by Sarah Purdy | Mar 8, 2022 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Merlin Bylsma “Oh, I’m just a nobody…” How many times have you heard someone call themselves a nobody? Or have you said that about yourself? What does it mean when people discount themselves this way? Is it really a bad thing to be a nobody? In Nobodies in a...
by Sarah Purdy | Jan 7, 2022 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
This winter, Pella author Karen Fitzsimmons is celebrating the publication of her eighth book and first novel, Unfailing Love. Based on a true story, Unfailing Love centers on Kalena, a small-town Iowa girl born in the early sixties. The book chronicles Kalena’s life...
by Sarah Purdy | Nov 23, 2021 | Novels, Our Books
by Karen Fitzsimmons Based on a true story, Unfailing Love chronicles the life of Kalena, a young girl who struggles with fear, doubt, and bullies. As she grows into a woman, she faces bad relationships, a broken heart, and the deaths of loved ones. Kalena vows that...
by Sarah Purdy | Jun 14, 2021 | Book Place, Book Releases & Events
Peter, Mary Magdalene, Lazarus, Pontius Pilate—the life of Jesus Christ was peopled by fascinating men and women whose stories have long inspired writers and artists. But what about those quiet figures, the men and women who were part of the Gospels, but whose names...
by Sarah Purdy | May 24, 2021 | Novels, Our Books
by Valerie Van Kooten A reluctant bride. An overbearing mother-in-law. An impoverished scribe. A traveler from far away. A young widow. A servant girl. A homesick Roman soldier. A donkey seller’s son. Eight lives. Eight people who are barely mentioned in the Gospels,...
