Book Review: Unyielding Hope

 

Unyielding Hope

by Janette Oke; Laurel Oke Logan

Bethany House 

Bethany House Publishers

 Christian 

Pub Date 05 May 2020 

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Lillian Walsh lost both of her parents and a younger sister as a young girl.  Lillian is now in her twenties and must find her way in the world after her adoptive Mother died and her adoptive Father is planning a long trip to Wales.  When a Lawyer appears at her door to let her know she has inherited a small estate from her birth parents--and that the sister she had long believed dead is likely alive, she’s stunned.

After Lillian discovers that her sister Grace is living in a nearby city, she rushes in order it have a reunion because she’s afraid that the years of separation will make it harder to reconnect.

After the two sisters meet, Grace is not at all what Lillian expected.  Grace has big dreams despite difficult circumstances.

Will Lillian be able to aside her own plans, to join Grace in adventure that will change them both?

I give Unyielding Hope five out of five stars!

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Book Review: An Introduction to John Owen

 

An Introduction to John Owen

A Christian Vision for Every Stage of Life

by Crawford Gribben

 Crossway 

 Christian  |  Religion & Spirituality 

Pub Date 21 Jul 2020

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John Owen (1616–1683) was the most formidable of the English Protestant Theologians.  Owen was born sometime in 1616 to a family living in the tiny village of Stadhampton, in Oxfordshire.

An Introduction to John Owen, highlights the Christian life he wanted his readers to have.  

John Owen was one of England’s Earliest authors of Children’s books.  He believed that Children needed to be educated in the Faith.

In this book Crawford Gibben approaches John Owen’s core intellectual ideas.

This book is well written, and researched, a great introduction to one of the greatest theologians of all time.  

I give An Introduction to John Owen five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Letter to My Rage

 

Letter to My Rage

An Evolution

by Lidia Yuknavitch

 Scribd 

Scribd Originals

 Biographies & Memoirs  |  Nonfiction (Adult)  |  Politics 

Pub Date 25 Aug 2020

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*Not recommend for younger readers...

Letter to My Rage opens in a clinic where the author is waiting to be tested for Covid 19 antibodies, seeing the president on the television screen leaves her furious, seething with anger.  She’s furious that we are so unprepared for the Pandemic, furious about her own past it seems, her relationship with her Father.  She goes on to talk about how the rage does not destroy her but has changed her and compelled her.

The murder of George Floyd leaves her seething.  Lidia  joins the protests and asks that if men’s anger is frequently used to reinforce an unequal system—as in the grotesque spectacle of a white man’s knee on a Black man’s neck—how can women’s be used? How can her own? Can it be as constructive as it is destructive? Can it create something that was not there before and not just for her?   In that waiting room she realizes the answer in the body that has contained the rage for years, in her very blood, she can offer protection to others, fuel for others and activism, her blood can bring a chance for a cure.

I give Letter to My Rage three out of five stars...

Book Review: A Singe Spark

 

 

A Single Spark

by Judith Miller

Bethany House 

Bethany House Publishers

 Christian 

Pub Date 02 Jun 2020

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For fans of Francine Rivers, Janette Oke, Gilbert Morris  and Lauraine Snelling, if you’re like me you’ll love A Single Spark set in civil war era Washington.

Clara McBride goes to work work in the cartridge room at the Washington Arsenal, the city's main site for production and storing of munitions, because she wants to do her part for the war effort.  It is here she is given the chance to train new employees as well as form a couple of them.  Everything seems to go well, especially when one of the supervisors shows interest in her.

Lieutenant Joseph Brady is assigned a supervisory position at the Washington Arsenal when an injury prevents him from being able to lead troops to battle.  Clara has caught his eye, but he is fighting for increased measures to prevent explosions in the factory as well.

After multiple shipments of Washington Arsenal Cartridges fail to fire, everyone who works there becomes suspect of sabotage.  Will the love between Clara and Joseph survive both pressure and suspicion.

I give A Single Spark five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Becoming Elisabeth Elliot

 

Becoming Elisabeth Elliot

by Ellen Vaughn

 B&H Publishing Group (B&H Books, Holman Bibles, B&H Español, and B&H Kids) 

B&H Books

 Biographies & Memoirs  |  Christian  |  Religion & Spirituality 

Pub Date 15 Sep 2020

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After her husband Jim Elliot and four of her Colleagues were killed in Ecuador by an Amazonian Tribe, Elisabeth took her daughter and snake bite kit and went prayerfully to stay with the same tribe of stone aged people who had killed her husband. Many came to Christ compelled by Elisabeth’s capacity for forgiveness and friendship.

Elisabeth Elliot was a no nonsense courageous Christian who went on to write dozens of books host a long-running radio show, and speak at conferences all over the world.   Elisabeth Elliot was a pillar of committed, coherent faith, a committed and at times controversial icon.

In Becoming Elisabeth Elliot paint the adventures and misadventures God used to shape one of the most influential women in modern church history.  The book paints a picture of a funny, sensual, brilliant, witty self-deprecating, sensitive, radical, and surprisingly relatable person utterly submitted to doing God’s will, no matter how high the cost.

Elisabeth did not question how it made her feel, but instead asked whether it was true or not.

I give Becoming Elisabeth Elliot five out of five stars!

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Book Review: Growing Together

 

Growing Together

Taking Mentoring beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests

by Melissa N Kruger

Crossway 

Christian  |  Religion & Spirituality 

Pub Date 09 Jun 2020 

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In this books we are reminds us that mentoring involves more than simply developing a friendship with an older or younger woman. It is designed to bring unity in the faith, knowledge of Christ, and maturity that overflows into a secure and stable trust in God that withstands the enemy’s attacks.   Mentoring is helping to lead others to a deeper and more meaningful relationship with Christ.  We are encouraged to share our stories with those we have been mentoring.

This book goes on to encourage us  to pray for the needs of those we are mentoring, and we are reminded that we pray because God hears us, we pray  daily, and we are reminded not to pray using empty phrases that only sound good.

Growing Together is divided into 11 lessons that offer springboards to discussions on mature Christians mentoring newer discussions.

I give Growing Together five out of five stars!

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Book Review: A Dream Within A Dream

 

A Dream within a Dream

by Mike Nappa; Melissa Kosci

Revell 

 Christian 

Pub Date 02 Jun 2020

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It isn’t until the FBI shows up asking questions that Trudi Coffey realizes she hasn’t seem Samuel Hill in weeks.  After she has a strange encounter with a man who was armed and demanding her help and an attack by a member of the Boston mob looking for someone named Dream, Trudi manages to find Samuel--or rather, he finds her.  

Samuel has made some pretty powerful enemies, but right now his full focus,  is on protecting Dream from the mob.   They are focusing on Dream, because he has something they want the map that will lead them to the location of the artwork stolen from The Garden Museum during the infamous heist in 1990.

 Trudi and Samuel will have to call on their allies to keep Dream safe and discover with danger closing in all around them and they must find the identity of those who are hunting down Samuel.  But the question they must ask and answer is who can they trust?  And who is going to make it out alive?

I give A Dream Within A Dream five out of five stars!

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