tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44040751995482314752024-03-13T07:47:07.529-07:00Random bits of ShozShozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-24483448249725335192011-06-19T21:36:00.000-07:002011-06-19T21:40:22.555-07:00Unleashed - by Erwin McManus<b>My Thoughts:</b><br />
Unleashed was a great, real, open and honest book. I loved it! It is a short book and a quick read, unless you stop to let it really sink in. In that case this book can take a long time to read and can completely change your life and how you see things. Be prepared to be search down to the lowest lows and ascend the highest heights, and be called so far outside your comfort zones you can't even see them any more.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I never would have guessed that parts of this story were true and the note afterwards was so fascinating to read it made the book all the more wonderful. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Thank you Dan for writing such a wonderful story and brining it to life for your readers to partake of.</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">For John and Laura Foster, what began as a fairytale honeymoon in 1857 aboard the steamship SS <em>Vandervere</em> soon becomes a nightmare. A terrible hurricane strikes and the grand ship is lost in the murky depths of the Atlantic. Laura finds herself rescued with the other women and children, but how can she feel anything but despondent without her groom? Suspecting her John is gone but still daring to hope for a miracle, Laura must face the possibility of life alone.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Talented author Dan Walsh skillfully tells an epic story of hope, faith, and love through an intimate lens. Inspired by real events, this emotional and honest story will capture your heart as you sail through its pages.</div></div><div class="DetailText" style="color: #636466; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 10px;"><strong>Endorsements</strong></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 5px;"><div>"<em>The Deepest Waters</em> is a story that's been waiting to be told for 150 years. What a blessing Dan Walsh is the one to tell it. It is inspirational, spiritual, and miraculous--a hopeful message when the world needs it most."--Jason F. Wright, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Wednesday Letters</em><br />
<div></div>"A delightful story that took me back to an era when men were gallant and women were virtuous. Dan Walsh fully immersed me in a fascinating world and left me longing for the movie."--James L. Rubart, bestselling author, <em>Rooms</em> and <em>Book of Days</em></div></div></div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Dan Walsh is the award-winning author of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><em>The Unfinished Gift</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><em>The Homecoming</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">, and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"><em>The Deepest Waters</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">. A member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Dan served as a pastor for 25 years. He lives with his family in the Daytona Beach area, where he's busy researching and writing his next novel.</span></div><div><br />
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Available at your favourite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">".</span></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-35025737970248695642011-06-19T19:59:00.000-07:002011-06-19T19:59:27.854-07:00The Invisible World - by Anthony DeStefano<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">This is a strangely compelling book. Growing up in the church I have always "believed" that angels and demons exists because the Bible says they do. However you never really talk about that sort of thing in polite Christian circles because... well I don't know why. This book was interesting, witty and I love that he includes the human soul and God's grace in his line-up of topics to touch on! I look forward to recommending this book to others.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><u><br />
</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Spiritual Existence Revealed in Anthony DeStefano’s</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Newest Book, <i>The Invisible World</i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="The Invisible World cover[1].JPG" height="179" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12e6d2164a360078&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw" width="120" />The mystery of a spiritual world has intrigued us for ages. Is there a reality that exists beyond the senses? And can an invisible spiritual world actually become visible? Best-selling author Anthony DeStefano answers yes with certainty. <i>The Invisible World: Understanding Angels, Demons, and the Spiritual Realities That Surround Us </i>explores the existence and meaning of this unseen, yet very real world.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Though the pages of <i>The Invisible World</i> are rich in poignant stories and tangible applications, DeStefano eschews anecdotal evidence and offers instead a depth of theological and biblical evidence as he takes readers on a journey to an unseen world inhabited by God, angels, demons, Satan, Heaven, and Hell. Bravely, DeStefano traverses into the dark night of the soul and the potentially liberating power of Grace with much honesty and candor. The author both asks and answers prickly questions like, “What are the incomprehensible qualities of God?” “Why have angels captivated our imaginations and interest?” “What is the purpose of a soul?” and “Why does it seem that, despite Grace, Satan seems to win?”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Through all the twists and turns of this eerie yet uplifting book, the author’s mission is clear. “I want to make the invisible realities that surround us <i>more</i> visible,” says DeStefano. “My hope is that, by doing this, these realities won’t seem so unfamiliar in the future. And the more familiar they are, the easier it will be to understand them and to have absolute faith in their existence. Once you’re armed with that kind of certitude, three things will naturally happen:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;">(1) It will be easier for you to act in sync with your moral beliefs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(2) Your life will be much fuller, richer, and more exciting than you ever imagined possible.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(3) No amount of suffering—physical, mental, or emotional—will ever be able to destroy the profound inner sense of peace that you’ll experience on a daily basis.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Anthony DeStefano is a businessman and the best-selling author of <i>A Travel Guide to Heaven</i> and <i>Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To</i> (Doubleday), as well as two highly acclaimed children’s books, <i>This Little Prayer of Mine</i> and <i>Little Star</i> (WaterBrook Multnomah). DeStefano has received numerous awards and honors from respected communities throughout the world. In 2002, he was given an honorary doctorate from the Joint Academic Commission of the National Clergy Council and the Methodist Episcopal Church for “the advancement of Christian beliefs in modern culture.” In 2003, he received a medal from the Jerusalem Center for Peace Studies. He lives in New York.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This was a fantastic book! Learning about life in Rosey Corner was a wonderful trip back in time. The life of the Merritt family was not an easy one. However, their love for each other and their dedication to following God was a great reassurance that even when we loose faith in God and sometimes turn our backs on Him, He never looses faith in us. </span><br />
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In this richly textured novel, award-winning author Ann H. Gabhart reveals the power of true love, the freedom of forgiveness, and the strength to persevere through troubled times, all against the backdrop of a sultry Kentucky summer.</div><div class="DetailText" style="color: #636466; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 10px;"><strong>Endorsements</strong></div><div style="padding-top: 5px;">"What a jewel of a story. Reminded me of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>. Like a Kentucky summer, <em>Angel Sister</em> starts slow and easy but by the end, roars along, leaving the reader breathless and wanting more."--Lauraine Snelling, author of the Red River series, <em>Daughters of Blessing</em>, and <em>One Perfect Day</em></div><div style="padding-top: 5px;"><em><br />
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The elegance of Madame Forza's gown shop is a far cry from the downtrodden North End of Boston. Yet each day Julietta, Annamaria, and Luciana enter the world of the upper class, working on finery for the elite in society. The three beauties each long to break free of their obligations and embrace the American dream--and their chance for love. But the ways of the heart are difficult to discern at times. Julietta is drawn to the swarthy, mysterious Angelo. Annamaria has a star-crossed encounter with the grocer's son, a man from the entirely wrong family. And through no intent of her own, Luciana catches the eye of Billy Quinn, the son of Madame Forza's most important client. Their destinies intertwined, each harboring a secret from their families and each other, will they be found worthy of the love they seek?<br />
