Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Gr..., Debra Moerke
Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Gr..., Debra Moerke
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Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace
A True Story

Author: Debra Moerke, Carol Kent

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2019

Synopsis

A child disappears. A foster mother faces an impossible choice. A baby’s future hangs in the balance.When Deb Moerke and her husband decided to become foster parents, they never imagined how their lives would change. And never did they imagine their worst nightmare coming true: their five-year-old foster daughter, Hannah, murdered at the hands of her birth mom, Karen.The Moerkes were overwhelmed with horror and grief. And just when they didn’t think they could bear any more, Deb received a phone call from Karen in prison. Facing a life sentence for Hannah’s murder, she was pregnant. And Karen had an incredible request: Would Deb take her unborn baby in and love it as her own?How would you respond? Could you show God’s love to someone who had hurt you and taken away everything you held dear?Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace is an unbelievable true story of faith, family, and a journey toward seemingly impossible forgiveness. A story that tests the limits of the human heart, it’s ultimately a beautiful, life-affirming testament to how unconditional love and relentless obedience can transform even the darkest of nights into mornings of hope.

About Debra Moerke

Debra Moerke and her husband, Al, were foster parents for eighteen years, taking in more than 140 children. She has served as the director of women’s and children’s ministries of the Central Wyoming Rescue Mission, the executive director of a Christian crisis pregnancy and counseling center, a jail guard, and a jail chaplain. She holds a certificate in Christian ministries from Gateway Seminary.

About Cindy Lambert

Cindy Lambert and her husband, David, have been influencing the Christian publishing world for decades, both as editors and as authors, having authored more than twenty books between them. They have six children and nine grandchildren and love to launch their kayaks together from the dock in front of their log cabin in Michigan.

About Carol Kent

Carol Kent is a popular international public speaker best known for being dynamic, humorous, encouraging, and biblical. Carol holds a master’s degree in communication arts and a bachelor’s degree in speech education. Her bestselling books include A New Kind of Normal, Becoming a Woman of Influence, Mothers Have Angel Wings, Secret Longings of the Heart, Tame Your Fears, Speak Up With Confidence, and Detours, Tow Trucks, and Angels in Disguise. She entered the public eye with the story of her only son’s imprisonment for murder, a journey she shared in the powerful book, When I Lay My Isaac Down. This painful experience has led Carol and her husband, Gene, down a long road of sacrifice and redemption.

About Marguerite Gavin

Marguerite Gavin is a seasoned theater veteran, a five-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. She has been an actor, director, and audiobook narrator for her entire professional career. With over four hundred titles to her credit, her narration spans nearly every genre, from nonfiction to mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and children’s fiction. AudioFile magazine says, “Marguerite Gavin…has a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon on June 13, 2023

Truth is stranger than fiction. Murder, Motherhood, and Miraculous Grace: A True Story is a book and a story that will remain with me for a very long time. It is one of the most interesting books I have read in 2023. Debra Moerke and her husband, Al, are biological parents to five children and foster......more

Goodreads review by Christina on June 18, 2022

4.5 🌟 Wow. This true story is heavy, heartbreaking, and yet so beautiful in many ways. The author went through incredible heartbreak as a foster mom, yet at every turn she surrendered her will to obey God. Because of that God has used her in an incredible way to be a testimony of grace and forgivene......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on July 09, 2022

4.5 🌟 This was an amazing, yet heartbreaking, story. While it was hard to read parts, others were so encouraging. Seeing how God used the Moerke family in so many ways was amazing! The lives of over 100 children were touched and Jesus was shown to them because of this family. Seeing how God worked in......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on November 08, 2020

This story brought me to tears multiple times. I’m not sure I have ever read a book so compelling, magnified by the fact that it was all true. It’s easy to say that we should extend grace to others, but how often does that truly happen when someone hurts us in a deeply painful and personal way? Debra......more

Goodreads review by Christy on July 20, 2022

I almost can’t read stories of injustices involving children since becoming a mom, and this one brought me to tears more than once, but it was a worthy read. A heartbreaking, beautiful, true story of the sharp contrast in light relating to darkness.......more

Quotes

“A terrific story with surprising twists. You will not be able to put it down. It will both break your heart and mend it as you marvel at the power of love to overcome.” Ann Spangler, author of Women of the Bible

“What a powerful story that touched my heart deeply, moved me to tears, and enlarged my understanding of what surrender and God’s amazing grace in action looks like.” Kathe Wunnenberg, president and founder of Hopelifters Unlimited in Phoenix, Arizona

“Once you start reading this book…you will not be able to put it down.” Ruth Graham, author of Prodigals and Those Who Love Them

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