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The Wounded Warrior’s Wife

The Wounded Warrior’s Wife by Hannah Conway is a fictional look into the life of a young couple dealing with long term deployment. Their struggles are the real struggles that many of our military families face daily. The main character finds herself not wanting to cause her …

About Page Hughes

Page Hughes is a Jesus loving party girl who is always ready to have fun! She has been married to Dr. Les Hughes for almost 40 years and they reside in Alabaster, Alabama. Les and Page have been blessed with 4 amazing children and 11 fabulous grand children who are the source of many great illustrations. Page loves people well through ministering to their hurts, cooking delicious meals, and partying with the purpose of leading others to a deeper relationship with Jesus. Page’s goal in life is to go to heaven when she dies and take as many people as she can with her.

Eve’s Daughters by Lynn Austin

by Page Hughes

* Affiliate links included. Have you ever thought about how the decisions you make now will affect your children for generations to come? Eve’s Daughters by Lynn Austin begins with three generations of women working together to put the pieces of their lives together. Through looking back at …

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Book Review: The Insanity of God

by Page Hughes

* This post contains affiliate links. Have you ever read a book that made such a deep impact on your life that you could not stop thinking about it or telling people about it? It has been several weeks now since I read The Insanity of …

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Book Review: For Better, For Worse

by Lydia Harris

* This post contains affiliate links. Some books are meant to be read and reread. Their lessons never become dull or outdated, and their wisdom remains fresh and true. That’s what my husband and I found when we recently reread For Better, for Worse: …

About Lydia Harris

Lydia E. Harris is happily married to Milt, her sweetheart for 48 years. She has two married children, five grandkids, and is the author of a Bible study, "Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting" (AMG Publishers, 2010 release). She's also a tea enthusiast and writes the column "A Cup of Tea with Lydia."

Book Review: The Best of John Wesley on Prayer

by Kellie Renfroe

A small book at just 96 pages, The Best Of John Wesley is filled with powerful insights on prayer. Drawn from his various sermons and pamphlets, each page offers a Scripture and meat to consider regarding prayer in everyday life. A variety of topics are expounded on …

About Kellie Renfroe

Kellie and her husband Greg have been married 32 years and have four children ranging in age from 18 to 28. She co-founded Mentoring Moments for Christian Women in 2005. Kellie is a homeschooling mom who enjoys reading, studying the Bible, writing, photography, and learning how to cook.

Cover of 52 Heartlifters for Difficult Times

Book Review: 52 Heart Lifters for Difficult Times

by Lydia Harris

* This post contains affiliate links. Hope. Encouragement. Understanding. Who doesn’t need these? And during difficult times, we need them more than ever. Author Diana Savage has walked through loss, disappointment, and grief and knows where hope comes from. Now she shares insights gained from …

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Book Review: Redeeming Love

by Kellie Renfroe

* This post contains affiliate links. Stopping off at a bookstore on the way home from a women’s ministry retreat, I found Redeeming Love on the clearance table for just a few dollars. That was seven years ago. Since then, dozens of friends have said, …

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Honey, They’re Playing our Song

by Lydia Harris

* This post contains affiliate links. Occasionally, Mentoring Moments will run reviews of worthwhile older books, as long as they are still available through sites such as amazon.com. Recently I sorted through my books and found Honey, They’re Playing Our Song. I enjoyed this book years ago, …

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Book Review: Four Christian Fictions to Start off the New Year

by Page Hughes

* This post contains affiliate links. Gardenias for Breakfast by Robin Jones Gunn Robin traces a mother and daughter’s journey from their home in Hawaii to the sticks of Louisiana. Through the journey the mother learns more about herself and what has made her relationship …

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Book Review: Dragonflies, Ketchup, and Late-Night Phone Calls

by Vicki Huffman

Note: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon.com. Weird title alert: what do an insect, a condiment, and something by definition considered an inconvenience have to do with each other? And how did they come together to form a book title? It would be …

About Vicki Huffman

Writer / Editorial Board. National award-winning journalist Vicki Huffman's latest book is Soon to Come: The Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is a verse by verse exposition of the only purely prophetical book in the New Testament. Her other five books are: The Jesus Moses Knew: How to See Christ in the Old Testament; A Secret Hope (novel); Still Looking: Finding the Peace of God in Job Loss; Plus Living: Looking for Joy in All the Right Places, and The Best of Times. All are available in print and e-book on amazon.com. Vicki is a national award-winning author who has taught the Bible for many years. She was an editor for several Christian publishing houses, including Thomas Nelson and David C. Cook Ministries.