**Thanks to our friend Anne for sharing her review with us! For brevity, I focus here on my disagreements with Shepherding a Child’s Heart—its application of some Scriptures and its overall emphasis. My main concerns are these: The book’s focus on requiring obedience as the primary component of the parent/child relationship and emphasis on parental [...]

I skimmed Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality a few years ago and wasn’t that impressed. It seemed like the kind of book that was down on conservative Christians and that just doesn’t interest me much. But I saw it in the store a while back and decided to give it a real [...]

Choosing Gratitude: Your Journey to Joy is a great read. If you are a fan of her writing, you will not be disappointed in this book. I thought I was a generally grateful person, once I read this book I realized how much work I need to do in my own life. I’m not going [...]

Why Christian Kids Rebel: Trading Heartache for Hope Dr. Kimmel explores the reasons why 90% of children who are raised in an evangelical home rebel against their faith. With this type of statistic I can assume many parents are wondering why this is happened and those with young children in their home are wondering how [...]

Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham So when I got this book I was skeptical just from the cover. Shallow I know, but I am always leery about books on woman empowerment written by men. The sparkly-eyed man on the cover with the title of [...]

Ok, this book can be described as simply riveting. I picked up Kabul 24 unsure of even what it was about and could not put it down. I finished it in 2 days. As I read this book I became incredibly burdened for Christians around the world; those who are ministering in hostile nations like [...]

So I just picked up this book simply because of the title Ten Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe. I went into the library to pay a massive fine, or “stupid tax”. Anyway I saw this book and decided to see what this author had to say. I had never heard of the author, Larry Osborne [...]

When I got the news that I could get an advanced copy of Max Lucado’s newest book, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear I was thrilled! Max Lucado was probably my first real exposure to Christian Living literature. I first read his work in college and I just couldn’t believe how his words were so [...]

100 Bible Stories, 100 Bible SongsWritten by Stephen Elkins Illustrated by Tim O’Connor The cover of this book just draws kids into its pages. The art on the cover is a fantastic example of the art throughout this book. It is happy and colorful. The songs are also just as bright and happy. This children’s [...]

Surrender All was a book I had the opportunity to read and review recently. I knew virtually nothing about the author, other than the fact that she was a TV talk show host for a Christian broadcast network. I let the book sit on the shelf for a while because I’ve been pressed for time. [...]