I would like to point you to a couple of websites that are giving books away FREE! Please visit their sites and check out the details there: The Pew Reviews is giving away 5 copies of Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel. Details here. and Fundamentally Reformed is giving away 2 copies of A … Continue reading »
Posted in August 2009 …
Autism’s Hidden Blessings by Kelly Langston (review)
I had opened the package, reached in to pull out my ordered book and was, naturally, greeted with an abundance of catalogs, postcards inviting me to this or that and a short invoice. Normally all but my ordered materials goes straight into the trash without a second thought. For some reason (that’s theologese for God … Continue reading »
Soul Physicians: Our Worthy Groom’s Personality (ch.5)
Part 5 of an ongoing look at Dr. Bob Kellemen’s Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. “The battle for our minds and hearts is won or lost according to our image of God. Since we reflect what we revel in and become like what we worship; we must know God in … Continue reading »
Love Has a Face by Michele Perry (book review)
Love Has a Face: Mascara, a Machete and One Woman’s Miraculous Journey with Jesus in Sudan. The title had caught my eye, as well as, the compelling picture on the cover: Michele Perry surrounded by Sudanese children. Perry takes the reader into the world of her missionary efforts in the Sudan and surrounding territories. Her … Continue reading »
Soul Physicians – chapter 4 review – “Our Worthy Groom’s History”
Part 4 of an ongoing study of Dr. Bob Kellemen’s counseling resource: Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. Chapter four begins a journey in which Dr. Kellemen introduces the reader to “the Creator of the Soul”. The journey takes us to the core of our thinking when we counsel. It challenges … Continue reading »
Human Cloning: Right or Wrong? (yours for a penny!)
Eryl Davies writes a terrific booklet handling the social issue of Human Cloning. With the supersonic advances of technology, where is the church to stand on the issue of cloning? What does God’s Word have to say about it? What about the issue of therapeutic cloning? What are the motives behind the organizations that promote … Continue reading »
Soul Physicians: God’s Passionate Romance Novel (pt.3)
This is part three of an ongoing reading / studying of Dr. Robert Kellemen’s counseling resource: Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. I’ve heard it stated this way before and was interested to see what Dr. Kellemen’s take on it would be: “God’s Word…is His love letter to you.” It is … Continue reading »
Trusting God by Jerry Bridges (book review)
The full title of Bridges’ book is Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts. It is Providential that I “happened” to be reviewing this work at this current point in life. Today I sat with a neurosurgeon and scheduled major back surgery to address a “pars fracture” in my lower spine. I have been encouraged by … Continue reading »
Soul Physicians: God’s Heroic Adventure Narrative (pt.2)
Part 2 of my ongoing study of Dr. Kellemen’s Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction. The purpose it seems of this chapter is to emphasize the necessity to use Scripture, in it’s entirety, in our counseling sessions. Too often the Bible is used as an encyclopedia and used poorly at that. … Continue reading »
Is God in control?
Our church was broken into last evening. Wasn’t God watching out for us? I mean, we are the ones doing His work…why doesn’t He “have our backs”? Why the unnecessary difficulty in our lives? We’re trying to be good, doing the best we can…and this is how He rewards us? If He is in control, … Continue reading »
