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The Stories I Keep
 In
the South of the past, the summer temperatures drove folks out of their
homes and onto their front porches after supper. No matter the social
class of bank account, everyone was hot. So outside, amidst the music of
the katydids and crickets, the conversations and storytelling were the
sweet desserts, oftentimes the richest fare of the night.
In Dr. RoseAnne Coleman’s The Stories I Keep, you’re invited to sample
some of that rich fare. You’ll meet some fascinating people, learn from
truths gained in a garden, smile at some hard-won wisdom, and share in a
handful of life’s simple joys as well as in its inevitable pain.
With the same warmth and gifted story telling she shares in her classes
and lectures, Coleman creates vivid pictures of events that shaped a
childhood. As she shares her journey to make sense of her history, she
finds a loving God who points her to the beauty, purpose, and hope that
He has been growing in her life all along.
"
RoseAnne Coleman's The Stories I Keep is as charming and as deliciously
Southern as her own name is. Beyond the charm and the regional appeal,
however, there is an intimacy with Jesus and a candor about the
relationship between Him and her that would make any Christian want to
read and remember these stories.
"
Phyllis Tickle
" What a gorgeous book. A compelling aroma wafts
through these delicious stories that will whet your hunger for heaven.
My life couldn’t have been more different from a southern girl growing
up in a pastor’s home, yet the stories bring our universal struggles,
dreams, and desires to the surface and train our appetite for what we
are most meant to desire: the goodness of God. These brilliantly
written stories will draw you to the wonder of what we all are most
meant to become as truly human, truly alive, and simply true. "
Dan B. Allender, Ph.D.
President and Professor of Counseling Psychology
Mars Hill Graduate School
Author, The Wounded Heart; Leading with a Limp; To be Told
" My friend RoseAnne Coleman is a great story teller. She enchants with
her
real life stories all the while teaching you subtle truths about God,
life
and relationships. In this charming book you hold in your hands, The
Stories
I Keep, you will find story gems told by one who knows the truth of "to
get
where you are going you need to know where you come from". I laughed,
cried,
nodded in agreement and remembered my own stories. Buy it, read it and
buy another copy for a special friend as a delightful gift. I will. "
Ruth Graham
Author, In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart: Hope for the Hurting
Daughter of Ruth and Billy Graham
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