Review: A different kind of Christmas
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2013
Tamera Lynn Kraft has spun a gripping historical novelette set in colonial Ohio and featuring a Moravian/American Indian backdrop.John and Anna Brunner, devoted Moravian missionaries to the Lanape Indians, have secrets from each other, and spiritual challenges that trouble their relationship. But they also have a deep devotion to their cause and step out into danger and the unknown as resettled Moravians from Pennsylvania.Here’s an excerpt that reflects on the life they left in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania:She remembered the astonishment in John’s eyes when she told him she was staying in Bethlehem…He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead.She quivered under his touch.He kissed her in a way that overpowered her objections as she melted against him. Pulling back, he said in a quiet voice, “Shall we deny the Lamb that was slain the reward of His suffering by refusing to go?”The philosophy contained in the above exchange drives this story to an exciting and satisfying ending.