Simple Acts of Faith: Heartwarming Stories of One Life Touching Another

by Margaret Feinberg

Book Overview

The beloved art of Normal Rockwell chronicles small-town America and reflects the simple kindnesses that paint ordinary life with shades of the extraordinary. This gathering of select Rockwell... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0736910735
• ISBN13: 9780736910736
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Simple Acts of Faith: Heartwarming Stories of One Life Touching Another

My husband borrowed a copy of this from his doctor's waiting room and so fell in love with it that he promptly asked me to buy a dozen copies so that we could give them out for Christmas presents next year. It's a wonderful use of Norman Rockwell's paintings and the bible versus, with a warm human interpetation. Yes, he did take it back to the doctor's waiting room.

We loved this book

My husband and I went on a short road trip and I read it to him as we drove. We had such a beautiful day. As I read one of the stories we were both so choked up that we had to pull over. What a treasure. On our way home we stopped at a bookstore and bought five more for Christmas gifts.

A Classic Tale

Simple Acts of Faith will undoubtedly be classified as a "coffee table book," yet such a bland modifier hardly does justice to this unique collection of heart-warming stories. For one, they breathe life into Norman Rockwell's ageless paintings, while the portraits tantalize one's senses. As I read this book, I felt moved, but not back to the mythical "good old days" that only existed in people's somewhat memory. Instead, I found myself grasping the reality that community still exists wherever people take the time to care about each other. Such heroic acts make love a reality, in spite of the mad pace of the 21st century. That is something worth celebrating - and taking time to make happen in our own communities.