Category: Book Reviews

  • Book Review: Half the Church

    Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women by Carolyn Custis James Publisher: Zondervan Initially this book was a project that would collect her ideas (to-date) about women, the church, and God’s vision for women. But plans changed when Carolyn Custis James read best-seller, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof…

  • A little bedtime reading

    I have had to tear myself away from the violent earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown/volcano videos coming out of Japan. I want to stop looking, but I can’t not stare on in horror. These catastrophic events will define the younger generations of Japanese people. Indeed, how can they not? How will Japan and her people be different as…

  • Book Review: How to Bring Your Child to Christ

    …And Keep Them There: Avoiding the Tragedy of False Conversion by Ray Comfort New life is a mystery. Most women do not know they are pregnant until a test or doctor’s confirmation. Though physicians can provide a detailed step-by-step description of the birthing process, the actual trigger that sets a birth in motion is still…

  • Lifting Moratoriums

    This is the first Saturday in a while, and the last one for several weeks, that I don’t have anything planned. I am going to blog! I’m trying to write some book reviews today. I’m about four reviews behind. I’m desperate to get them finished because I have a stack of books I really want…

  • Recommendation & Book Give Away: Christ Formed in You

    Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? Perhaps they sounded something like this: This year I resolve to speak and act with kindness. This year I resolve to exercise self-control when it comes to eating. This year I resolve to get up earlier for a quiet time and to exercise. This year I resolve to…