BOOK REVIEW | Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality
Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality by Jim Burns This is every parent’s dream book! For those who want to instruct their children about sexuality God’s way, but don’t feel equipped (or know for sure they are), Jim Burns has authored the book to educate not only our kids, but parents. Building from the premise that [...]
Dealing with Disappointment
Dealing with Disappointment by Tricia Goyer Dealing with disappointment is one of the hard things that comes from life. Seeing our kids deal with disappointment is even harder. Yet we know that in every person’s life there will be struggles, and the older our kids get, the bigger the problems. Ugh! John and I have [...]
A Simple One
A Simple One by Mamie L. Pack “How did I get here?” “Where did it all begin?” She sits, shoulders slumped, tissue crumpled in her hand, traces of tears on her usually vibrant cheeks. She is discouraged, frustrated, and bitter by the hand she felt she had been dealt in life. “How do others do [...]
Working To Eliminate Teen Pregnancy
Working to Eliminate Teen Pregnancy by Tricia Goyer What’s the buzz echoing over the airwaves? The media attention over the fact that Bristol Palin, daughter of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin is pregnant at 17-years-old. With the buzz, two questions are on our minds. If a teen finds herself pregnant are the parents to blame? [...]
BOOK REVIEW | How to get Your Husband to Listen to You
How to get Your Husband to Listen to You By Nancy Cobb and Connie Grigsby Something happened after the authors started writing the book that made the reading of it even more applicable. Not only did Nancy find out that her husband had cancer she ended up losing him the week the book was finished. [...]
In Search of True Sanctuary
In a violent and abusive world, do churches offer real safety? Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX—While stories of sexual abuse by priests or others in authority make headlines, many instances of abusive behavior in the church occur unnoticed, and the abused rarely feel free to speak out about their suffering. In their new book, Church as a [...]
When A Friend’s Infertile
When A Friend’s Infertile by Marlo Schalesky It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Even when I was a little girl and boys had cooties, I knew that someday I’d grow up, get married, and have children. After all, didn’t everyone? As I entered adulthood, everything seemed to be going along fine. I met a [...]
The SOS for PMS: Practical Help and Relief for Moms
The SOS for PMS: Practical Help and Relief for Moms by Mary Byers "It’s my hope that this book will bring help, hope and healing to moms who suffer from PMS. It’s been a source of despair in my own life but things are looking up now that I’ve developed my own coping plan. Those [...]
A Heavy, Sinking Sadness
On April 16, 2007, the campus of Virginia Tech experienced a collective nightmare when thirty-three students were killed in the worst massacre in modern U.S. history. Following that horrendous event, Virginia Tech campus pastor Matt Rogers found himself asking and being asked, “Where is God in all of this?” The cliché-ridden, pat answers rang hollow. [...]
The Road of Lost Innocence
The excerpt was posted with permission from The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam The Forest by Somaly Mann My name is Somaly. At least that’s the name I have now. Like everyone in Cambodia, I’ve had several. Names are the result of temporary choices. You change them the way you’d change lives. As [...]
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