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</span>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-30607751715426912752011-04-23T17:54:00.000-07:002011-04-23T17:56:35.078-07:00The Grandfathers produced by EGM<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>My thoughts:</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This film was absolutely spectacular! I had heard of the missionaries that died in Ecuador growing up in the church, but it never really hit me the far reaching effects that could come from that one event so many years ago. This riveting film allows you to follow the journey of Jesse Saint and how he came to terms with the people that killed his grandfather. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apart from the story itself I thought the film was well done, the angles were cool, the music was amazing and it even had a bunch of extras. I really like the four video journals from the director each covering a different aspect or undercurrent of the story. These would be super helpful if you wanted to use the film as a small group study or something like that. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bottom line I can not say enough good stuff about this film and will be recommending it to all my friends!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Bodoni MT', serif; font-size: 18pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="TGF" height="225" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12e77b0f17d6a12e&attid=0.3&disp=emb&zw" width="154" /><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Grandfathers</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> showcases both the burden and benefit of the Saint family’s legacy. Jesse Saint, Steve’s oldest son and Nate’s grandson, was not raised among the tribe like his father. He struggles to find his place under the weight of the memory of a famous grandfather he never knew and a heroic father he does not fully understand. This will all change after Jesse travels to the jungles of Ecuador with his family and gradually forms a special bond with Mincaye, one of the tribesmen who took part in his grandfather’s murder. Only then will he confront his family’s past and come to terms with his own destiny. And there he will find his place in this story.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">EGM is an educational nonprofit organization exploring the critical issues of our time through film and new media. It is a community of visionary writers, artists, and filmmakers that seeks to capture true stories of compelling virtue that speak to the human condition. Visit</span> <a href="http://www.egmfilms.org/" style="color: #0065cc;" target="_blank"><b>www.EGMfilms.org</b></a>.</span></i></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-77816992110789410142011-03-21T16:48:00.000-07:002011-03-21T16:50:14.937-07:00A Billion Reasons Why by Kristin Billerbeck<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">My Thoughts:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">I adored this book. It may be because I see a lot of myself in the main character or it may just be because the main character is so real and believable that I find myself wishing we were best friends. I think it is a great testament to Kristin Billerbeck that I have fallen so in love with her characters, only a great writer can draw you into the story so thoroughly that you feel like you really know these people. This was certainly the case with A Billion Reasons Why. I would highly recommend this to any woman looking for an engaging book to read! </span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">When Luc was in his element, there was nothing like it. His excitement was contagious and spread like a classroom virus, infecting those around him with a false sense of security. Katie inhales deeply and reminds herself that the man sold inspiration by the pound. His power over her was universal. It did not make her special. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Katie’s boyfriend, Dexter, is a practical man. As Katie’s roommate Eileen offers, “Katie, no matter how many entries you put in that book, Dexter is not going to be a romantic. I mean, fine, you’re going to marry him. He’s a good man. I just don’t want you to be disappointed. No matter how many junior high school hearts you draw next to his name, Dexter is going to order you what the Internet says is the proper gift for each anniversary. He’ll probably have a program created that does it for him.” But Dexter is safe. He’ll be a good dad. He’s very intellectual. He’s punctual. He’s everything she needs in a husband.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">And Dexter will propose as soon as she gets her grandmother’s ring from her mom. And Luc will provide her with a free trip home for just that purpose. Plus, she needs to go home to New Orleans. It’s her last chance to find out why Luc tossed her from his life like a banana peel off the back of her father’s pickup. Love is a decision. A choice. All the leading experts said so, and she’d decided she would love Dexter in a way that honored and respected him. The way she’d loved Luc left her worn out and depleted, like an empty air mattress. Then what use was she? She’d get her ring and closure as well. Then nothing would stand in the way of her life with Dexter.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">But what if God has more in store for her? What if God’s desire for her is a heart full of life? Can the passions she had as a young woman, which led to many of her past mistakes, still have a place in her life? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kristin Billerbeck is a successful novelist from northern California. She has authored more than 30 novels, including the Ashley Stockingdale series and the Spa Girls series. She is a leader in the Chick Lit movement, a Christy Award finalist, and a two-time winner of the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year Award. She has appeared on <i>The Today Show</i> and has been featured in the <i>New York Times</i>. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/jJ2gSm0IfFk?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>This band has partnered with <a href="http://english.chinaconcern.org/">International China Concern</a> and filmed their latest video there at the children's homes that I visited to in October '10. Let me know what you think!Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-18805191422269516902011-03-09T21:12:00.000-08:002011-03-09T21:12:35.513-08:00Voices of the Faithful - Beth Moore<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px;"></span><br />
<h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Thoughts:</h3><div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This a wonderful devotional style book with an entry for every day of the year, written by a different missionary from all over the world. I enjoyed this book a great deal. It is interesting and engages the reader in a purposeful devotion that has been created and compiled to draw our focus toward God’s bigger purpose throughout the year. Beth Moore did a wonderful job of putting this all together and included a short prayer for each day written by her. I would definitely recommend this book for a daily devotional book for personal use or as a group devotional. It could spark some good conversation for sure!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I think to do this book justice it needs to be read day by day and savoured and allowed to sink in to your soul. That being said even reading it through in a regular fashion it is both inspiring and uplifting.</span><br />
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<h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Description</h3><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A 366-day devotional with inspiring stories from the front lines of faith.</div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">"A willingness to go is all they have in common," says Beth Moore, speaking of her friends on the front lines who are spreading the gospel around the world and with whom she collaborated to create this book. This brilliant, 366-day devotional features incredible stories of God's faithfulness in the face of uncertainty and danger, written by hundreds of missionaries worldwide.</div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">With a foreword by International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin and an introduction by Beth, this volume also includes advice on how to hear God's voice, pray for missionaries, and understand the church's and individual's role in missions.</div></div></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-29190120702852430272011-02-05T13:31:00.000-08:002011-02-05T13:31:45.157-08:00An Interview with Missy Buchanan<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I have not read her books but I liked what she had to say in her interview below so I am posting it hoping that it may speak to others who are going through this and point you in the direction of further understanding and help. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Q&A with Missy Buchanan</span></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><img align="left" alt="596 Buchanan photo - reduced.jpg" height="180" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12d7a7b0bc583395&attid=0.4&disp=emb&zw" width="120" /><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Even when age creeps up on the body and mind, and life changes from what it once was, is it still possible to have a purpose in life?<b> </b>When it is no longer possible to venture out and do the things you once loved, can you still find a reason to look forward to each day? Missy Buchanan, a leading expert and advocate for senior adults, believes that you can. Buchanan wants to encourage older adults to find their purpose, share their stories, and make an impact on those around them.<b></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Q: What made you decide to start ministering to and writing books for older adults?