By Water: The Felix Manz Story

By Water gives a great overview of the religious debates that sparked the Protestant Reformers to split from the Catholic church and those which caused Reformers to split from each other. It also gives a great look at what inspired the Anabaptist creeds (nonviolence, adult baptism).

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The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell: A Novel

This novel adds a unique perspective to the conversation tackling how to journey through a dark point of your life with a Christian outlook.

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Critical Alliance

This book transports you to the wilds of Montana wher lives reconnect and, of course, love blooms.

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National Reading Month

May your friends in your church library celebrate and be reading joyfully with wonderful books!

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2023 Fall Conference

Exciting news! The ECLA board has set the date and place for the 2023 conference. The conference itself will be Saturday the 23rd of September and the place is the Berean Baptist Church in Portage, Michigan! We are hoping many of our Michigan members will be able to come out as well as our Illinois […]

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Librarian Roundtables

Each month on the first Saturday, Cathy Askeland will be leading a librarians’ roundtable at 10:30 am CST.  To register, send an e-mail to admin@eclalibraries.org requesting the Zoom link. We will be sure to announce if there are any changes to this schedule.

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Engaging deception

Reviewed by: Beth Swanson, voracious reader REVIEW INTRODUCTION Title: Engaging deception (Joplin Chronicles Book 3) Author: Regina Jennings Publisher: Bethany House http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/bethanyhouse Publication date: 2023 Format: Paperback Length: 313 pages Overview: Late 1800s in Joplin, MO. A young architect lost his wife, the mother of his two children. He lost his way with God after […]

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Saplings of Sherwood

While Balestri takes time to make her characters interesting, she doesn’t lose track of where the plot needs to go. As readers, we know this series will lead to Robin becoming the famous rebel who fights Normans abusing their power. Balestri provides hints of what Robin is growing into while making this novel more than just “the story before the famous adventures happen.”

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