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Note: At the end of this review, there are instructions on how you can receive up to two chances to win a free autographed copy of The Preacher’s Bride! ********* If I had not connected with Jody online, I’m not sure I would have picked up this book. Which goes to show you can’t judge a book by its . . . → Read More: Book Review: The Preacher’s Bride by Jody Hedlund “More people will log on to blogs, Facebook, and Twitter this Sunday than will go to church.” ~@stickyJesus This blog is not quite 3 months old. I’ve had visits from 44 countries and 48 states. (Where are you Vermont and New Hampshire?) I’m just a pinhead in “the Land of Shiny Things.” I had no illusion that anyone . . . → Read More: Book Review: @stickyjesus by @tamiheim and @tonibirdsong Live. Die. Good-bye. That’s all? I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid of not living. Of not leaving some kind of legacy. I think about that a lot lately. Then ta-da! Here comes Max Lucado with his new book, Outlive Your Life. “A first day. A final day. And a few thousand in between. You’ve been given an honest-to-goodness human life.” “You’ve been . . . → Read More: Book Review: Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado The Chronological Guide to the Bible is a handy little reference tool that attempts to provide an historical arrangement to the Biblical text. It’s designed to help one “follow the flow of events in the Scriptures and see where sacred history and secular history converge into one story of salvation.” To do that, the authors have . . . → Read More: Book Review–Chronological Guide to the Bible “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.” ~Willa Cather I can’t tell you how to build a plot, but these authors can and do. I’ve got so much to learn! Seems like everyone knows about Plot & Structure by James Scott . . . → Read More: Need to Build a Plot? Been there. Done that. Plenty of Plan B’s in my life. Some as light as dandelion fluff. Some as heavy as a bloated hippo. Plans fizzled. Dreams shattered. Expectations failed. People let me down. Life smacked me upside the head. Life slammed me to the ground. You’ve been there, too, in some form. And will again. Enter this book . . . → Read More: Book Review: Plan B by Pete Wilson Writers in the Spirit: Inspiration for Christian Writersby Carol J. Rottman, Ph.D.FaithWalk Publishing 2004 I brought this book home from the local library. But my left arm had to hold my right arm down to keep from writing in it. So I bought my own copy. Eleven chapters burst with inspiration in the form of essays, meditations, scripture . . . → Read More: Writers in the Spirit I dig Philip Yancey. Anything he writes. I even got to meet him in person once. He’s not afraid to tackle hard stuff, and his writing inspires me to pursue excellence. And so I often pull his books off my shelf. Like Open Windows, a book he wrote over 20 years ago in which he addressed the . . . → Read More: Four Pitfalls of Christian Writing I know a little about craving. Chocolate. Chips. Chocolate chips. Chocolate-covered chips. But Crave is about another kind of craving. More satisfying. A craving that consumes. Chris writes, “This longing, this deep-seated craving for more and more of God, is slowly consuming my life.” Chris is funny, deep, and writes with unsettling honesty. He says what some of us . . . → Read More: Book Review – Crave by Chris Tomlinson I wanted to scoop up the 5-year-old Mary and cradle her in my arms, along with every other young innocent. I wanted to throttle those who stole her innocence. I clutched the book to my heart. I wept. And yet redemption and grace and beauty shine through the pain. And forgiveness in spite of the pain. From Amazing . . . → Read More: Book Review – Thin Places by Mary DeMuth |
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