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Well, as a middle-aged adult, I never had any intention of becoming an author of books for older adults. But because of the journey that my own aging parents were on, I realized how they had become disconnected from their church as their lives changed. They started off as active older adults and then that circle got smaller as they had more needs and physical limitations. As I would visit them at their retirement community, I would also see so many others that were just like them. They needed spiritual encouragement. And so that’s why I got started. The first book began as a project just for my own parents. I wrote devotions and kept them in a loose-leaf notebook. But others started asking for them and things just spiraled from there.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Q: What do you think children need to know about their aging parents?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What I realized personally was that I had been so caught up in my parents’ physical needs that I had neglected their spiritual needs. They were no longer connected to their church, at least in regular worship attendance, and that had been such a huge part of their lives. I almost made that mistake of just totally missing that, and that was the point where I began to write. I looked and there were other books written about older adults but not very many that were written to them and for them. So the first thing I would tell their children is to pay attention not only to their physical needs but also to their spiritual needs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Q: What is your opinion about role reversal with children and their aging parents?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I hear the whole idea of role reversal where the older parent becomes a child and the grown children become the parent, and I understand what they are talking about because my own parents became more dependent on me. But I think that when we refer to it as a role reversal, and we begin to think of our aging parents as children, we strip away their dignity. We rob them of respect and we overlook the fact that they are not children. They have had a lifetime of experiences that a child has not had. And I think that is an important difference that grown children need to think about and pay attention to. It’s more of a role shift in responsibilities and not a role reversal. I know how much it hurts an aging parent to feel like they are being treated like a baby or like a child. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Q: Other than aging adults, who else has benefited from your writing?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A friend of mine in an assisted living facility asked me to bring some books for one of her tablemates. Her tablemate explained that these books were for her adult children. “They don’t understand what it feels like to grow old, and I can’t seem to make them understand, but your books say it better than I ever could.” My books are all written in the first person as if an older adult is speaking directly to God. There are a lot of adult children that are buying them for themselves and older adults buying them for their grown children. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">And I’ve heard of different youth groups that have been reading my books in order to better understand what it’s like to grow old. Instead of just mocking their older peers, they are learning that they share a lot of the same feelings—feelings of insecurity, feelings of fear. As a result of reading the books, one youth group in Tennessee has even adopted the residents of the senior living center across from their church. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Q: How can faith change our idea of growing older?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">So many see aging as a punishment, and they dread it so much. But even though it is difficult to be limited by an aging body, they need to look at it as a gift that God has given them. They still have so much to give. They have great wisdom to share and stories to share. I always tell my older friends that their story is not yet over.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Missy Buchanan is the author of <i>Talking with God in Old Age: Meditations and Psalms </i>and</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">(</span><a href="http://upperroom.org/books/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Upper Room Books</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">).</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Visit Missy Buchanan’s website, </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.missybuchanan.com/" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">www.missybuchanan.com</span></b></a><b style="color: purple;">, and blog,</b><a href="http://missybu.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://missybu.wordpress.com/</span></b></a><b style="color: purple;">.</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Become a friend on </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/agingandfaith" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Facebook</span></b></a><b style="color: purple;"> (Aging and Faith) and follow on </b><a href="http://twitter.com/MissyBuchanan" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Twitter</span></b></a><b style="color: purple;"> (MissyBuchanan).</b><i><span style="color: black;"></span></i></span></div><div style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="https://secure.palmcoastd.com/ows-img/UpperRoom/images/large/UR_1016_TalkingWithGod.jpg" height="108" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12d7a7b0bc583395&attid=0.5&disp=emb&zw" width="72" /><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Talking with God in Old Age: Meditations and Psalms</span></span></i></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">In <i>Talking with God in Old Age, </i>Missy Buchanan sensitively address the worries, fears, and frustrations of older adults and extends hope, encouraging them to maintain an open dialogue with God. Each reading features:</span></span></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A candid conversation with God</span></b></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A related passage from Psalms</span></b></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Easy-to-read print</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Seniors grappling with the aging process will readily identify with these reflections and will find reassurance of God’s Presence. Caregivers, family members, and others seeking to understand aging loved ones will gain insight into the thoughts and emotions of the elderly frail.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="https://secure.palmcoastd.com/ows-img/UpperRoom/images/large/BK_9942livingpurposewornout.jpg" height="108" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12d7a7b0bc583395&attid=0.6&disp=emb&zw" width="72" /><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body: Spiritual Encouragement for Older Adults</span></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Birthed out of real-life experience, <i>Living with Purpose in a Worn-out Body </i>is a big does of authentic spiritual encouragement for frail elderly who struggle to find purpose a the end of their lives. These devotionals addressed to God raise in prayer the many concerns of the frail elderly and provide opportunities to reminisce and reflect on their blessings.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Each devotional offers the following:</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Easy-to-read print</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Reader-friendly format</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Comfortable, nonacademic language</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A first-person address to God</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Brief supporting scriptures from the New and Old Testaments</span></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-28998587967029983442011-02-05T12:34:00.000-08:002011-02-05T13:07:46.892-08:00The Girl In The Gatehouse - by Julie Klassen<div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><strong style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">My Thoughts:</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Have you ever read a book that consumes you... you can't seem to put it down and when you absolutely have to, then it's all you can think about? The Girl in the Gatehouse was that kind of book for me! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span>The characters were well developed and the story was so believable that it drew me in and kept me fully engaged. It was not only the main characters that were so cleverly sculpted and interesting but all of the supporting characters were just as plausible. Well it seems I can not say enough good stuff about this book but I will say one more thing. I was so very impressed that Klassen chose to confront big topics that fit brilliantly into the time period of the book but still are relevant in lives of women today. This will be a book that I will highly recommend for a long time to come and to a wide variety of people </span></div></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong><br />
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</div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Banished from the only home she's ever known, Mariah Aubrey hides herself away in an abandoned gatehouse on a distant relative's estate. There she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how—by writing novels in secret.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<strong>—Booklist</strong>, about <em>The Silent Governess</em><br />
