"If you want to change the world, pick up a pen."
Martin Luther
"Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you're doing the impossible."
Saint Francis of Assissi
Martin Luther
"Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you're doing the impossible."
Saint Francis of Assissi
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Agnes Hopper Shakes Up Sweetbriar, The Adventures of Agnes Hopper Series by Carol Heilman
Nominated as a Pat Conroy Southern Beach Music Mystery! Summer's steamy haze coats North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, but feisty Agnes Marie Hopper discovers the heat isn't the only thing causing her blood to boil. After a kitchen fire destroys her home, Agnes moves in with her daughter, Betty Jo. Three months later they come to an understanding: neither can tolerate living with the other. So on a sultry August morning, Betty Jo drives Agnes and her few belongings to Sweetbrier Manor, a local retirement home and former house of ill repute. With no intention of staying, Agnes devises a scheme to sneak out of the Manor and find another place to live. Before she can make her exit, though, she runs into her best friend from high school, along with some other quirky characters. With a nose for trouble, Agnes learns some of the residents are being robbed, over-medicated, and denied basic cable and Internet access. Armed with nothing more than seventy-one years of common sense and a knack for pushing people's buttons, Agnes sets out to expose the unscrupulous administrator, protect her new friends, and restore Sweetbriar Manor's reputation as a "rewarding and enriching lifestyle." But the real moment of truth comes when Agnes is forced to choose between her feisty self-reliance and the self-sacrifice that comes with caring for others. |
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Agnes Hopper Bets On Murder, The Adventures of Agnes Hopper Series by Carol Heilman
When Agnes Hopper travels to Beulah Land Cemetery to inform her late husband, Charlie, of the dire financial pickle she’s in, she discovers the shoeless and quite dead body of Charlie’s best friend laid out on a concrete bench. Despite the indifference of the local sheriff, Agnes’ nose for trouble smells something foul and she vows she won’t rest her aching knees until Josiah Goforth can rest in peace. But as she and her sometimes-love-interest, Smiley Abenda, uncover a growing list of suspects and illegal activities in their small town, they must also rally the fellow residents of Sweetbriar Manor to help prevent the sale of their home to a halfway house for female inmates. The antics these senior citizens pull would surely make Charlie roll over in his grave! Can Agnes curtail her spending and stop the sale while looking for a murderer? Or will the murderer stop her first? |
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Just Go! Taking Hope To The Hurting by Joyce Barnett and Carol Heilman
Steve Revis is an agricultural, well-drilling missionary. He and his wife, Judy, also minister to Haitian children, both hearing and deaf. As the Lord has lead them through both good and bad times, two constants remain at the core of their ministry: they get involved in the people s lives and they show them a God who is real. Part One Judy and Steve Revis s missionary journey unfolds through specific experiences presented alongside an actual journey into the remote Northwest Mountains of Haiti. Part Two Opportunities to serve, presented in a narrative/story form, informs those who have the hearts to go and work among the Haitian people. "Barnett and Heilman weave events, emotions, thoughts and faces into a moving picture of life in Haiti with Steve and Judy Revis, who have been missionaries there for twenty-five years. It is an amazing story of God in a country where voodoo is common. You will see afresh The Lord and how he moves to reach lost people." ~ Lula Mae Briggs, teacher and Bible scholar |