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Book Review - Prayers for the Battlefield

October 10, 2018

I received this book from Tyndale. I am in love with this book design. I love all the arrows and I love the meaning behind using the arrows. The Lord describes children as arrows in Psalms and the author uses this visual. Like an arrow, children start with you and go free into the world. It's a simple book and one that I really have needed to read lately, dealing with my three year old. I found the author's writing style calming and comforting. Heidi St. John has seven children, so I know she is seasoned with parenting wisdom. That is how I would describe reading this book. The sections are broken up into prayers for very specific things that come up in parenting life. I really like books/devos like this because no matter what is going on, I can come back too this book multiple times with different problems and be blessed by it. I would definitely recommend this book to any new mom or mom th

Book Review - The Hidden Enemy

August 08, 2018

Tyndall sent me a copy of this to review. I found it fascinating but also a scary look into political intrigue that is going on today. Michael Youssef brings the ideas of this book together in a way that I completely get. It is questions I have been asking myself, why certain political machines want one thing and others want another. But it doesn't have to do with making the world better but rather what would benefit them at the time. Everything seems lead by emotion. We are fracturing into left vs right. This book brings biblical knowledge into why things are happening or not happening. It definitely gives a greater picture to the warfare, unseen and right in front of us, that is going on in this age. The author's insight into all of these things happening currently, is wise. He knows Egypt and he knows politics. I think this book is an excellent one to read for his perspective on socialism and uprisings that are happening as I type. Reading this, i

Book Review - The Lifegiving Parent

June 19, 2018

I was given this title from Tyndale to review. Since having a daughter two years ago, it’s really been important to read different ways of parenting. The author’s have four grown children and tons of experience. A lot of the chapters deal with a biblical example into true parenting, nurturing your child's spirit and hands on experience with examples from the authors. There is some great wisdom woven throughout. I really loved the thought that your child will value what YOU value and not what you tell them to value. That is definitely life changing a thought in how one parents. I did feel the book felt choppy in places. Some ideas seemed outdated in certain ways, especially 'Sally's Momoirs' (also momoirs is WAY to cheesy a pun) Her retelling of things her kids said and did seem a little too edited or convenient. Or more like a Chicken Soup for the soul on Parenting nightly paragraph. I just wished it had a little more realness to the examples. Otherw

Review - Breaking Cover

March 15, 2018

I received this book to review from Tyndale. I was excited about it because I love CIA insights and human behaviors exposing motives. Which is something the author is best at. I had also watched the special on Michele, when she and Joseph helped the refugees get into Slovakia. There stories of living in the Middle East are definitely intense and eye opening seeing it from there prospective. As with anything, it’s not like the movies and being undercover with the CIA requires tons of movies and waiting and red tape. I loved the easy way she told about her 10 years in the CIA and then as a consultant. I did feel she when a little too far in the ‘I am a female and prove myself everyday’ mode. Where I would have just read about her stories and agreed with her without her having to read it in multiple times. The last quarter of the book is about getting the Christian refugees out of Iraq and into Slovakia. It reads a lot like the 20/20 special that was don

Review - Enter the Ring

January 17, 2018

I was given a copy of this book from Tyndale to review. I think its always good to learn from others and know that all of us fight in our relationships from time to time. As I started to read the first few paragraphs, I wasn't prepared for how much the author's fought before and after they were married. Intense. I think having that at the front of their book almost caused me to doubt whether I wanted advice from their marriage. Definitely an intense opener. But I stuck with it. I loved the quote about fighting back at what societies defining of marriage has become and living the truth of the gospel with our spouses. I think that is a perfect definition to life by. I am so glad the author stuck his ground on this. We have nothing if we don't have God's Word. I really loved that scripture was placed throughout and used to back up lots of thoughts. The author's used personal experiences and stories t

Review - Fire Road

December 13, 2017

I was given this book to review for Tyndale. I am so glad the author decided to write her own story of finding the truest peace after something so terrible that happened to her. I had to give this 5 stars because besides being a fascinating retelling account from the authors 10 year old memories, it is also a personal story captured in an iconic photograph that we all have seen as a symbol of the horrors of war. I feel you can give it no less because this book was literally lived by the author. Its amazing to see what really goes on behind a simple picture or moment in time that most can remember forever. But It gives it new meeting to actually read all the things Kim overcame and her journey to Jesus. Even the random places she went to as her story progresses in the book. Her journey to Canada out of communism is a story in itself. Let alone that she survived a Napalm attack. Her faith really inspired me even more. I loved how God worked in her life and ef

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