Each spring in Jerusalem, hundreds of Orthodox Christians gather in a darkness-shrouded church.

Book Reviews by Nancy Elizabeth Dement

Drawing a cherry-red bar of steel from the raging inferno of a forge and laying it on a cold, black anvil, Jim Crowell hefts a hammer. Its head is a three-pound brick of metal.

From Holland to DeVall’s Bluff, Shanghai to Greenville Air Force Base, in the hospital or on an airplane, love can be found anytime, anywhere.