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"The author takes the reader back in time effortlessly. If you enjoy Jane Austen or the Regency period, you will love this book."<br />
<strong>—Romantic Times</strong>, about <em>The Silent Governess</em></div><div class="DetailText" style="color: #636466; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 10px;"><strong>Reviews</strong></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 5px;">"Christy and RITA nominee Klassen creates a wonderful cast of engaging characters while neatly stirring in a generous dash of mystery and danger into the plot of her latest, charmingly romantic inspirational romance." --John Charles, <em>Booklist</em></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 5px;"><em></em><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; padding-top: 10px;"><em><a href="http://www.bakerbooks.com/ME2/Audiences/Load.asp?AudID=205F4A61B07648D98551934CA40DE116" style="color: #d8643a;"><img border="0" src="http://www.bakerbooks.com/Media/Sites-AdministratorsSiteInformation/BHP_Logo_Inline2.gif" /></a></em></div><div class="AuthorText" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; padding-top: 10px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><strong>Julie Klassen</strong> is a fiction editor with a background in advertising. She has worked in Christian publishing for more than twelve years, in both marketing and editorial capacities. Julie is a graduate of the University of Illinois. She enjoys travel, research, books, BBC period dramas, long hikes, short naps, and coffee with friends.Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.julieklassen.com/">www.julieklassen.com</a></span></em><br />
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Available at your favourite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group</b>"</span></div></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-75179052268348855242010-12-23T09:51:00.000-08:002011-02-05T13:10:00.420-08:00Have A New You By Friday - by Dr. Kevin Leman<div style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"></span></b></div><strong style="font-weight: bold;">My Thoughts:</strong><br />
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</strong>As far as self help books go, this one was pretty good. It helps you see the problem areas and gives you practical steps to changing them.<br />
Never having read any of Dr. Leman's books before I was properly impressed with this one. The author is a great storyteller and the book overall is very engaging and interesting. I would recommend this book to those looking to make a change in their life.<br />
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<b> How many times have you tried to change your own habits, only to find that changing yourself is even harder than trying to change someone else?</b><br />
<b> Now, what the bestselling </b><em style="font-weight: bold;">Have a New Kid by Friday</em><b> has done for families and </b><em style="font-weight: bold;">Have a New Husband by Friday</em><b> has done for couples,</b><em style="font-weight: bold;">Have a New You by Friday</em><b> will do for you. With his signature wit and commonsense psychology, Dr. Kevin Leman walks you through your own personal five-day action plan. You will come to</b><br />
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</b></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"><b>Dr. Kevin Leman</b> is an internationally known psychologist, radio and television personality, and speaker who has taught and entertained audiences worldwide with his wit and commonsense psychology. He has made house calls for hundreds of radio and television programs, including <i>The View</i>,<i>Today</i>, <i>Oprah</i>, CBS's <i>The Early Show</i>, CNN's<i>American Morning</i>, and <i>LIFE Today</i> with James Robison. He has also served as a contributing family psychologist to <i>Good Morning America</i>.</div><div style="font-size: 12px;">A bestselling and award-winning author, Dr. Leman has written more than 30 books about marriage and family issues, including <i>The Birth Order Book</i>, <i>Sheet Music</i>, <i>Making Children Mind without Losing Yours</i>, and <i>Have a New Kid by Friday</i>. He is coauthor, with his son Kevin Leman II, of a series of illustrated children's books for each child in the family. He is also featured on 6 video series on marriage, parenting, blended families, and single parenting.</div><div style="font-size: 12px;">Dr. Leman and his wife, Sande, live in Tucson, Arizona. They have 5 children and 2 grandchildren.</div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-65141423379351488522010-12-13T12:57:00.000-08:002010-12-23T02:12:42.454-08:00City of Tranquil Light by Bo Caldwell<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>My Thoughts:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">This was a fantastic book! I admit that right now in my life, as I look to the future and moving into a new position at work of leading teams of people to China for short term mission trips, I may be a little biased toward all things having to do with China. That possibility aside, the book was well written and it was a wonderful story that chronicled the lives of some extraordinary people and the sacrifices they made in order to do what God had called them to do! Inspiring! I must admit that I am glad that I did not live back in those times and had to go through the hardships that they endured. But I can say that I hope that I will have the courage to live my life as faithfully as these people did.<br />
Thanks to Bo Caldwell for sharing such a tremendously wonderful story!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br />
</span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 18pt;">City of Tranquil Light</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></i></b></span></div><div align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt;">Author Bo Caldwell shares an inspired story of a young couple</span></b></div><div align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-size: 14pt;">whose marriage and faith are put to the test in Revolutionary China</span></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="City of Tranquil Light: A Novel" height="258" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12bb05a34d254ce1&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw" width="171" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Bo Caldwell’s 2001 debut novel,<i> The Distant Land of My Father</i>, set in historic China and based on the story of her uncle, was a critical and commercial success—a national bestseller that was loved by critics, booksellers, and readers in equal measure. In 2002 Caldwell turned to the story of her maternal grandparents who were missionaries in China in the early 1900s. For years her mother had urged her to write about them and when she dove into the research she found their lives full of conflict, danger, and heartbreak, as well as joy and fulfillment. But life, in the form of a cancer diagnosis, kept her from her writing desk until 2006. When she returned, she completed <i>City of Tranquil Light</i> (Henry Holt and Company), a searing love story of a man and a woman, their God, and the country they jointly loved and a deeply researched and page-turning portrait of a country in utter turmoil.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">At the center of the novel are Will and Katherine, two Mennonite missionaries from the heartland who have come to China because they feel called by God to serve the poor and spread the Good News. But this is more than a missionary story; it is really the portrait of a marriage set against the backdrop of a radically shifting nation that is plunging into revolution.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">A novel based on her grandparents wasn’t Caldwell’s idea. “I’m embarrassed to say that before I had dismissed my grandparents’ lives as too dull and simplistic. But as I reread my grandfather’s memoir and began to ask my mom about my grandparents, I learned how wrong I’d been.” As she began to see her grandparents as her mother had seen them, and to read the biographies and autobiographies of other American missionaries in China, Caldwell found similar stories. “I saw a pattern emerge in the later lives of many of these men and women. Most eventually returned to the United States, usually to be near their children (now grown) and grandchildren, but also because of illness or frailty. I was moved by the contrast between their lives in China and their later lives in the U.S. After enduring decades of war, famine, illness, personal danger, and great hostility toward their work, these people settled safely in the suburbs where they walked in rose gardens and played with their grandchildren and lived out their days. I was struck by the sacrifice that must have been involved in leaving the people and work that had been at the center of their lives, even with the reward of the comforts of modern life. I also began to feel that missionaries often get a bad rap in fiction. While there were certainly those who exploited the people they had come to serve, there were also many who poured out their lives for strangers and for their faith. And I wanted to tell their story.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">That story is one of marriage, of leaving one home and finding another, and of faith. “When I began the novel, I tried to understand my grandfather’s faith and to present it accurately,” says Caldwell. “I tried to see the world through his eyes.” Then life intervened, including a battle to quit drinking followed shortly after with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Once Caldwell returned to writing two years later, she returned as a different person. The combination of sobriety and a serious illness had affected her faith deeply, and she was no longer writing about her grandparents’ faith. She was writing about her own.