Encounters of the Heart There's More to the Story Than Meets the Eye |
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| Author:
| Heiliger, Cathy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9969533-1-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
| Publisher: | Heiliger Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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Encounters of the Heart brings fact and fiction together to fill in the blanks, calling biblical personalities to life for the 21st century!In the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, these bite-sized short stories allow you to experience in-their-shoes encounters with these identifiable, very human biblical figures . Not only will you see yourself in them, you will be transformed along with them in their understanding of themselves, others, and the never-extinguished love of...
More DescriptionEncounters of the Heart brings fact and fiction together to fill in the blanks, calling biblical personalities to life for the 21st century!In the time it takes to have a cup of coffee, these bite-sized short stories allow you to experience in-their-shoes encounters with these identifiable, very human biblical figures . Not only will you see yourself in them, you will be transformed along with them in their understanding of themselves, others, and the never-extinguished love of God!Mary Magdalene¿Joseph of Arimathea¿Nicodemus¿Cardboard biblical characters or real-life, historical personalities who were fractured, human and hungry for an encounter with Christ just like you?There's more to the story than meets the eye!Have you ever wondered what may have happened between Jesus and Mary Magdalene that made her his ultimate devotee in Scripture? What caused her to adore him so much that she attended his mother at the crucifixion, endured the terrifying night-sky and earthquake, and resisted her personal pain to help in the washing of Jesus' unspeakable wounds?What was it like to for her to have her dream and purpose die, be forced into a Sabbath (ar)rest, not knowing the next morning she would be a player in a story that would change the course of history?What was it that made Joseph of Arimathea be willing to take down the body of the Jesus his peers had condemned to death, carry it to his newly mined tomb, then wash, wrap and lay it to rest on his own funeral slab?Why did Nicodemus, the Pharisee or all Pharisees, lay down his reputation by bringing spices and join a Sadducee (Joseph) in cleansing the body of Christ? What exchange happened between them?What did Mary see and experience when the stone was rolled away before dawn that terrifying Easter morning? And after such a jubilant announcement, what made her later return in tears and unbelief, looking for the body she had been told was resurrected?