Book Excerpts
Story of the Week, September 11, 2009 Remembering
—All through this day, 9/11/09, I have tried to come up with a theme for our angel newsletter due today. It’s been difficult.
—I had the honor and privilege of being able to interview the last survivor of the World Trade Center bombing, whose story ultimately appeared in my book, IN THE ARMS OF ANGELS. At [...]
Book Excerpt: Moms Go Where Angels Fear to Tread
“The first party I ever threw as a newlywed was so dull that even my husband left….” Bright primary colors stimulate an infant’s intelligence, and the design on his crib sheet may determine if he is accepted into the college of his choice…” “Betsy is MY car and I’m planning to deduct her on my [...]
Book Excerpt: The Power of Miracles
Excerpt from the book
THE POWER OF MIRACLES
by Joan Wester Anderson
Vincent Tan was born Tan Ban Soon in Singapore to Chinese Buddhist parents. As a young boy, Vincent was very interested in science. One day, as he read a book on nuclear physics in the library, he discovered an offer for a Bible course stuck within [...]
Book Excerpt: In the Arms of the Angels
Some publishers seem to think that there is no interest left in this topic. I would like to prove them wrong—and to open the doors for other authors who are writing along similar lines. But I really can’t do it without you (I’m getting older and more feeble, and need all the energy and help [...]
Book Excerpt: Angels and Wonders
Excerpt from the book
ANGELS AND WONDERS, True Accounts That Bear Witness to the Existence of Heaven
by Joan Wester Anderson
What goes around comes around. And Roberta Eschenbaum, a farm wife living outside Miller, South Dakota, certainly knows this to be true. She had taken a quick trip into Miller one morning, and was rushing home [...]
Book Excerpt: Where Miracles Happen
Excerpt from the book
WHERE MIRACLES HAPPEN
by Joan Wester Anderson
Rachel F. was nine or ten when she experienced something wondrous. “It was a very hot night, and I had my bedroom window open to let in the breeze,” she says. “I was supposed to already be asleep, but because it was so hot I had just [...]
Book Excerpt: Where Angels Walk
Excerpt from the book WHERE ANGELS WALK
by Joan Wester Anderson
It was just past midnight on December 24, 1983. The Midwest was shivering through a record-breaking cold spell, complete with gale-force winds and frozen water pipes. And although our suburban Chicago household was filled with the snug sounds of a family at rest, I couldn’t be [...]
Book Excerpt: Angels We Have Heard on High
Excerpt from the book
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
by Joan Wester Anderson
She should never have waited so long to tackle the Christmas shopping, Kimberley Little reminded herself as she shifted her bundles from one aching arm to the other. She hated shopping, hated having to brave the crowds, and sift through endless piles of merchandise. [...]
Book Excerpt: Guardian Angels
Excerpt from GUARDIAN ANGELS; TRUE STORIES OF ANSWERED PRAYERS
by Joan Wester Anderson
It was a hot July day in 2003, and Susan Archie was in her back yard, looking at the big tractor her husband used when he cut the lawn. He had always promised to teach her how to drive it, but with all the [...]
