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Brother Sun, Sister Moon: Saint Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures by Katherine Paterson and illustrated by Pamela Dalton is a picture book for children ages four through eight. In this prayer poem, St. Francis of Assisi reaches out to the natural world and identifies the sun, the moon, the wind, the water, and the earth as our brothers and sisters in the divine family. Modeling a way of gratitude and reverence for life, St. Francis praises God as the gifted artist who has given all creation variety and beauty and bounty.

In Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well by Billy Graham, he writes: “Explore with me not only the realities of life as we grow older but also the hope and fulfillment and even joy that can be ours once we learn to look at these years from God’s point of view and discover His strength to sustain us every day.”

Tamera Alexander has begun writing a new series, a Belmont Mansion novel with #1 – A Lasting Impression. Set at Nashville’s historic Belmont Mansion, a stunning antebellum manor built by Adelicia Acklen, this first book in the series is a sweeping love story about a nation mending after war, the redemption of those wounded, and the courage of a man and woman to see themselves, and each other, for who they truly are.