; who worked on the ... Read more

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