Seasons Under Heaven
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Times and Season
Beverly LaHaye & Terri Blackstock
When Cathy Flaherty’s teenage son Mark is arrested for selling drugs, her neighbors once again show that Cedar Circle is more than a suburban cul-de-sac. It is a tightly knit circle of friends whose faith, love, and encouragement help each other make it through the changing seasons of life.
More is at stake for Cathy than her son. With Mark in juvenile detention, the single mother of three finds herself struggling over whether to marry Steve Bennett, a man she truly loves. It will take strength and wisdom for Steve to see Cathy through this time of family conflict. Fortunately, he is not alone. Other lives, each with concerns of their own, weave together in a strong show of mutual care and support. And through the hands and hearts of this loving community, God moves.
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ALSO FROM TERRI BLACKSTOCK…
SECOND CHANCES SERIES
Blind Trust
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Broken Wings
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Never Again Good-Bye
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When Dreams Cross
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SUN COAST CHRONICLES
Justifiable Means
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Presumption of Guilt
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Ulterior Motives
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Evidence of Mercy
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Seaside
Terri Blackstock
Seaside is a novella of the heart—poignant, gentle, true, offering an eloquent reminder that life is too precious a gift to be unwrapped in haste.
Sarah Rivers has it all: successful husband, healthy kids, beautiful home, meaningful church work.
Corinne, Sarah’s sister, struggles to get by. From Web site development to jewelry sales, none of the pies she has her thumb stuck in contains a plum worth pulling.
No wonder Corinne envies Sarah. What she doesn’t know is how jealous Sarah is of her. And what neither of them realizes is how their frantic drive for achievement is speeding them headlong past the things that matter most in life.
So when their mother, Maggie, purchases plane tickets for them to join her in a vacation on the Gulf of Mexico, they almost decline the offer. But circumstances force the issue, and the sisters soon find themselves first thrown together, then ultimately drawn together, in one memorable week in a cabin called “Seaside.”
As Maggie, a professional photographer, sets out to capture on film the faces and moods of her daughters, more than film develops. A picture emerges of possibilities that come only by slowing down and savoring the simple treasures of the moment. It takes a mother’s love and honesty to teach her two daughters a wiser, uncluttered way of life—one that can bring peace to their hearts and healing to their relationship. And though the lesson comes on wings of grief, the sadness is tempered with faith, restoration, and a joy that comes from the hand of God.
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The Act of Marriage, Revised
The Beauty of Sexual Love
Tim and Beverly LaHaye
For engaged couples and newlyweds who want to make lovemaking a joy from the start…for couples who have been married for years and want to maintain the flame or rekindle the embers…for every husband or wife who wants to be a better lover—here are the insights into each other’s bodies, psychosexual makeup, and need for tender, unselfish affection that can help you achieve your goal.
This updated and expanded edition gives a fresh, informative edge to an already definitive book. New sections discuss “sex after sixty” and five reasons why God created sex—all supported by the very latest findings in the fields of medicine and sociology.
With over 2.5 million copies sold since its release in 1976, The Act of Marriage has helped Christian couples around the world discover new joy and sexual fulfillment in marriage. It offers biblical principles, goals, guidelines, and charts to help couples enrich their physical relationship.
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The Act of Marriage after 40
Making Love for Life
Tim and Beverly LaHaye with Mike Yorkey
In this upbeat, medically informed sequel to their 2.5 million-selling book, The Act of Marriage, Tim and Beverly LaHaye candidly share their expertise on such topics as:
Enhancing sexual intimacy with your spouse
Adjusting to sexual changes resulting from growing older
Openly facing menopause and ED (erectile dysfunction)
The use of exercise, nutrition, female hormone drugs, and Viagra to improve one’s sex life
…and much more.
The LaHayes have helped thousands of couples build stronger, happier, more intimate marriages. Discover that intimacy with your spouse after age 40 can be just as good, if not better, than ever before.
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Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Dr. Fred Rushton for taking time out of his busy surgical schedule to read our manuscript and check our facts. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks also to Jim Gleason, whose Internet account of his illness, A Gift of the Heart, gave us so much information. And special heartfelt thanks to the family of Susan Hattie Steinsapir, for sharing her poignant transplant story on the Internet. Susan didn’t survive, but the story she left behind will help thousands.
We’d also like to thank Greg Johnson, Dave Lambert, Sue Brower, and Lori Walburg for their vision and active interest in this book. You’re all a dream to work with!
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Seasons Under Heaven
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
LaHaye, Beverly.
Seasons under heaven / Beverly LaHaye and Terri Blackstock.
p. cm.
ISBN: 0-310-23519-7 (Softcover)
I. Blackstock, Terri, 1957 – . II. Title.
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