Peace on Earth: A Christmas Collection by Mary Engelbreit is a beautifully illustrated picture book that includes a variety of poems, readings and Christmas songs. There are current and contemporary writings included, as well as older poems and songs that capture the true meaning of Christmas. It contains a nice mix of well known and maybe not so familiar songs and writings about Christmas.
The illustrations are really something special, and my children love to snuggle up on the couch with this book after supper together and read through it and sing the songs together. It helps to have a book like this to re-focus on the importance of Christ as the centre of Christmas. Even though it is a children's book, I think it has an appeal that would stretch far beyond childhood. I can see how this would be a book that would actually appeal very much to those blessed with long life as it could bring back some great memories of Christmas' gone by.
I am a member of booksneeze.com by Thomas Nelson Publishers. In exchange for writing a review, I received this book for free.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst
Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst is a refreshingly honest read about the world of raw emotions. She describes 4 different reactions that women can have when we experience a flood of emotions that have the potential to rob us of the joyful life that God intends for us (two different kinds of exploders and two different kinds of stuffers). Her vulnerability and openness about the struggles and progress in her own life is an encouragement to women everywhere who want to change but don't know how. She continues to cover a variety of other related topics to raw emotions such as managing jealousy and negative inside chatter.
Lysa provides hope and encouragement and realistic steps towards forward progress throughout the book. The thing I appreciated the most about this book was the understanding that perfection isn't the goal, but progress in the right direction is. Her real life stories are incredibly relatable and make women feel like they are not alone in the struggle to control their emotions, and she brings this often hidden topic into the open and makes it something easy to talk about. A great book with lots of real life application.
I am a member of booksneeze.com by Thomas Nelson Publishers. In exchange for writing a review, I received this book for free.
Lysa provides hope and encouragement and realistic steps towards forward progress throughout the book. The thing I appreciated the most about this book was the understanding that perfection isn't the goal, but progress in the right direction is. Her real life stories are incredibly relatable and make women feel like they are not alone in the struggle to control their emotions, and she brings this often hidden topic into the open and makes it something easy to talk about. A great book with lots of real life application.
I am a member of booksneeze.com by Thomas Nelson Publishers. In exchange for writing a review, I received this book for free.
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