Frank Carlson Library

"The theme for 2022 is "The Lord Is Near" from Psalm 145:18. Each day you will enjoy a Bible verse, a true first-person story sharing the ways God speaks to us in the ordinary events of life, and a brief prayer to bring focus and help you apply the day's message." -- from back cover.

Some government officials want to eliminate crime by hiring school administrators in zip codes with the highest rate of incarcerations (murder factories) to identify future criminals. The identified kids will begin to disappear, and the FBI agents working the cases will be able to cover up the methods used to rid these future threats to society. They plan to test this operation in a city with a population of around a hundred thousand people.

In the ongoing war between good and evil, many battles are fought on many fronts. Leaders emerge from the unlikeliest circumstances to tip the balance of power. The power of good embodied in Jonah International, a powerful corporate entity whose only interest is in ensuring mankind's power of choice and thwarting evil at every turn. The world is falling under an influence of darkness and is in desperate need of a defender to lead them into the light....

The Cowboy’s Surprise Bride: Traveling to Canada’s Northwest Territories is a chance for Linette Edwards to escape a dreaded marriage in England, and she eagerly accepts Eddie Gardiner’s written invitation. How could she know that Eddie thinks he’s marrying her friend, Margaret? Eddie planned for a well-bred bride, not a ragamuffin stranger with a little boy in her care. He’ll shelter them until springtime and no longer. But before the snow...

While it all looked good from the outside, Phil McCormick's life was quietly spiraling out of control. He had a great job, a loving wife, and two talented children. However, he felt completely lost, and all of these relationships were suffering as a result. He struggled with the basic questions of which everyone must find their own answers: Why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing with my life? Is there more to life than only what I can see?...

"Secrets devastated Maryanne Harding's marriage to an Englischer--and took away her untrustworthy husband. Now the young Amish widow has found contentment cooking up treats at the bakery, raising her little girl, and comforting her ailing mother. And when Andrew Wittmer asks her to marry him, Maryanne is over the moon with happiness that she and the kind furniture maker will put down roots in her hometown... Until Andrew's uncle becomes ill, and Andrew...

After reading this book you will do one of two things- dismiss it as fiction, or accept it as a cop's living testimony about the power of God; a power YOU can harness by exercising your faith in Jesus Christ! A must read for every law enforcement officer!

On the heels of the Great Rebellion, Margaret Foster, an abolitionist northerner, takes a teaching position in 1865 San Diego—a town dominated by Southern sympathizers. At thirty-seven years of age, Margaret has accepted spinsterhood and embraced her role as teacher. So, when Everett Thompson, the handsomest member of the School Board, reveals his interest in her, it’s a dream come true. Until her passionate ideals drive a wedge between them.

For many years, the members of a small Pentecostal church in Ohio prayed faithfully for the Lord's blessings on behalf of their church and individuals. One Easter morning, a racehorse trainer in the congregation has a foal born to an old mare she rescued. She names him Meatball. He becomes the church mascot. When Meatball is old enough to race, he proves to be unstoppable! The church members find themselves on a wild and exhilarating ride with an...

In this coming of age story, Keely Beck, a teen from Tennessee, loses her best friend in an unexpected accident and she finds herself alone in a room full of people. In trying to find herself again and regain parts of her memory, she comes across a group of friends that steer her down a negative path. Dealing with the pain of her friend's death, her parent's divorce, and guilt about events she can't recall, Keely turns to self-harm in more ways than...