Seasons Of Love

by Hardin, Karen

• ISBN13: 9781593790226
• ISBN10: 1593790228
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-28
• Publisher: White Stone Books

Summary

Seasons of Love, covers the many complexions of love with grace, insight, and tenderness. Author, Karen Hardin, has interviewed some of the most respected and beloved Christian personalities of today-the topics personal and intimate, providing encouragement on the many faces and aspects of love. With issues such as rekindling romance in marriage, forgiving someone who has hurt you, finding-and being-a true friend, extending God's life-changing love to someone who seems unlovable, loving yourself, and so much more.

Author Biography

Karen Hardin is Still actively involved in ministry, Karen and her family make their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma Nancy Harkins resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her husband and best friend, Ed

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	12	(2)
FRIENDSHIP	14	(46)
SECTION 1 PUPPY LOVE
What's with the Dog? The Character of Rich Mullins	17	(3)
Festus	20	(7)
How a Donkey Saved My Life, Balaam	27	(4)
SECTION 2 UNEXPECTED FRIEND
Cockroach-Inspired Friendship
Shelley Breen of Point of Grace	31	(2)
The Recipe for Friendship	33	(3)
Grandma Hester	36	(5)
He Can't Be Trusted	41	(4)
SECTION 3 BEST FRIENDS
The Blessings of Friendship,
Barbara Johnson	45	(2)
Green Light Bulbs	47	(5)
From Mother-in-Law to Mother-in-Love	52	(4)
Stronger than Death	56	(4)
ROMANTIC LOVE	60	(96)
SECTION 4 LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
I Wasn't Looking for a Wife,
Michael W. Smith	63	(3)
I Was a Lerman War Bride	66	(4)
Simpler Times, but a Lasting Love	70	(6)
The Arranged Marriage	76	(9)
SECTION 5 TRUE LOVE
My Life with Billy Graham
Ruth Bell Graham 81
Friends for Life, ladle	85	(9)
The Richest Man in the World	94	(13)
Who Says You Can't Mix Business with Pleasure?	107	(6)
He's My Son!	113	(4)
SECTION 6 SECOND CHANCES
The God of Second Chances
Thomas and Juanita Bynum Weeks	117	(5)
Can You Help Me Raise My Son?	122	(7)
From Sonic to a Supernatural Marriage	129	(6)
Guilty as Charged	135	(4)
SECTION 7 TILL DEATH DO US PART
The Love of a Lifetime
Nancy Reagan	139	(6)
A Need Greater than My Own	145	(2)
Twilight Love, Ruth and Miles	147	(6)
I Will Not Leave	153	(3)
UNCOMMON LOVE	156	(56)
SECTION 8 THE POWER OF LOVE
The Last Dance
Renée Bondi (as told to Karen Hardin)	159	(6)
The Treasure Hidden in a Field	165	(14)
Carried through the Storm	179	(9)
The Bitter Distress	188	(5)
SECTION 9 LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
Bitter or Better
Joyce Meyer	193	(4)
Betrayed!	197	(4)
But God, I Don't Want to Love Them	201	(6)
Left for Dead	207	(5)
AGAPE LOVE	212	(37)
SECTION 10 TRANSFORMING LOVE
Changed and It Shows,
Libby Hodges of Jump 5 (as told to Karen Hardin)	215	(3)
Finding Love in a Faraway Land	218	(4)
The Great Escape	222	(6)
The Man in the Tombs	228	(5)
SECTION 11 A FATHER'S LOVE
A Father to the Fatherless
Lesley Moore of Jump 5 (as told to Karen Hardin)	233	(3)
It Wasn't My Alarm Clock	236	(4)
Penance	240	(3)
The Father's Heart
Richard Exley	243	(6)
A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR	249	(2)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR	251	(2)
ABOUT THE ARTIST	253