Are we striving so hard to be remembered? To be noticed? To be important? To leave our mark on this world? Do we matter? Does anyone see us?
Those are questions that are posed… and answered in this book. It caused some real thought on my part. I hope it will do the same for you.
The Significant Life: Overcoming Your Fear of Being Unnoticed and Forgotten by George M Weaver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Continue reading
There are seasons that we all walk through that can make us think…. WHAT!?!?!?!?! This isn’t how it’s supposed to be… what on earth is going on… you know what I’m talking about, we’ve all had them. Well that’s what’s been going on around here for a number of weeks. To say that the crazy is off the charts… well that would be an understatement.
But… GOD is HIS infinite wisdom – which astounds me hour by hour – knew what was headed my way… and somehow this little book – What Your Heart Needs for the Hard Days by Holley Gerth – dropped into my life when I needed my soul refreshed and my heart encouraged. It truly has been a blessing. I would encourage you to pick it up for yourself or for that person that may just be having a WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?! going on in their life. Continue reading
If God Is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil by Randy Alcorn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
“Every one of us will experience suffering. Many of us are experiencing it now. As we have seen in recent years, evil is real in our world, present and close to each one of us.
In such difficult times, suffering and evil beg questions about God–Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? And then, how can there be a God if suffering and evil exist?
These are ancient questions, but also modern ones as well. Atheists such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God.
In this captivating new book, best-selling author Randy Alcorn challenges the logic of disbelief, and brings a fresh, realistic, and thoroughly biblical insight to the issues these important questions raise.” Continue reading
The Global War on Christians: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution by John L. Allen Jr.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Global War On Christians – Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution. As a Christian living in the United States of America, the title of this book caught my eye. We’ve all known for some time that Christians around the world have been, and continue to be, persecuted for their beliefs. We read from time to time their stories, and hear about the tragedy’s that befall them in their mission work. It is through my own naïveté, that I assumed that this was because these folks were “going into the mouth of the lion” when they headed to areas of the globe that were clearly anti-Christian. Little did I realize that so much of the Christian persecution that occurs is not just in those areas of the globe that we might deem hostile to Christians.
This book, a raw as it is in its descriptions of the horrors, clearly opened my eyes to what is going on around the world. While we here in the US are battling with legal challenges for our nativity’s and religious freedoms, more than two-thirds of the world’s 2.3 billion Christians who live outside the West, and are the minority of most regions, are battling far more persecution than any of us could ever imagine.
This book does contain graphic retelling of the stories of these martyrs. If you are sensitive to this, this might not be the book for you. Otherwise, I highly recommend this book as a must read.
About the Author:
JOHN L. ALLEN JR. is the senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter and the senior Vatican analyst for CNN, and writes for other national and international publications. He speaks at nearly fifty engagements a year and is the author of seven previous books, including his most recent A People of Hope: The Challenges Facing the Catholic Church and the Faith That Can Save It.
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Every once in a while a book comes along that touches your heart. The Singing Quilt by Kathi Macias is one such book. It is not often that I read fiction, but I have to say that I did not want this book to end. I wanted to know more about the lead charecter… I wanted to follow along with her new life in Christ. Sadly though… the book came to an end.
Below is my public review of this book
The Singing Quilt by Kathi Macias
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“Can another woman’s courage inspire the impossible? Jolissa Montoya, a shy, young Hispanic girl, believes God is calling her to work with disadvantaged children in the inner city. She is convinced that what God has spoken to her heart is impossible. Until one day when she shares her concerns with a confidante who shows her a quilt – a quilt that depicts the life of a courageous woman.” Continue reading
Hope Runs: An American Tourist, a Kenyan Boy, a Journey of Redemption by Claire Díaz-Ortiz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
“She went to Kenya to climb a mountain. But God has other plans. When Claire-Diaz-Ortiz arrived in Kenya at the end of an around-the-world journey, she decided to stay the night, climb Mount Kenya, and then head back home. She entered an orphanage, seeing it as little more than a free place to spend the night before her mountain trek. Hope Runs is the emotional story of one American tourist, one Kenyan orphan, and how one day became one year that would change the course of both their lives forever.” Continue reading
The Hope Quotient: Measure It. Raise It. You’ll Never Be the Same. by Ray Johnston
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
“What’s at the heart of every thriving person, every thriving marriage, kid and business? Hope! The Hope Quotient is a revolutionary new method for measuring—and dramatically increasing – our level of hope. Hope is more than a feeling; it’s the by-product of seven key factors. When these are present in your life, they cause hope to thrive.”
Love. Period.: Loving Those Who are Not Like You by Rudy Rasmus
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“What would happen if we truly loved those who are different from us in race, background, abilities, gender, economic status, identity, or physical condition? How would our communities change if we stopped being afraid of those who don’t fit our definition of “loveable”? How would our hearts find greater joy if we acknowledged the risk of living without conditions – and did it anyways?”
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Sincerely Yours by Jane Kirkpatrick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
“Four unexpected letters. Four intrepid women. Four lives changed forever. Spanning a century and a continent, these romantic novellas will lead you on a journey through the landscape of love. Four young women find their lives altered after each receives a letter that set her on a new path From a Hudson River steamboat to a lush drawing room, from a carousel carver’s workshop to a remote hospital, you’ll be swept into the lives of women who are making their way in the world and finding love where they least expect it.”
Sincerely Yours is a collection of four novellas penned by four different authors – Jane Kirkpatrick, Amanda Cabot, Laurie Alice Eakes, and Ann Shorey.
Each of these four stories introduces us to four different women with one thing in common… each receives an unexpected letter. With each letter, lives are changed as these women set out on a path of discovery, redemption, mystery, romance and suspense. To say much more, will rob the reader of the twists and turns of each story.
I did enjoy these four stories. Each of them is under one hundred pages and yet, while that may seem too short… the skill of the authors in the character development and story telling brings the feeling and completeness of a novel twice it’s size. Very well done.
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I will let this review speak for itself with only these words. If you want to be informed about the Mid-East Peace Process and why it seems that it will never be acheived… do not miss this book.
The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East by Caroline Glick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
“A manifesto that exposes the flaws in the tw0state policy of the United States toward Israel and the Palestinians and offers a direct and powerful call for Israeli sovereignty in the region.”
This book, The Israeli Solution: A one-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, is perhaps one of the most insightful books written about the generations-old “problem” of what to do with the Israeli’s and the Palestinian’s. It seems like every US president, past and current, have or have had “the answer”. Yet not one of them has or did. In this 250+ page manifesto, that is so impeccably researched and cited, the author, Caroline Glick, offers a one-state plan for peace in the Middle East – The Israeli Solution. Continue reading
Saved Because of His Mercy 