Mary J Holmes: 19 books

Swept in by a snowstorm, found nearly frozen, a young lady and her child have traveled far to land on Hugh's doorstep. Hugh's mother and family are wary. What is this woman to them? What is Hugh to her? And what to make of her child and the wedding band shining so boldly from her finger? These questions are only the tip of the iceberg in this intergenerational family drama.

his romantic saga, set before the Civil War, follows the ill-omened, orphaned 'Lena. Her parents married secretly; her father abandoned her mother before her fatal birth. She's forced from her loving, though impoverished, childhood home with her grandparents in rural Massachusetts, and must reside...

Four major themes are explored in this year’s commentary. The first theme is “The Christian Community Comes Alive” (September- November 2015), which explores various texts throughout the book of Acts. These lessons focus on the beginnings of the early church in Jerusalem and growth throughout the...