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  Gilead

  by Marilynne Robinson

  In 1956, toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son, an account of himself and his forebears. Ames is the son of an Iowan preacher and the grandson of a minister who, as a young man in Maine, saw a vision of Christ bound in chains and came west to Kansas to fight for abolition: He "preached men into the Civil War," then, at age fifty, became a chaplain in the Union Army,... (more)
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  Blessed Is The Busybody (Ministry Is Murder Mystery)

  by Emilie Richards

  Meet the unconventional Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, a minister's wife with her own calling: helping troubled souls in need of justice. When the naked body of a murdered woman turns up on Aggie's front porch--and suspicion falls on Aggie's husband--she doesn't have a prayer of clearing his name unless she can uncover the truth in a town not known for confessing its sins.
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  Beware False Profits

  by Emilie Richards

  There's no rest for the weary Aggie Sloan-Wilcox and her minister husband, who were praying for a relaxing weekend until a member of their flock went missing. Joe Wagner, president of Emerald Springs's food bank, disappears, and Aggie discovers his secret life-as a female impersonator. Meanwhile, the murder of the mayor's wife at the annual food bank fundraiser puts Joe on top of the suspect list. If Aggie... (more)
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  Ministry of Helps Handbook

  by Buddy Bell

  Helps, Having enough Loving People Serving! Churches need the ministry of helps. The time has come for church members to begin doing the work for the ministry, and let the pastors return to being what they have been called to do--be spokesmen for Jesus. Finally, a book filled with useful information for many: * Ushers * Greeters * Nursery Workers * Counselors * all areas of your... (more)
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  The Last Street Fighter

  by Wayne Normis

  Walk in the perilous shoes of a young street fighter who gets sucked into the whirlpool of urban gang violence at a time in history when fist fighting between youthful factions ends and the shooting begins. Caught up into the "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" culture, Wayne Normis, a member of a youthful white-male gang, is singled out by three gangs and a drug dealer for destruction. As his life spirals out of... (more)
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  Be Careful What You Pray For

  by Kimberla Lawson Roby

  Kimberla Lawson Roby is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed novels The Best of Everything , One in a Million , Sin No More , Love and Lies , Changing Faces , The Best-Kept Secret , Too Much of a Good Thing , A Taste of Reality , Behind Closed Doors , Here and Now , Casting the First Stone, and It's a Thin Line . She lives with her husband in Illinois.
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  Something Real

  by J. J. Murray

  Thanks to her black mother and her Irish father, Ruth "Penny" Borum is the color of a new penny. Big-boned and notoriously sassy, Ruth is nonetheless the organist and a member in good standing of Antioch, Virginia's most prominent black church--or at least she was until she dragged the popular Reverend Jonas Borum into an ugly divorce. Having lost everything in the divorce, Ruth scrapes by on what she can make... (more)
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  The Integrity Crisis/Expanded Edition With Study Guide

  by Warren W. Wiersbe

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  Lady Be Bad: The Merry Widows Series

  by Candice Hern

  The widow of a famous bishop, Grace Marlowe is both shocked and intrigued by the amorous adventures of her fellow Merry Widows. Though she agreed to their pact, she can't imagine giving herself over to passion-until the most notorious libertine in London sets his sights on her. John Grayston, seventh Viscount Rochdale, has never refused a wager. Now he's willing to stake his most prized possession that there's... (more)
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  March

  by Geraldine Brooks

  From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women , Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue Monk Kidd). With "pitch-perfect writing" ( USA Today ), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in... (more)
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  The Scarlet Letter

  by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne's concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly disgraced and ostracized, Hester Prynne draws on her inner strength and certainty of spirit to emerge as the first true heroine of American fiction. Arthur... (more)