Liz Curtis Higgs
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A mother who cannot face her future.
A daughter who cannot escape her past.
Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her.
Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips.
His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath...
A daughter who cannot escape her past.
Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her.
Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips.
His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath...
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En automne 1788, au coeur des landes et des vallées des Lowlands écossais, deux frères s'affrontent pour obtenir la bénédiction de leur père, deux soeurs cherchent à conquérir le coeur d'un homme.
Leana se glissa sous ses couvertures de laine, laissant une seule bougie brûler sur la haute armoire, d'o elle ne pourrait troubler son sommeil. Les nuages s'étaient accumulés et masquaient la lune, car la fenêtre était noire et toute sa chambre,...
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The Sunflower Parable shares the story of Logan, a young gardener who hopes to grow sunflowers that reach all the way to heaven by summer's end. Side by side with his father, the wise farmer, Logan discovers the value of planting seeds, not only in the ground, but also in the hearts of his friends and neighbors.
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Une période sacrée est sur le point de commencer pour trois femmes dont le coeur appartient à Dieu. Élisabeth est stérile, pourtant sa foi en Dieu demeure vivace. Marie est déjà l'épouse d'un homme, pourtant elle accepte de porter le Fils de Dieu. Anne est une veuve déjà âgée, pourtant elle attend patiemment, en prière,
que le Messie apparaisse sur l'esplan
ade du temple. À leur exemple, vous pouvez aussi vous préparer à recevoir le...
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Lady Elisabeth Kerr est une gardienne de secrets. Née dans les Highlands, puis mariée à un gentilhomme d'Édimbourg, elle demeure fidèle aux rites ancestraux, même si des doutes et des peurs s'agitent douloureusement en elle. Son mari, Lord Donald, possède également ses secrets, bien dissimulés aux yeux de sa famille, mais que l'on murmure en ville. La mère de Lord Donald, Lady Marjory, la douairière, cache de l'or sous son plancher et de...
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Tout ce que Margaret Campbell veut pour Noël est un voyage de retour sans encombre à la maison. Quand son projet de passer les fêtes avec sa famille à Stirling est saboté par l'amertume de son frère, la jeune institutrice n'a d'autres désirs que de retrouver les élèves qu'elle aime et sa maison de ville d'Édimbourg. C'est alors qu'un concours de circonstances inattendu la met en présence de Gordon Shaw, un séduisant journaliste de Glasgow,...
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Nous sommes de retour au coeur de l'Écosse du dix-huitième siècle dans un village pastoral des Lowlands, o jalousies et chagrins croissent aussi touffus que les haies. Les soeurs McBride - Rose, jolie et enjouée et Leana, douce et calme - sont acculées dans une situation désespérée. Les deux femmes ont donné leur coeur au même beau cousin, Jamie McKie de Glentrool. Il ne peut les aimer toutes les deux. Ou le peut-il?
Personne n'est préparé...
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Maggie, the farmer's youngest daughter, loves getting gifts, especially mysterious ones. One wintry day, she receives a package in the mail. She excitedly opens the package to find a bulb buried in a crate of dirt. This was not what Maggie expected. She had hoped for a doll or a game, not a bulb that would one day become a plant. When spring comes, she finds the bulb in the cellar and tosses the lifeless thing into the garden, never to think of it...
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Davina McKie est une jolie jeune fille de dix-sept ans, brillante et musicienne talentueuse. Incapable de parler depuis son enfance, elle est couvée par ses belliqueux frères cadets, Will et Sandy, qui se sont juré de protéger leur soeur muette.
Quand les garçons sont contraints de quitter la vallée, Jamie McKie conçoit le projet d'égayer l'été de sa fille en accompagnant Davina à l'île d'Arran. Ses cousines l'accueillent au presbytère,...
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This charming story for children illustrates how a loving farmer can turn a simple pumpkin into a simply glorious sight. In the same way, God's transforming love can fill each of our hearts with joy and light. Liz Curtis Higgs created this parable as a way to share the Good News with her own precious children each harvest season . . . and now with children everywhere.