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>City of Tranquil Light </i>by Bo Caldwell</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 12.05pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Henry Holt and Company - September 28, 2010</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">ISBN: 978-0-8050-9228-8 – hardcover - $25.00</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://us.macmillan.com/cityoftranquillight" target="_blank">http://us.macmillan.com/<wbr></wbr>cityoftranquillight</a></span></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-54764227214576775432010-12-13T12:39:00.000-08:002011-02-05T13:12:01.310-08:00Choosing To See - by Mary Beth Chapman and Ellen Vaughn<div class="AuthorText" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; padding-top: 10px;"><div style="color: black; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">My Thoughts: </span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><strong></strong>I was so incredibly moved by this book. Likely it's impact was heightened by the fact that I had just gotten back from leading a missions trip working with disabled and abandoned children in Changsha, the same town that the Chapmans adopted their children from, but it went deeper. This book is inspiring, touching, heartbreaking, raw, completely honest and so much more. The content of this book made me laugh and cry but more than that it carried some heavy life lessons, ones that I would not wish on any family and I applaud Mary Beth for putting it out there for all to see, so that others may know what God is doing in their lives. It's a bold move. I would like to thank her for all of it and let her know that it has changed my heart.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Every now and then a book comes along that is not only great--it's a gift. An extravagant gift. This is one of those books."--Beth Moore</span></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">From the beginning, Mary Beth Chapman's life was not how she planned. All she wanted was a calm, peaceful life of stability and control. Instead, God gave her an award-winning singer/songwriter husband, crazy schedules, and a houseful of creatively rambunctious children. Most difficult of all, God's plans for her also included tragedy.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">In <em>Choosing to SEE</em>, Mary Beth unveils her struggle to allow God to write the story of her life, both the happy chapters and the tragic ones. And as the story unfolds, she's been forced to wrestle with some of life's biggest questions: Where is God when things fall apart? Why does God allow terrible things to happen? How can I survive hard times?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">No matter where you find yourself in your own life story, you will treasure the way Mary Beth shows that even in the hard times, there is hope if you choose to SEE.</span></div><div class="DetailText" style="font-family: Arial; padding-top: 10px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Endorsements</span></strong></div><div style="padding-top: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Mary Beth makes the deepest places of our being easier to embrace and grasp. I felt like I was looking at my own heart exposed on the pages of this book."--Denise Jonas, mother of the Jonas Brothers</span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Mary Beth has an important story to tell that starts long before the accident. It's a story of heartache, betrayal, depression, and loss. Yet her encouragement to us is that there is hope--spring is coming."--Mark (of Casting Crowns) and Melanie Hall</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Mary Beth has opened the doors of her stories to us so that our deepest fears may be overcome with hope. And so that we can all walk in a deeper trust that God is good . . . all the time."--Toby (TobyMac) and Amanda McKeehan</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"When the world is telling us to suffer alone in despair and hopelessness, the Chapmans are fixing their eyes on Christ and faithfully walking each step clinging to the Lord and the hope we have in the promises in His Word."--Bart (of Mercy Me) and Shannon Millard</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"This tender story will capture your heart and point you back to the One who restores, replenishes, and renews . . . even when He asks us to do hard, seemingly impossible things."--Wess Stafford, president and CEO of Compassion International</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"With a balanced combination of heart-wrenching honesty and absolute grace, Mary Beth shares her 'severe mercy.' I couldn't help but sense God's presence in every sentence."--Mary Graham, president of Women of Faith</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman are living their story in a way that brings glory to God and real, practical help to the body of Christ. You won't be able to put this book down until you've wept, laughed, and relished every page."--Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship and the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Mary Beth Chapman is the wife of Grammy and Dove Award winning recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman. Together they began Show Hope, a nonprofit organization dedicated to caring for the world's most vulnerable children by providing financial assistance to families wishing to adopt, as well as increasing awareness of the orphan crisis and funneling resources to orphans domestically and internationally. Mary Beth serves as president of Show Hope and is a speaker for Women of Faith 2010 with her husband. She is also coauthor with Steven of the Shaoey and Dot series of children's picture books. Mary Beth and Steven have six children: Emily, Caleb, Will Franklin, and adopted daughters Shaohannah Hope, Stevey Joy, and Maria Sue, who is now with Jesus. The Chapmans live in Tennessee.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">www.MaryBethChapman.com</span></div><div class="AuthorText" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; padding-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Ellen Vaughn is a bestselling author and inspirational speaker. Her recent books include <em>It's All About Him</em> with Denise Jackson (wife of Alan Jackson), which debuted at #1 on the <em>New York Times</em>nonfiction list. She is also coauthor with Chuck Colson of <em>Being the Body</em>. In addition to her nonfiction work, Vaughn is an award-winning novelist. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband, Lee.</span></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-86595640269990227882010-09-27T09:54:00.000-07:002010-09-27T09:54:10.699-07:00Recent info on Little Town of Bethlehem<div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16pt;">Nationwide Launch of Film on Palestinian-Israeli Nonviolent Movement</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16pt;">Film Director Jim Hanon guest on FOX News HQ Sunday</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/4350251/documentary-imagines-peace-in-mideast/" style="color: #0065cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Click here to view interview</span></a></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 13pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 13pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oklahoma City, OK<i>—</i></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">EthnoGraphic Media (EGM) marked the United Nation’s International Day of Peace by kicking off a 12-day launch of its latest documentary, <i>Little Town of Bethlehem</i>. The standing-room-only event at Boston College was hosted by the Faith, Peace and Justice Program in the Department of Sociology. The film director, Jim Hanon was interviewed on FOX Americas News HQ with Shannon Bream on Sunday September 26th.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="fox news photo" height="111" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12b53cac9f4bebd5&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw" width="229" /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fox News anchor Shannon Bream introduced the film as a documentary that imagines peace in the Middle East. Showing several clips from the film, Bream and Hanon discussed the need to reach people, especially college age people with the message of nonviolence.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The film is being screened on campuses nationwide and internationally this fall, and as part of the nationwide launch, the audience was given an opportunity to dialog with the film’s director as well as representatives from both sides of the conflict. Sami Awad, one of the film’s subjects commented on the audience response, “Students less familiar were clearly moved to learn more about the conflict and what they personally could do. Conversely, some who were growing weary after decades in the struggle for peace in the region were reenergized.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">About the film</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Filmed on location in the West Bank, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem, <i>Little Town of Bethlehem</i> brings awareness to a growing nonviolent movement in the Middle East that rarely, if ever, makes international headlines.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sami Awad</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is a Palestinian Christian whose grandfather was killed in Jerusalem in 1948. Today he is the executive director of Holy Land Trust, a non-profit organization that promotes Palestinian independence through peaceful means.