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Big Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday Families
BIG HEARTED gives you an inside look into the triumphs, struggles, joys, and sorrows of ordinary families with generous hearts. It invites you to witness extraordinary love in ordinary moments—like a simple meal or a hug between a teenaged brother and his baby sister. In the pages of this book, you'll meet:
- A mother of twelve who learned an important Christmas lesson from her children
- Two grandparents in their final days who inspired their grandchildren in simple ways
- Two orphan children from Kenya who prayed for adoption by an American family and got what they asked for!
The stories in this book will show how big hearted families experience God's generosity in a myriad of ways, sometimes miraculously.
- A mother of twelve who learned an important Christmas lesson from her children
- Two grandparents in their final days who inspired their grandchildren in simple ways
- Two orphan children from Kenya who prayed for adoption by an American family and got what they asked for!
The stories in this book will show how big hearted families experience God's generosity in a myriad of ways, sometimes miraculously.
- GenresNonfiction
140 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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July 8, 2014
Very nice book which inspires readers to consider large families as pure gift. Actually all relationships are characterized as gifts - possibilities from God to know, love and serve Him better. Honest and well done.
April 18, 2021
An easy read of touching short stories of big families. I enjoyed it as a whole but of course some stories touched me deeper
December 4, 2013
How often do we think to appreciate the amazing love in everyday family life? The joys and sorrows that stretch our hearts and draw us together; the patience and understanding that take us out of our comfort into the wider, richer world of self-giving love?
These short, true stories are told simply and from the heart, showing ordinary people whose lives have expanded with love. Their testimonies moved me to tears, and then made me grateful for the heart-stretching experiences—both the joyful and the difficult—that have made my life richer too.
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These short, true stories are told simply and from the heart, showing ordinary people whose lives have expanded with love. Their testimonies moved me to tears, and then made me grateful for the heart-stretching experiences—both the joyful and the difficult—that have made my life richer too.
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February 8, 2015
This is such a beautiful and inspiring book. It contains many stories of large Catholic families and the various challenges each faced, yet how God worked in their lives. Each is so different, some with enormous life and death issues, and others with common, everyday challenges, yet what is so inspiring is how through faith God is there right in the middle " working all things for good, for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose." ( Romans 8:28).
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