Stepping Heavenward: A Special Book
Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss is a fictional story of a young Christian girl named Katherine Mortimer. It is written in the form of a journal kept by Katherine herself. It begins: “How dreadfully old I am getting! Sixteen! Well, I don’t see as I can help it. There it is in the big Bible in Father’s own hand.” What makes Stepping Heavenward so special is that Katherine is not presented as some super saint with only godly thoughts and deeds. No, she struggles with everyday trials like the rest of mankind. In the course of her journal, Katherine records her meeting a young man,...