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yonatan Shapira</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is an Israeli Jew whose grandparents were Zionist settlers that witnessed the birth of the Israeli nation. Today he is an outspoken advocate for the nonviolent peace movement, both in his homeland and abroad.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ahmad Al'Azzeh </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">is a Palestinian Muslim who has lived his entire life in the Azzeh refugee camp in Bethlehem. Today, Ahmad heads the nonviolence program at Holy Land Trust, where he trains others in the methods of peaceful activism.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">Little Town of Bethlehem </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">was produced by EthnoGraphic Media (EGM), an educational non-profit organization exploring the critical issues of our time. For more information visit </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.littletownofbethlehem.org/" style="color: #0065cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-decoration: none;">www.littletownofbethlehem.org</span></a></span></b></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-10843983880775502132010-09-27T09:51:00.000-07:002010-09-27T09:51:44.267-07:00Little Town of Bethlehem a documentary from EGM Films<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b>My Thoughts: </b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This documentary was amazing! It was well done, concise, interesting and engaging. I can honestly say that I learned something from this. It was interesting to get the story from all sides and have a deeper understanding of the difficulties that have gripped the Middle East for centuries. I was so very thankful for this information and will be actively looking for more information regarding this topic of violence in the Middle East and how peace can be brought into the situation. <br />
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</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">To view the movie trailer click the link below:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://littletownofbethlehem.org/" style="color: #0065cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0070c0;">http://littletownofbethlehem.<wbr></wbr>org/</span></a></span></b></span></div><div align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><br />
</span></b></div><div align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Is Peace in the Middle East Really Possible?</span></b></div><div align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">New film shares true stories of hope in the midst of violence</span></i></b></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><img align="left" alt="ltob cover" height="177" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=12a3ec65633c5e9f&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw" width="115" /><span style="font-size: 10pt;">There is no shortage of opinions, emotions, and actions regarding finding “peace in the Middle East.” While some are familiar with the issue and others are personally impacted by the conflict, many more are unaware, uninformed, and unconcerned about this critical global issue. <i>Little Town of Bethlehem</i> is a groundbreaking new documentary that shares the gripping story of three men—a Palestinian Muslim, a Palestinian Christian, and an Israeli Jew—born into violence and willing to risk everything to bring an end to violence in their lifetime.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Filmed on location in the West Bank, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem, <i>Little Town of Bethlehem</i> brings awareness to a growing non-violent movement in the Middle East that rarely, if ever, makes international headlines.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sami Awad</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> is a Palestinian Christian whose grandfather was killed in Jerusalem in 1948. Today he is the executive director of Holy Land Trust, a non-profit organization that promotes Palestinian independence through peaceful means. <i>Yonatan Shapira</i> is an Israeli Jew whose grandparents were Zionist settlers who witnessed the birth of the Israeli nation. Today he is an outspoken advocate for the non-violent peace movement, both in his homeland and abroad. <i>Ahmad Al' Azzah </i>is a Palestinian Muslim who has lived his entire life in the Azzah refugee camp in Bethlehem. Today, Ahmad heads the non-violence program at Holy Land Trust, where he trains others in the methods of peaceful activism.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Little Town of Bethlehem</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> honestly and respectfully shares Sami’s, Yonatan’s, and Ahmad’s<i> </i>stories. With all three men referencing both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi during individual interviews, it is clear that their words, thoughts, and actions on nonviolence are still profoundly impacting today’s nonviolent movement. The images of these three men standing firm in the face of overwhelming opposition are inspirational, but <i>Little Town of Bethlehem </i>is not just about inspiring viewers. The filmmakers also raise the question, “Can the cycle of violence be broken?”</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Little Town of Bethlehem </span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">was produced by EthnoGraphic Media (EGM), an educational non-profit organization exploring the critical issues of our time. Other feature films and documentaries from EGM include <i>The Grandfathers </i>(2009), <i>Miss HIV </i>(2008),<i> </i>and the award-winning <i>End of the Spear </i>(2005)<i> </i>and<i>Beyond the Gates of Splendor </i>(2002).<i></i></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: medium;">A brilliant book!!! The characters were amazing the story lines were riviting and the case, although decribed in graphic detail which I was warned ahead of time would be as such, was very well handled. It was so well done it was like I was watching it on screen, not just reading. Very well done!! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: medium;">So without giving anything away, if you like crime scene tv shows or movies then I think you will like this book. It is easy to get wrapped up in so clear some time from your schedule! It's a thick book to get through. </span></div><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers's cutting-edge skills are about to be pushed to the limit. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Washington DC, her killers continue a spree of perfect crimes in the Northeast. But with nothing to link them to each other, Agent Bowers faces his most difficult case yet--even as his personal life begins to crumble around him.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Be warned--James's books are not for the timid."--Mitch Galin, producer, Stephen King's <em>The Stand</em></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Impossible to put down."--Kathleen Antrim, bestselling author,<em>Capital Offense</em></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"An intense, intelligent thriller. . . . Riveting!"--Karen Dionne, International Thriller Writers website chair</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"James tells stories that grab you by the collar and don't let go."--Norb Vonnegut, author, <em>Top Producer</em></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">"Absolutely brilliant."--Jeff Buick, bestselling author, <em>Bloodline</em></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I loved this book! It was well written and so very engaging, by the end I felt like I had become good friends with the main characters. Through all of the twists and turns it was not totally unpredictable but it was a great Summer fun read, even though it took me till September to read it. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="523 Healer bk cover" height="179" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=128b0f7fb8dde588&attid=0.5&disp=emb&zw" width="120" /><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sixth-century Arthurian Britain provides the backdrop for Linda Windsor’s latest novel,<i>Healer</i>. First in The Brides of Alba Series, <i>Healer </i>gifts readers with the story of Brenna of Gowrys, a woman orphaned during a twenty-year blood feud and destined to spend her life in hiding with only her wolf and her faith in God as companions. Brenna flees as much from her mother’s dying prophecy as she does from the clan that seeks her life and clings tenaciously to her faith in Christ amid the lonely hills of Scotland. When a stranger is left to die surrounded by the carnage of a nearby ambush, Brenna rescues him from certain death. However, the stranger’s delirious rants leave her to wonder if his spirit will survive the darkness that enshrouds him.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Brenna’s life is trapped between an enemy clan that wants her dead and her own clan who is seeking a warrior queen to lead them to military victory over their oppressors. The stranger who enters her life makes her believe that she has found the answer to her deep loneliness. Raised by a Sister of Avalon, Brenna harbors a firm belief in Christ and His forgiveness. Yet the more she learns of her wounded guest, the more she is left to wonder how God expects her to fulfill the strange destiny prophesied by her mother those many years ago. How can she possibly “bring a peace beyond the ken of [her enemy’s] wicked soul”? Unknown to her, the wandering mercenary to whom she administers her healing finds that his own heart is softened both toward Brenna and her God. The relationship that grows between them will provide answers that both of them seek.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Award-winning author Linda Windsor creates an epic tale of two desperate and lonely people whose destinies have been engineered by the church to preserve the ancient Davidic and holy apostolic bloodlines and their Judeo-Christian faith. This well-researched tale will introduce readers to little known facts of British church history, as well as provide information for an effective witness for family and friends misled by New Age and Wiccan theories. Fans of Celtic and medieval tales as well as lovers of Arthurian legend and <i>Lord of the Rings</i>-like settings will find much to enjoy in Windsor’s latest novel. <i>Healer</i> is a story that reveals God’s hand in the lives of broken hearts and wounded souls and the grace that will heal a land and a people, replacing darkness with His light.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="Tailor-Made Bride, A, Karen Witemeyer, 978-0-7642-0755-6" src="http://www.bakerbooks.com/Console/Common/Image.asp?image=/Media/PubComProductCatalog/9780764207556.jpg&width=223&height=0&quality=90" /></div><em><strong>When a dressmaker who values beauty tangles with a liveryman who condemns vanity, the sparks begin to fly!</strong></em></div><div></div><div>Jericho "J.T." Tucker wants nothing to do with Coventry, Texas's new dressmaker. He's all too familiar with her kind--shallow women more devoted to fashion than true beauty. Yet, except for her well-tailored clothing, this seamstress is not at all what he expected.<br />
