Chapter 8. Kate was anxious and nervous that her colleague, Glen Tryston, was stalking her, and had to force herself to go about her normal chores. That was her best chance of staying safe. Today, she was tending the garden. She had gotten quite handy with such tasks since she had been sent to ...
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others m...
For he knows the secrets of the heart. Chapter 12. When the last piece of sour cherry pie had been polished off, Jessie stood up. "Denki, Mr. and Mrs. Hostetler. I'd better be going now so I can help my mudder." It was all Esther could do not to b...
The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble. The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him. Chapter 3. For a moment Kate froze, but seconds later,...
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. Chapter 2. Isobel sat numbly in a chair on the far side of the Old Candle Store, wh...
She looked up at the building, which practically took up the whole corner. It was a grand building, almost intimidatingly so. It had four floors, although the first floor was the only one the public was permitted to enter. Indiana was no stranger to money. All that was going to change now that he...
It hadn’t gone quite how she had expected it to, but the abrupt ending was what filled her with the most concern. She could not figure out precisely why her stomach felt like it was in knots, but one thing was clear: something didn’t seem right. Shrugging off the odd sensation, Misty spent a plea...
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. Chapter 12 Rebecca, her mudder, and Sarah Beachy all sat in the bishop’s living room, chatting to his t...
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” Chapter 9 Nash and Jessie were once more down by the ruins of the old stone cottage,...