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Hanté par un passé honteux et luttant pour un avenir incertain, Jamie McKie jure de retourner au manoir ancestral de Glentrool pour revendiquer son héritage - une entreprise hardie, qui mettra à l'épreuve la valeur de son courage et la force de son épée.
Mais qui sera à ses ctés, alors que deux femmes possèdent un droit légitime sur son coeur ? La tendre et aimable Leana, la mère de son premier-né ; ou la sémillante Rose, sa jeune soeur,...
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En descendant d'une diligence délabrée par un soir pluvieux d'avril, la jeune veuve
Elisabeth Kerr doit recommencer à zéro. Elle est sans mari, sans titre, sans propriété et sans fortune. Le travail ne l'effraie pas et elle manie l'aiguille avec dextérité, mais comment arrivera-t-elle à recoudre les lambeaux de sa vie? Et qui guérira son coeur, déchiré par la trahison et le mensonge? Elisabeth n'est pas venue à Selkirk seule. Sa belle-mère,...
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The Pine Tree Parable tells the heartwarming tale of a farmer and his family who nurture tiny seedlings into fragrant Christmas trees. When the trees are tall enough to offer to their neighbors, the farmer's wife plans to keep the most beautiful pine tree for her family, until one snowy December night when a child teaches her the true meaning of Christmas.
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The best of the best-stories, one-liners, and jokes from some of today's funniest Christian speakers and best-selling writers This new book, like its best-selling predecessors, is packed with the kind of smiles and smirks, chuckles and giggles that thousands of readers have come to love and expect. It includes some of the funniest stories from today's Christian writers like Barbara Johnson, John Ortberg, Mark Buchanan, Patsy Clairmont, Becky Freeman,...
15) A Wreath of Snow
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On a reluctant visit home, an icy reception from her Scottish family sends Meg Campbell fleeing for the train station, determined to spend the holidays alone, but after pouring her heart out to a fellow traveler, she finds the courage to return home.
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You know Ruth's story. Now meet her in person. And prepare to be changed. Walk with Ruth as she travels from Moab to Bethlehem, certain of her calling, yet uncertain of her future. Hold Naomi's hand and watch love put the pieces of her broken life back together. And hang out with Boaz, their kinsman-redeemer, who blesses both women and honors God, big time. With best-selling author Liz Curtis Higgs by your side, you'll tarry in the corners of...
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Ten of the Bible's best-known femmes fatales parade across the pages of Bad Girls of the Bible with situations that sound oh-so-familiar. Eve had food issues. Potiphar's Wife and Delilah had man trouble. Lot's Wife and Michal couldn't let go of the past, Sapphira couldn't let go of money, and Jezebel couldn't let go of anything. Yet the Woman at the Well had her thirst quenched at last, while Rahab and the Sinful Woman left their...
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Take Heart, Beloved. His Light Is Shining, And Your Path Is Clear. Wherever you are on your journey, here is the wisdom you need for the road ahead. Maybe you're stuck and want to move forward. Or you feel anxious and long to know what's next. Or you're ready for an uplifting reminder that God holds your future in His loving hands. Chosen by hundreds of women as their favorite verses in Proverbs, these thirty-one nuggets of truth reveal how faithfully...
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When it comes to queens in the Bible, we know the good one, Queen Esther, and the bad one, Queen Jezebel. But what about the wise one, the Queen of Sheba? This wealthy royal from antiquity, who longed to observe for herself the wisdom of Solomon, offers a storehouse of treasures for her modern sisters, showing us how to seek after truth, ask the right questions, keep an open mind, give generously, and honor God above all. Just as Sheba posed enigmas...
20) The Women of Easter: Encounter the Savior with Mary of Bethany, Mary of Nazareth, and Mary Magdalene
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Prepare for a life-changing encounter with Jesus, seeing him afresh through the eyes of three women who worship and adore him. Mary of Bethany prepares the way for the Lord's burial when she anoints his feet and fills the air with her perfume. His mother, Mary of Nazareth, stands by her son from his first breath to his last, her loyalty unwavering. Mary Magdalene, delivered of seven demons, bravely supports her teacher through his darkest hours, then...