“Angelic Tails” is a collection of 30 true stories from ordinary people who experienced God’s extraordinary grace through heavenly canine companions.
The stories challenge readers to reconsider their conception of angels—from a dog saving a newborn’s life, to a pooch protecting St. John Bosco on dangerous streets for more than 30 years.

In the end, for all who see through the eyes of faith, this book is evidence that God can use even muddy paws and cold noses to fulfill his purposes.

You can order “Angelic Tails” online at Amazon.com or Loyola Press.com—and for a limited time, Loyola Press is offering autographed copies of the book. Check out Tails’ Facebook page for more info and for pictures of our angel-like pets!

Here’s an excerpt from the chapter, “Baby’s Best Friend”:

The baby usually had a bottle about 4:30 in the morning, and on the morning of May1, Pam got up to prepare it, laying the baby on his back on their large bed, with pillows all around him and a single nightlight on.

Troy (Pam’s husband) went into the shower to get ready for work, and Bullet–Pam thought–was still drowsing near the crib. Lately he seemed to need more sleep.

But Bullet wasn’t sleeping. Suddenly Pam heard him bark, and a few seconds later he came skidding down the hallway to the kitchen, ears flapping, whining urgently and insistently.

“Bullet, stop!” Pam told him. “Do you want to go out?”

It was rare for Bullet to bark, even odder if he wanted out this early. But no. Bullet ran back down the hallway to the bedroom, then turned toward Pam. He looked up at her, and barked again, jumping off the floor, as if to say, “C’mon!” Bullet was too old to be jumping. What was going on?

The baby! Suddenly Pam realized that Bullet was trying to alert her. She hurried after the dog, following him into the darkened bedroom. What she saw stunned her…

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You can order it at amazon.com, from the publisher at 1-800-586-2572 or even from me if you want an autograph.  Just click “Books” on this site, and follow order directions. At $13, it makes a great gift.  End of commercial, and on with the angels:

Marlene JuHaros, of Whitehouse, Texas, was excited when her husband told her he wanted to take her on a cruise for their 35th wedding anniversary.  To finance the cruise, he planned to sell their extra car, an old Seville.  Marlene is a warm and generous person, so I wasn’t too surprised when she told me later that they had decided not to go.

Instead, they were going to buy four new tires and do the repairs (about $300) on the car, and GIVE it to a single mom they had met, who really needed it.  “I think the Lord will be pleased about that,” Marlene said in her usual quiet way.  I was amazed.  Do people today really do those things? But that wasn’t all…

Marlene’s sister still wanted the couple to cruise, so she checked on the cost of tickets.  On the day she checked, there was a one-day promotion going on.  $1000 was being taken off each cruise ticket, bringing the price down to about $600 per ticket.  Marlene’s sister checked farther, and discovered that the airline involved was taking off an extra $100 per ticket—for that destination and day only!

“It was a net savings of about $2,300, the exact amount we would have probably gleaned from the sale of the car,” Marlene says. “But later we realized that even with the sale money, without this promotion we wouldn’t have been able to afford the cruise anyway.”  Instead, because this couple followed the Lord, they are going on a seven-day cruise, and a young single mom is driving  her Seville to work each day.

I have written about Marlene’s spiritual adventures in an earlier book, Guardian Angels, when angels attended her wedding.  She never expects to receive anything as a “payback” or “reward” from the Lord.  But she is never surprised when he sends her an unexpected gift either. She’s a true earth angel.