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A Splash of Brightness at My Living Canvas

Posted in Book Review, Brain Stuff, Food, God, Israel, Life as I Know It, Marriage, Missions, Music, Running, Travel, Writing on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have finally come to grips with a reality I have long fought to admit:  I can only keep up with one blog!
If I didn’t have a full-time job I might be able to better manage my multi-tasking blogging capabilities but I confess that for now this blog will have to be it.  It [...]

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For the Record…

Posted in Book Review, Life as I Know It on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just in case the FTC actually knows my blog exists:  I am an official book review blogger for Thomas Nelson publishing.  They send me free books.  I read the books and write what I think of the books on my blog and also on Amazon.com.  Not all books I write about on my blog come [...]

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Book Review: “Fearless” by Max Lucado

Posted in Book Review, God, Life as I Know It, tagged , , , , on September 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »

In a time in History where people have many things to fear, Max Lucado delivers a dose of wise counsel and biblical truth to help treat fear at its root. While Fearless deals with specific fears fueled by headlines in the local papers(such as terrorism and the global economic crisis), it also deals with [...]

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Book Review: “The Noticer” by Andy Andrews

Posted in Book Review, God, Life as I Know It, Marriage, tagged , , , , on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Sometimes, All A Person Needs Is A Little Perspective
Have you ever read a book that was just what you needed at just the time you needed it?  Well for me, this weekend, that book was “The Noticer” by Andy Andrews.
Work has been really hectic and stressful the past several weeks.  I have been so focused [...]

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Upcoming Book Review: Fearless, by Max Lucado

Posted in Book Review, Life as I Know It, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ll admit that I can tend to be a ‘fraidy cat… alot.  Scared of the dark, scared of things that go bump in the night, scared of spiders, scared of what people think of me, scared of bad things that may (and probably wont) happen. And the list goes on. This is why I am [...]

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The Unlikely Disciple

Posted in Book Review, God, Writing on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

My most recent read, (aside from rereading the last 2 books of the Harry Potter Series) is The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose.
This is an intriguing memoir of a young freshman at Brown University who, in 2007, after a visit to Thomas Road Baptist Church, decided to go “undercover” at Liberty University for what he [...]

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Book Review: The Hole in Our Gospel

Posted in Book Review, God, Missions, Writing, tagged , , on June 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »

This new book by World Vision U.S. President Rich Stearns, published by Thomas Nelson Publishing,  is an excellent survey regarding poverty, Christian responsibility, and the global church. The book is lengthy, nearly 300 pages, and ends with a call to action by President Stearns:
You, Me, Let’s Go! We have work to do and its [...]

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This is Your Brain on Joy

Posted in Book Review, Brain Stuff, God, Life as I Know It, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“Brain science is no longer just a hot topic among nerds without girlfriends; its now cool to be into the brain!”
- Dr. Earl Henslin

Do cyclical negative thoughts keep you up at night and kidnap your joy? Are your moods unpredictable? Do you avoid deep relationships with others?  Do you constantly forget where you put [...]

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