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Hannah Richards is confounded by the man who runs the livery. The unsmiling fellow riles her with his arrogant assumptions and gruff manner while at the same time stirring her heart with unexpected acts of kindness. Which side of Jericho Tucker reflects the real man?</div><div><br />
When Hannah decides to help Jericho's sister catch a beau--leading to uproarious consequences for the whole town--will Jericho and Hannah find a way to bridge the gap between them?</div></div><div class="DetailText" style="color: #636466; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 10px;"><strong>Reviews</strong></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 5px;">"Witemeyer's debut will grab fans in the historical romance crowd. She blends lively writing, storytelling prowess, and enough romance to keep readers satisfied. Hannah Richards opens her dress shop in 1881 Coventry, Tex., with little more than a dream to help women add beauty to their lives. Livery owner Jericho Tucker, however, finds nothing beautiful in her plans. Despite J.T's antagonism and Hannah's strong will, the pair find ways to meet in the middle and come out together. Sidelights include matchmaking on Hannah's part, a sinister rival, dangerous floodwaters, and two people who truly desire to follow Christ. Readers will ponder, with J.T. and Hannah, the difference between beauty and vanity: 'You may see a room full of harmless fashions, but if you open your eyes, you'll find that, in truth, it is filled with the temptations to indulge in sinful vanity,' he says. 'If God had wanted the world to be a somber, colorless place, he would have made everything in black and gray,' she says. Thought-provoking and entertaining faith-based fiction for sure." --<em>Publishers Weekly</em>I found it hard to believe that <em>A Tailor-Made Bride</em> is Karen Witemeyer's debut novel. It is highly creative, has depth and emotion, an interesting supporting cast, and some of the most delicious bantering between a hero and heroine that I've read. I can hardly wait for Ms. Witemeyer's next book to come out. Be sure to check out <em>A Tailor-Made Bride</em>. This is one book you won't want to pass up. --Vickie McDonough, TitleTrakk.com<br />
"Readers of historical romance will be delighted to discover a new author who writes like a seasoned veteran of the genre yet with a freshness that is uniquely her own. Karen Witemeyer has penned a novel as fun and feisty as the cover suggests, with a innovative heroine determined to make the most of the blessings bestowed upon her and a hero who is as surly as he is good looking. With sparkling dialogue and a thought provoking battle of wits over vanity versus beauty, Karen is set to make a splash amongst readers who enjoy Deeanne Gist, Mary Connealy and Robin Lee Hatcher. Karen has won me over and I'll certainly be on the lookout for <em>Head in the Clouds</em>, come this October." --Rel Mollet, relzreviewz.blogspot.com</div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-64455842307642548012010-08-11T13:15:00.000-07:002010-08-11T13:45:19.015-07:00Homecoming by Dan Walsh<div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>My Thoughts: </b><br />
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Dan Walsh is a brilliant writer in my opinion. His book The Unfinished Gift was amazing and Homecoming is the sequel to that first book. Often sequels can be less impressive than the original, that is not the case here. Homecoming is engaging and emotionally packed. It was well written and researched on the technical side of things and gripping on the emotional side of things. You find yourself, as the reader, being drawn into the story so much so that you regret the need to put it down.<br />
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Thanks again for another wonderful work Dan! I hope to continue to reading more of your books in the future!<br />
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<strong>A reluctant war hero returns home and encounters a new chance at love.</strong><br />
No sooner has Shawn Collins returned home from the fighting in Europe than he is called upon to serve his country in another way--as a speaker on the war bond tour. While other men might jump at the chance to travel around the country with attractive Hollywood starlets, Shawn just wants to stay home with his son Patrick and his aging father, and grieve the loss of his wife in private. When Shawn asks Katherine Townsend to be Patrick's nanny while he's on the road, he has no idea how this decision will impact his life. Could it be the key to his future happiness and the mending of his heart? Or will the war once again threaten his chances for a new start?<br />
Dan Walsh does not disappoint in this tender story of family ties and the healing of a broken heart.</div><div class="DetailText" style="color: #636466; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 10px;"><strong>Endorsements</strong></div><div style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; padding-top: 5px;">"One of the most delightful and touching love stories I've ever read. This heartwarming story of a little boy and his war-weary father left me with a lump in my throat and a smile on my face when I read the last page. Highly recommended!"--Colleen Coble, author, <em>The Lightkeeper's Daughter</em> and the Rock Harbor series<br />
"Dan Walsh is a born storyteller . . . definitely a writer to watch."--Deborah Raney, author, <em>Almost Forever</em> and <em>Beneath a Southern Sky</em></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-44079995873429753752010-08-03T14:59:00.000-07:002010-08-03T14:59:13.503-07:00What the Heck Happened????I admit that it has been a while since I have posted anything on my blog but I had no idea that when I came back to it late last week it would look nothing like it did the last time I posted. I had it all fixed nice with matching colours and photo with appropriately coloured hair ... then it all vanished. Now I must admit that Summer for me is a much more hectic time due to the nature of my job, so I often skim emails and sometimes overlook notes or updates of all sorts. But I don't think I had any idea or warning that this was going to happen. Don't get me wrong, it's not the end of the world that his happened. I, for the most part, embrace change. I do however like to be aware of it before it happens. So I have just spent the last while trying to figure out what needs to be done to make it look aesthetically pleasing to me, and hopefully the other readers as well, few though you may be. At any rate, time moves on and technology changes and so does my blog. Hope you all enjoy. If there is anything that you see that I need to change or that is irritating to you, let me know and I will try to figure out how to change it.Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-58638798249679191082010-06-30T20:11:00.000-07:002010-08-03T14:08:34.653-07:00Hungry For Life - by Dave Blundell<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">My thoughts:</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">I have a bit of a unique perspective on this book and it's author as he and I have been good friends for many years and I now work for him at Hungry For Life International. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Dave and I met at Bible college and have stayed friends throughout the years. He came to me about nine years ago and said that he had this desire to start a relief and development organization. As I sat and listened to his reasoning of how and why he wanted to start this I became more and more convinced that these were not just musings that had no valid basis in reality, but that it was God's voice whispering to him all the things that He had in store. I told Dave at the end of our dinner that I would come and work for him if he ever got it up and running. And here I am after having worked at Hungry For Life for the past four years and could happily make this my life's work.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">All of that to say that this book is a hard copy of all that is in Dave's heart and mind. This is the garden of his life and you can see all of the seeds that God has planted growing and coming to life on the pages before you. From the stories that he tells of himself as a child selling lemonade in an attempt to end cancer to meeting Dr. Job in India, or the harsh statistics that keep him working to make a change in this world, to the final "so what?" of this book, all of it, each word drips with his blood sweat and tears. I love this book and try to live my life by it's call because the call of this book is also the same call that God spoke into my ear many years ago when I chose to follow Him wherever He choose to lead me, even to the not so pleasant ends of the earth.