Book Reviews
Love’s Sacred Song
by Mesu Andrews
How often do we read passages in the Bible and, after we are done reading, we still don’t understand what we have read? That is exactly what happened to writer Mesu Andrews when she read the book of Song of Solomon. Like most of us, she found that reading that Old Testament book of poetry [...]
Shattered Dreams: God’s Unexpected Pathway to Joy
by Larry Crabb
Review by Christy Carmean How would you define the journey of your life? Some would share the happy moments – their wedding day, the birth of their children, the promotions, the successes. Others would share the sorrows – the loss of a loved one, the child who has turned away, the dreaded diagnosis, the pain. [...]
A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael
by Elisabeth Elliott
Review by Christy Carmean At the mention of the name Amy Carmichael, what comes to mind? Have you heard of her? Would you know that she was a pioneer missionary and prolific author? When a friend recommended that I read A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot, I was interested to read that book because [...]
The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living as if He Doesn’t Exist
by Craig Groeschel
The title of the book, The Christian Atheist, really caught my attention. I mean, those two words should not go together. Aren’t they opposites? Mutually exclusive? I was perplexed, interested, and a little uneasy to begin to read a book with the words Christian and atheist together on the front cover. I wasn’t really sure what I would [...]
One Thousand Gifts: A dare to live fully right where you are
by Ann Voskamp
What are you thankful for? We have recently experienced Thanksgiving and Christmas and I believe that most people in America do pause to give thanks for the blessings in their lives…their family, the food, the material possessions, health, happiness. What if I asked you to make a list of one thousand things that you were [...]
Ruby Slippers: How the Soul of a Woman Brings Her Home
by Jonalyn Fincher
Most of us are familiar with the movie, The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is swept away by a tornado and lands in a magical place far from home. She is given a pair of ruby slippers that lead to a lot of adventures, but also cause some problems. After a long, crazy journey Dorothy discovers [...]
The Three Princes: Lifting the Veil on the Unseen World
by Tom Julien
If you are like me, you may live in a small community of America made up of primarily white middle-class people. Conversations about demonic or other spiritual activities just don’t come up that often. Over the years, I have read books by Frank Peretti and other authors and I’ve been drawn into the drama of [...]
What’s It Like to be Married to Me?
by Linda Dillow
“What’s It Like to Married to Me?” If you are a wife and are willing to ask yourself that question, this book is for you. Linda Dillow writes this book for all wives: those of us who are in good marriages who want to make them better, and those of us who have rocky marriages [...]
Half the Church
by Carolyn Custis James
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn have rocked our world, daring us to look oppression against innocent women and girls squarely in its ugly face. Their national best seller Half the Sky is a difficult book to read as the mental images of brutality, violence and injustices performed against women in our modern “sophisticated” world [...]