A Teacher's Heart: 4 Historical Stories

Some Lessons Only the Heart Can TeachCouples come together to teach and learn, but working together has challenges that test their faith.  Lessons of the Heart by Terri J. Haynes Washington, DC, 1864 After fleeing slavery, Sergeant Elim Smith must teach the First Colored Infantry?s newest soldiers to read. Schoolteacher Adeline Barris comes south searching for her still enslaved mother and brother. When she volunteers to assist Elim, can they learn the lessons of loss and love in the middle of a war?   Courting the Doctor by Cecilia Dowdy Pennsylvania, 1870 Deborah was in love with Timothy years ago, but he married her sister Eve instead. Now Deborah is a schoolteacher and widower Timothy is back as the town?s doctor. As he helps her to study for a college entrance exam, her feelings for him are rekindled. Will Timothy return her affections?    Schooling Mr. Mason by Lynette Sowell Massachusetts, 1895 Adelaide Parker thought she was a shoo-in the director of the prestigious Wickham?s Academy for Young Ladies. However, old Mrs. Wickham brings in her nephew, Stephen Mason, who?s new to teaching. She promises the position to the teacher whose team wins the academic challenge-a clever guise for her matchmaking. Who will win the coveted top spot?  Lessons of Love by Lynn A. Coleman Eastern Tennessee, 1899 Helen Jones and Daniel Moore both teach by very different methods. But learning their own life lessons is a bit more difficult for both of them -and romance is a lesson neither is ready to take. Life keeps pushing them together. Will they surrender and be tutored in love?   About the Author LYNN A. COLEMAN is an award winning and bestselling author of Key West and other books. She began her writing and speaking career with how to utilize the Internet. Since October 1998, when her first fiction novel sold she's sold 38 books and novellas. Lynn is also the founder of American Christian Fiction Writers Inc. and served as the group's first president for two years and two years on the Advisory Board. One of her primary reasons for starting ACFW was to help writers to develop their writing skills and to encourage others to go deeper in their relationship with God. "God has given me a gift, but it is my responsibility to develop that gift."  Some of her other interests are photography, camping, cooking, and boating. Having grown up on Martha?s Vineyard, she finds water to be very exciting and soothing. She can sit and watch the waves for hours. If time permitted she would like to travel.  She makes her home in Keystone Heights, Florida, where her husband of 42 years serves as pastor of Friendship Bible Church. Together they are blessed with three children, two living and one in glory, and eight grandchildren.  Terri J. Haynes, a native Baltimorean, is a homeschool mom, writer, prolific knitter, freelance graphic artist and former Army wife (left the Army, not the husband). She loves to read, so much that when she was in elementary school, she masterminded a plan to be locked in a public library armed with only a flashlight to read all the books and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. As she grew, her love for writing grew as she tried her hand at poetry, articles, speeches and fiction. She is storyteller at heart. Her passion is to draw readers in the story world she has created and to bring laughter and joy to their lives. Terri is a 2010 American Christian Fiction Writers Genesis contest finalist, and a 2012 semi-finalist. She is also a 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarterfinalist. Her publishing credits include: Cup of Comfort for Military Families, Crosswalk.com, the Secret Place Devotional, Urbanfaith.com, Vista Devotional, and Publisher?s Weekly. Terri holds a Bachelor's Degree in Theology, a Master's degree in Theological Studies and a certificate in creative writing and graphic design, meeting the minimal requirements of being a geek. She and her husband pastor a church where she serves