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	Finding Christmas: Stories of Startling Joy and Perfect Peace 3.52 avg rating — 744 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romey's Place 3.87 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Touches The Sky 3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secrets of Barneveld Calvary 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Silence There Are Ghosts: A Novel 3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up the Hill (The New Rivers Press Electronic Book Series) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking for Dawn 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Family Album: The Unfinished Story of the Christian Reformed Church 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Bit of Who I Am: Devotions for Teens 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rehoboth, a Place for Us: An Album of Family Stories 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The Lord of glory flashes forth! And reality grows sacred, the handiwork of God, the stuff that contained the Word, the Son of God.”
― James Calvin Schaap, Finding Christmas: Stories of Startling Joy and Perfect Peace

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“I’ve always thought of God as the only first-rate artist. There’s so much that’s miraculous about us—the way three tiny bones in our ears can process sound waves, for instance; and around us his perfect hand has painted the greatest masterpiece, the ecology of nature with its balance and precision, the way it can juxtapose competing forces into something harmonious. Stop and look sometime at the beauty of a weeping willow—I can go on and on”
― James Calvin Schaap, Finding Christmas: Stories of Startling Joy and Perfect Peace

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“It was Christmas joy, giving being the blessing it is. And that’s something a human being never stops learning either, I’ll tell you.”
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message 1: by Diane

Jan 10, 2017 11:24PM

So glad to have found you on here, cousin! Have you read "All the Light We Cannot See"? An amazing book! Before Oprah had her book club, I would have to walk up to strangers at the library and ask if they had read any good books, lately. (and before computers) I was so glad when her lists came out, and read nearly every one. Now that she isn't doing that anymore, I have to search on the computer, but I am glad to see your list of books to read, now I can follow those! Hope you are well, and enjoying retirement! Look us up next time you are in Michigan!

Tot kijk,
Diane (Vruwink) Carlson

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