Seasons of Hope: Our Life in Snowflake Falls

by Aretta Gordish

Seasons of Hope will send you on a journey to Snowflake Falls, the “Quaintest Little Town” in all of Pinecrest County. Once you arrive, grab a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll at the local bakery and stay for a while. It won’t take long at all until you feel right at home!

There are many interesting characters you'll come to love in this small town of 1,989 good, but imperfect, souls. However, it’s the special bond between Sigrid Traugott, the young daughter of the Lutheran minister, and Hogan Engle, the son of a convicted felon, that will capture your hearts as their story of friendship, separation, heartache, and love unfold throughout the many seasons of their lives.

243 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 17, 2016

About the author

I am a wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. I am a Christian writer who is often prone to making grammatical and spelling errors, I am a sloppy crocheter, a smoke alarm cook, a thrift store shopper and I am owned by a queenly cat named Queen Mary.

I’m perfectly imperfect and so grateful that God still loves me!

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the depth of this story, but how it was also an easy read. Following the lives of those in a quaint little town helps take me away! The end of this story was very emotional, but it was told with such eloquence, I jumped into reading book 2 right away!

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet Contemporary Romance

I was loving this story, not just for its entertainment value, but also for it's Christian encouragement, and sound doctrine, until the narrator said they were going to baptize the babies. This goes against everything the Bible says about baptism! I guess there's a lot about different faiths even ones claiming to be Christian that I don't know about, but every baptism in water in the Bible (different from baptism by fire or by the Spirit) is done to people old enough to explain their faith. Even John the Baptizer only baptized adults as far as the Bible describes, and he only offered a baptism of repentance.

Being baptized does NOT save you. It is a work. We are saved only by faith in Christ's work on the cross His resurrection and our belief in His Second Coming. We are not saved by Jesus AND anything. Just Jesus! Only Jesus! Baptism is an outward acknowledgement of what God has ALREADY done in the hearts of believers! It pictures our death, and resurrection which is why it's also supposed to be through submersion if at all possible. God knows our hearts and if a believer is not physically able to go under the water, that's a whole different story.
God commands His "children", which means those who have put their trust in Him, to be baptized. It does not mean underage people, or infants.

I was very disappointed with this part of the story.
I loved the rest of the story, though. I loved learning and these kids that grew up and these adults that continued to grow in their faith! I loved the grace, forgiveness, redemption and healing portrayed by this community!
The narration was very good and the songs added to the story.

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seasons of Hope: Our Life in Snowflake Falls
By: Aretta Gordish

This is a coming of age novel with both a male and female protagonists. The story criss crosses back and forth between their lives. I enjoyed the listen as the tale wove into a full story. There were enough twists and turns that kept me listening to see what would happen next. A good clean book.



The narration was well done. The characters were well portrayed by: Jennifer Sisco.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story.