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Mark Jerstad's essence returns to us in written form through sermons preached at Augustana College. Topics of faith and fear range from "What Happens After Death?" to "Forgiveness," from "Thinking about Thinking" to "Roadblocks to Faith." Jerstad writes, "There is a strain running through the whole biblical message that comes at us from our future and penetrates our now. This is what we call an eschatological promise, a promise that beyond this life there is something more...We are people of promise. We live in the hope and the promise given to us by God himself through Jesus Christ, that beyond this life we will be ushered into a new kingdom..." Sandy has added real life reflections that anchor Mark's sermons. Her stories of the hilarity, joy, and adventure depict what living life with Mark was like. You will share with her a near-death experience, the perils of a solo 600 mile bike ride, her world of coaching, life in the South Dakota Senate, the death of her father and the difficult journey through Mark's dying and death. As Sandy writes, "For 31 years I had the privilege of living with a man who never said never. His belief in aiming high and dreaming big dreams was something he lived and shared with us, his family. I can only imagine the dreaming he is doing now."

Delores' book is a primer for living, reflecting the experience and wisdom she has gained throughout her life. Delores reaches down to the foundation of her being and puts into accessible language what her life experiences with God, with family and friends, and in the workplace have taught her. This book builds on the wisdom shared in A Privileged Life: Remembering My Journey as Delores shares the wisdom she has gained from the Bible, from Prayer, of Being Yourself, from Marriage, from Racism, of Leadership, and of Aging. As the reader moves from one chapter to the next, Delores' wisdom begins to soak in, leaving the reader both humbled and strengthened.

Many adults struggle to find ways to thank their mothers for giving them life, for demonstrating how to navigate life's difficult times, and for being in old age a joyful, grateful human being, someone whose love still warms your heart and whose spirit you want to emulate. Author, Mary Van Kempen Nilsen, came up with one way-preserve her recipes, not just the recipes, but the actual well-worn cards on which they were written, cards that were, in some cases yellowed with age and spotted with a stray ingredient. Her brothers and sisters agreed. And as the energy built, so did the scope of the project. Not just recipes (a metaphor for all that their mother gives them that nourishes their lives), but old pictures too. Not just recipes and pictures but their mother's own words about her life. Not just recipes and pictures and writing, but a tribute to the man she loved, the man who died much too soon leaving her with nine children to care for, nine hungry mouths to feed. This book is the result, a way the children of Blanche Van Kempen found to say to their mother, now a ninety-one-year-old, grace-filled matriarch, "Mom, thank you!" "Mom, we love you."