For Such a Time
by Kate BreslinApril, 2014
Powerful
Retelling of the Story of Esther
In 1944, Hadassah Benjamin feels abandoned by God when she is saved from a firing squad only to be handed over to a new enemy. Pressed into service by SS-Kommandant Colonel Aric von Schmidt at the transit camp of Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia, her Aryan-like looks allow her to hide behind the false identity of Stella Muller. However, to maintain her cover as von Schmidt’s secretary, she is forced to stand by as her own people are sent to Auschwitz.
Suspecting her employer is a man of hidden depths, Stella appeals to him on behalf of those in the camp. Aric's indulgence gives her hope even as she risks discovery with every attempt to help the prisoners. When her bravery brings her to the point of ultimate sacrifice, she faces an excruciating choice. God may have brought her to the camp for such a time as this, but how can she save her people when she cannot save herself?
August, 2013
Humorous and touching!
Pastor's wife, Kirstie Donovan, lives life in a fishbowl,
so when she hops on the back of a bright pink motorcycle, tongues start to wag
at the conservative, century-old First Independent Christian Community Church
of Eels Falls.
Kirstie loves roaring down a road less traveled by most
women over forty, but she's not just riding her bike for the fun of it. Kirstie
has a ministry. However, certain church members have secrets to hide, and when
God uses Kirstie's ministry to fill the pews with leather-clad, tattooed
bikers, those secrets could be exposed...and some will stop at nothing to hide
the truth.
Join Kirstie and her motorcycle "gang" - two
church matrons and a mouthy, gum-smacking non-church member - as they discover
that road-toughened bikers are quite capable of ministering to others, and
faith is fortified in the most unexpected ways.
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