Overcoming Tragedy

Julia Bechtel's life seems to have reached a dead end. Her daughter, 21, is off on her own. Her husband has grown more and more distant, more and more domineering, and the result has been a further diminishing of Julia's feeling of self-worth. In an effort to buy some time and to try to figure some things out, Julia visits her daughter who has taken a summer job off the coat of Maine. When Julia misses the last ferry boat from the mainland, she catches a lobster boat that carries passengers to the island.

Shortly after 9/11, Norman, a national director for World Vision's poverty reduction program in Mauritania, and his daughter, Hannah, were driving to the beach when an Arab man opened fire on his parked car, severely wounding him and his daughter. After their recoveries, the family made the extraordinary decision to stay in Mauritania, to maintain their commitment to the poor in their community, and to forgive the man who had hurt them.

With his country on the brink of civil war, Blema Fangamou fears for the lives of his family. God Doesn't Write with a Pen recounts the many miracles the Fangamou family from West Africa has witnessed over the years, despite war and separation from each other. The Fangamous help listeners lift their faith and recognize miracles in their own lives.

Nik Wallenda is the face of the famous circus family known for performing crazy feats without safety nets. Nik is also known for his daring televised tightrope walks, including over Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Times Square, and an active volcano. Nik is a seventh-generation member of the amazing Wallenda family and has been walking the wire since he took his first steps, but he had never experienced fear until a tragic accident in 2017.

The author of Turning Tragedy into Triumph presents her latest book.

John Waltham was born in 1778 and was last seen in 2007. At one time a magistrate in England, after decades of service in the Army, he faked his own death, escaping to the jungles of India. He thought he had come there to die in peace. He was sixty three, then, in 1841. But instead he started a new life. He met Vina, the woman of his dreams and had three daughters. Just when they were of the age to get married, John traveled back to Britain to settle his sister's estate. On his return, he found the entire settlement where he and his family lived, a tribal one, of Semitic origin, wiped out ...

Rob Henslin found himself standing in the ashes of what had been his life asking, “What happened?” He had battled and survived a relapse of leukemia, and received a bone marrow transplant for a chance at long-term survival. Then as he began his recovery from that arduous procedure, his marriage of twenty-two years crumbled under his feet. Partially disabled, walking a path of post-transplant recovery fraught with complications and setbacks, and deep in the midst of painful divorce proceedings, Rob needed to find a way through the fog that enveloped him. With his German shepherd, Sam, ...

Will Macey's dreams of marrying Sam go up in smoke? Macey and Sam have planned their perfect wedding, but when their wedding venue catches fire days before their wedding, Firecracker might have to call the whole thing off. Will her friends and family be able to come up with another plan? Delaney's dreams of motherhood move forward, and Melody's life takes a tragic turn as a nightmare from her past threatens to ruin her future. Catch up today with the lives of the Charles Town Brides in this sweet, clean, Christian romance series.

Announcing Heart Wars as a Finalist for the Global Book Award! ★★★★★ A deeply personal story told brilliantly! ____________ Benedict is living the dream of a happy family in the midst of a full-blown war. With his loving wife and lively kids by his side, every day becomes a memory. Suddenly, his world comes crashing down when his wife, Chelsea, dies at the detestable Colour bridge alongside his good friend Manny. He is thrown into an abyss of mourning and doubt until Jeanette shows up in their lives. Would Benedict be able to pick up the pieces of his life and move on? Would he be...

The deaths of her mother and new stepfather leave eighteen-year-old Lorraine Mattina with many challenges. The first? Telling her twelve-year-old siblings their worlds are about to shatter. The second? Asking her estranged stepbrother for help. The deaths of his father and his father's new wife mean practically nothing to nineteen-year-old Noah Mack—until the stepsister he barely knows comes begging for help. His response? Pretty much—"Get the hell lost." But when he can't get his new stepsister out of his mind, he goes to the extreme and gives up the NCAA Wrestling Championship title ...