A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider
Stories to Stimulate the Mind and Delight the Spirit
“A reminder that there is something good in the world.” Midwest Book Review
From Ellen's foreword:
"What a great book! Cozy reading that’s warming like apple cider, but also energizing like the best caffeine! ... Reading can enrich, ennoble, motivate, challenge, encourage, and arouse us. That’s why you’ll want to purposefully stop now and then in your busy days, get a cup of coffee, tea, or—yes, hot apple cider—and relish the gifts this fine book offers."
An inspiring collection of more than 50 true stories, fictional short stories, and poems by 37 writers whose work is distinguished by honesty and vulnerability, combined with encouragement and hope.
More than 40,000 paperback copies of this book are in circulation in Canada!
30,000 copies were given out at "Girls Night Out" and "Couples Night Out" World Vision events across Canada. Nearly 15,000 additional paperback copies have gone out since, and many ebooks as well.
Note: We accept bulk orders from individuals, churches, ministries, etc. Please contact us.
“The short selections make this a perfect book for even indifferent readers. It would be a fabulous addition to an office waiting room, your bedside table, briefcase, backpack or purse. But be sure to buy more than one, for you will probably have the urge to share this gem of a collection with others."
A few of the stories that will impact you:
- A husband and wife whose marriage has disintegrated learn to value each other
- A mother of four discovers, on her 31st birthday, that she has cancer
- God uses a rickety old stepladder to transform a broken heart
- A young woman is forced to re-evaluate her life after a stroke stops her in her tracks
- A woman faces tragedy when her three-year-old son is diagnosed with a rare gentic disorder
- A daughter shares her evolving relationship with her parents, and realizes a life-changing lesson about love
- A university student risks failing her course in order to help the younger sister
- A frustrated mother of four children whispers, “Lord, give me patience!”—then falls on ice and breaks her back
- A First Nations woman's life is changed forever when two of her children are taken away to residential school
- Nightmares and emotional flashbacks beset a woman struggling to let go of deep emotional hurts
Bonus: There is also a companion Discussion Guide for personal reflection, book clubs, small groups, speakers, etc.
Stories in A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider win 16 awards!
A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider itself wasn't entered in the Awards because of our close association with The Word Guild at that time. However, any of the contributors could enter.
Award Winners:
- "Angelina Fast-Vlaar of St. Catharines, Ont. took two first prizes for her personal experience article “Forgiven,”
- M. D. Meyer of Norway House, Man. won two awards for her short story “Bannock and Sweet Tea.”
- The book’s co-editor, Wendy Elaine Nelles of Toronto, received one first prize and two awards of merit for her profile “Soulmates.”
- Adele Simmons of Whitby, Ont. won for her nonfiction piece, “Charlie,” plus collected an award of merit for “The Bulletin Board.”
- Other awards of merit (acknowledging finalists who received judges’ scores very close to the winning entry) went to Bonnie Beldan-Thomson of Pickering, Ont.; Glynis M. Belec of Drayton, Ont.; Marguerite Cummings of Toronto; and Evangeline Inman of Fredericton, N. B.
Other Shortlisted Stories:
- Vilma Blenman of Toronto
- Donna Fawcett of St. Marys
- Ron Hughes of Smithville
- N. J. Lindquist of Markham
- Ruth Smith Meyer of Ailsa Craig
- Kimberley Payne of Millbrook
- Gloria V. Phillips of Collingwood.
Bonus: Janet Sketchley won the Inscribe Christian Fellowship Nonfiction Award for "The Road Trip That Wasn't."
Pictures and more details about the awards at the bottom of this page
Buy Hot Apple Cider for yourself or as a gift today!
Note: We accept bulk orders for paperbacks from individuals, churches, ministries, etc. Please contact us.