Real World Bible Study

Cowboy + Suspense.  This should be fun! I didn’t quite realize what I was getting into when I started reading Danger on the Ranch by Dana Mentink.  I don’t think I had even read the back cover copy.  I had some fun with Act of Valor, so I thought this one would be worth checking out.  It was.  I was sucked…
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The Montana frontier, shortly after the end of the Civil War.  An injured Indian girl found in the barn of a single rancher.  A neighbor’s visiting relative who insists on personally caring for the girl.  Language barriers, cultural barriers, danger and captivity.  What on EARTH could Misty Beller’s This Healing Journey have in common with a ministry called Mpact Girls Clubs?…
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I think I love spy novels even more than frontier stories.  I don’t know if it’s the secret codes or the chance to become someone you’re not.  The way people who aren’t quite normal in regular life find meaning and purpose.  At least a little bit of it is the way the work that is done in secret can save…
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3 Questions that More than Words can Say Made Me Ask “Please marry me to save my business.”  Ok, that’s not a word-for-word quote.  But you get the idea. Usually, if you saw something like this in a story, you would think there were financial problems.  But Abby’s problem isn’t money.  Her business is going great.  The only problem is, she…
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