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Christianity Today Book of the Year Finalist.In the critically acclaimed prayer memoir from award-winning author Patricia Raybon, the Colorado essayist sets out to learn the secrets of mountain-moving prayer. But will her broken marriage, a dying husband, conflicts with an adult daughter and her determination to pray for her household…

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I am a Christian, so I believe in God and that His only begotten Son died and was sacrificed to save all of mankind from sin. I also believe in God’s grace, mercy, and forgiveness, all given to us because He loves us, His children, unconditionally. That’s what the Bible says, so it must be true. But surely, I often find myself thinking that there must be limits to the unconditionality of God’s love, no matter how often and fervently we pray to God for forgiveness. 

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