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks Dave for this book! </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: orange; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Here is a book that might interest you.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> In <b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Hungry For Life</span></i></b> Canadian author Dave Blundell takes a unique approach to world missions by not offering a prescription for behaviour modification. Instead, he offers a call for renovation of the heart, building on the premise that a deeper global commitment is the by-product of deeper spirituality.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><img align="left" height="299" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=1281b9b62e9533b3&attid=0.6&disp=emb&zw" width="194" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In explaining that the spiritual poverty of the Church affects global issues, Blundell states “There is a clear link between the spiritual health of God’s people and the social health of the poor. Throughout Scripture, when God’s people lost their first love, they failed to tangibly love those in need around them. God constantly points to social injustice as evidence of misplaced spiritual affection.” Noting that there are a number of books on social justice being released, Blundell saw the need for a resource for Christian leaders that would not simply criticize or condemn the Church, but one that would provide motivation and encouragement. <b><i><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Hungry For Life</span></i></b>identifies three priorities: first, identifying what is broken (global imbalance); secondly, an examination of what our world should look like (the biblical vision of a compassionate church); and thirdly, identifying how the Church can help right the imbalance through making strategic changes. Blundell firmly believes that “The Church has all the spiritual resources, through the Holy Spirit, and all the physical resources to transform the world – but most of us simply don’t know where to start or how to get strategically involved for long term impact.” Encouraging churches to engage in global development as by-product of deeper spirituality.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Check out chapters 2&3 <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=xUwK68-y_psC&lpg=PA17&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false">here</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">on Google books.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Find Dave's website <a href="http://www.daveblundell.ca/book/">here</a> and read about his other adventures and thoughts.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></span></span></span>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404075199548231475.post-91882764892173474062010-06-30T18:36:00.000-07:002010-06-30T18:36:40.141-07:00You can be Everything God Wants You to be - by Max Lucado<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px;"></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My thoughts:</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This was a great little devotional book. It was encouraging and meaningful. It would be great as a gift to a recent graduate or for a friend who needs a helping hand. It was a pleasant and quick read if you choose too just sit down and read it but would be ideal for daily thoughts or meditations. </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Check out the first chapter </span><a href="http://www.booksneeze.com/blogger/download/9780849946653"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Or comment and leave me a note if the link does not work... I am still new to this.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>You can be Everything God Wants You to be - by Max Lucado</b></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">God made only one version of you. He custom designed you for a one-of-a-kind assignment.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You are heaven's Halley's comet; we have one chance to see you shine. You offer a gift to the world that no one else brings. So find it and bring it! And when you do, both you and God will smile.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yes, you can be everything God wants you to be.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p7gnOJT8mzx3P_e2PJqR9axYPMZgkWCJqgwMBZ_kMopaurt-6SXbNpFmU6o-7RifTpS-uD-AEC1V1QuVSBEmV0bNiLBKuU5JsFMHBzrATIFebeGNAMnjvCK6nUX4XCmQFw1ApQEMDz_Z/s1600/_225_350_Book.185.cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_p7gnOJT8mzx3P_e2PJqR9axYPMZgkWCJqgwMBZ_kMopaurt-6SXbNpFmU6o-7RifTpS-uD-AEC1V1QuVSBEmV0bNiLBKuU5JsFMHBzrATIFebeGNAMnjvCK6nUX4XCmQFw1ApQEMDz_Z/s320/_225_350_Book.185.cover.jpg" /></a></span></div><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><div align="left">This was a fascinating and helpful book. I work with an organization where we help facilitate groups to go on relief and development missions trips, so the global church is my everyday reality. This book was an encouraging and helpful resource that at times reinforced what I have been encountering in the church and at times it shed new light into a shadowed area for me. I have enjoyed this book a great deal! Fritz Kling has an effective writing style that I found easy to read and relate to my own life. I would recommend this book to those that are interested in current trends or those that work within the church who have ever wondered where it is heading or why. </div><div align="left"><br />
</div><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">Seven Currents that are Changing the Global Church<i></i></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">A Breakthrough Book by Fritz Kling details the rapid transitionary forces facing Christianity today<b></b></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><img align="left" alt="491 Meeting of Waters cover-Kling" height="180" hspace="12" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5fa6fa3e2e&view=att&th=126f6cb2d69eb766&attid=0.9&disp=emb&zw" width="120" /><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Two rivers meet in Manaus, Brazil, at the turbulent head of the Amazon River. The different-colored tributaries do not give way or merge, but instead strain against their common seam. For ten miles, they share the same channel but remain distinct like oil and water. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Christendom finds itself at just such a murky and perilous juncture. The church is caught between its tried-and-true past and an all-bets-are-off future. Christianity throughout the world is stunning in its scope and spiritual impact, but what is happening to the Church as new technological, promotional, and generational shifts make their unavoidable mark? And what difference does it make for Christians in day-to-day life?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Meeting of the Waters</span></i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, a new book by Fritz Kling, identifies seven trends—including migration, machines, and the growing Mercy Generation—having an impact on today’s Global Church. Neither an institution nor a bureaucracy, the global Church is incredibly adaptive and vibrant. It has long been the world’s most effective relief agent, meeting needs across the globe through justice advocacy, material aid, counseling, biblical proclamation, education, and more. But what forces are shaping the global church, and what will it take in this unique place in time for the church to continue its mission of hope? Equal parts travelogue, character study, and global documentary, this breakthrough book seeks to answer these important questions and is written for anyone eager to make a difference in a changing world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kling’s experience as a foundation executive who has researched and directed investments to Christian ministries around the world has taught him how to “connect the dots”—to understand how forces secular and sacred, ancient and modern, spiritual and physical, domestic and international have informed Christian ministry. Over the past eight years, Kling has met with more than a thousand indigenous church leaders from forty different countries. He has made airlines re-think their frequent flyer programs, bounced through endless van rides, and drunk gallons of Coke and chai in both slums and skyscrapers. Secular commentators have long written about globalization’s wake, but Fritz Kling has witnessed it firsthand—through a Christian lens. <i>The</i> <i>Meeting of the Waters</i> is the byproduct of these experiences and is therefore able to give an original and incredibly well researched perspective on the growing need to understand ministry in a rapidly changing world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Meeting of the Waters </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">by Fritz Kling</span></b></div><div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">David C Cook/March 2010/ISBN: 978-1-4347-6484-3/256 pages/softcover/$16.99</span></div><div style="border-bottom: windowtext 1.5pt solid; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div align="center" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.davidccook.com/" style="color: #c3390b;" target="_blank">http://www.davidccook.com/</a></span></div></div>Shozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18051646264417555951noreply@blogger.com0