Entries Tagged as ‘Books’

April 28, 2010

Friendship for Grownups

I vividly remember the day I handed my mom’s hair stylist a picture that I had cut from a magazine and told him that I wanted him to make my hair look just like hers: “Honey,” he said knowingly, “Lisa Whelchel has a team of people who curl and spray and tease her hair after [...]

March 9, 2010

A Kind of Book Review? Dancing With My Father

So much for my plans to post that book review I told you about yesterday. That’s pretty much become a recurring theme in my life lately: “So much for my plans.” Can I just lay my cards on the table? I might as well because the only card games I can really play are Uno, [...]

February 22, 2010

Love Your Heart: A Book Review

Thomas Nelson Publishers sent me a free copy of Tim McGraw’s (yes, that Tim McGraw!) and Tom Douglas’s latest book Love Your Heart. I know a six-year-old story lover who was gracious enough to allow me to interview her on her thoughts about the book. In case you didn’t get all that Vanna our sweet [...]

January 31, 2010

Book Review: Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain

Thomas Nelson Publishers sent me the book Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain by Paul Meier and David Henderson for review purposes. I actually received this book about a month before my dad died. It has taken me awhile to read it because I haven’t felt like reading books with weighty themes lately. However, I specifically [...]

January 22, 2010

Theology and Doctrine aka Easy, Breezy, Weekend Chitchat

Waterbrook Multnomah sent me a copy of Joshua Harris’s newest book to review. I’d heard of Josh Harris and know plenty of people who have read his other books, but this was my first time to read one of his works. I asked to participate in this blog book tour because I was interested in the [...]

December 22, 2009

PRIMAL by Mark Batterson: A Book Review

“Our generation needs a reformation. Bu a single person won’t lead it. A single event won’t define it. Our reformation will be a movement of reformers living compassionately, creatively, courageously for the cause of Christ. This reformation will not be born of a new discovery, It will be the rediscovery of something old, something ancient. [...]