Glimpses of Heaven

Surprising Stories of Hope and Encouragement

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• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9780736950190
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Theology & Religion

Bestselling authors Kay Warren, Gordon MacDonald, Liz Curtis Higgs, Mark Buchanan, Virginia Stem Owens, and Ben Patterson are among the 50 contributors to this collection of brief, inspiring stories. These seasoned writers recount experiences from their own lives and interpret them through the eyes of faith with passion and insight. Kay Warren spontaneously joins a welcome-home celebration for soldiers at an airport and witnesses the power of encouragement. Gordon MacDonald helps a friend struggle through a long hike and discovers the meaning of true friendship. Liz Curtis Higgs befriends a young fellow passenger but learns something from him about her "e;baggage."e; Readers will love these engaging stories and will learn that their own everyday lives are brimming with significance. The goodness of God, the value of every person, and the importance of meaningful relationships are just a few of the truths that flow from these first-person accounts from master storytellers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Entering the Stories of Ordinary People
• A Cheerful Giver
• When the Bus Driver Cried
• Thanksgiving at Fair Acres
• A Tale of Two Safari Guides
• Maria and the Halo
• The Loudest Cheers in Heaven
• Are You a Good Friend?
• The Eyes of a Doctor
• Up in Smoke
• One Hot Papa
• The Night a Robber Dropped In
• This Is It
• Treasures Old and New
• In God We Trust
• Diamonds Aren’t Forever
• My Conversation with God
• Life Is Not like a VCR
• Garage-Sale Blues
• Thy Kingdom Come
• White as Snow
• New Shoes
• The Vision Thing
• The Concert of the Year
• A Prayer in the Operating Room
• Two Kinds of Thanks
• A Pleasing Decision
• A Valentine’s Day Dilemma
• When God Interrupts
• A Divine Calculation
• The Day We Let Our Son Live
• Rewards for Honesty
• Taskmaster
• No Dad to Call
• A Child Is a Bargain at Any Price
• One of Us
• The Writing on the Wall
• Blind to Blessing
• The Nightly Ritual
• Jesus Is Missing!
• The (Not So) Terrible Year
• Daddy’s Baby Has Come Home
• Living with an Intruder
• Flying Lesson
• Swords or Paintbrushes?
• Prayer from Far Away
• The Sparrow at Starbucks
• Hiding What They Seek
• A Cast of Thousands
• A Purpose-Driving Life
• The 12 Days of Healing
• An Undeliverable Mother’s Day Card
• God Speaks Through Unlikely People
• Learning to Apologize
• Memories of Mom
• Our Divine Distortion
• Potty Break
• Priceless Trust
• Tattle Tales
• Good News in the Bad News
• There Goes the Neighborhood
• There’s a Party Going On!
• Truer Test of Love
• Worried About Worrying
• What the Chicken Told Me
• The Christmas Tree Caper
• The Holy Wanderer
• About the Publisher