Just out from Multnomah publishers is Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson. One reason I was interested in this book is straight from the first chapter: my being drawn to anything resembling an adventure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. – Helen Keller Mark writes: The Celtic Christians had a name for the…
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Wild Goose Chase Review and Giveaway
Just out from Multnomah publishers is Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson. One reason I was interested in this book is straight from the first chapter: my being drawn to anything resembling an adventure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. – Helen Keller Mark writes: The Celtic Christians had a name for the…
Anticipating October
There are several reasons that I am eagerly looking forward to October this year. Not only is it the month when the weather at home is simply scrumptious and perfect, it’s the month of my birthday, and that of my sister-in-law. Fall is at its peak with apple cider and campfires and hikes through fallen…
Fellowship in the YLCF Team
“Tell me what company thou keepst, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.” – Miguel de Cervantes “Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.” – Socrates“A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “When true friends meet in adverse hour;‘Tis like…
Praise in Trials
The Lord may not definitely have planned that this should overtake me, but He has most certainly permitted it. Therefore though it were an attack of an enemy, by the time it reaches me, it has the Lord’s permission and therefore all is well. He will make it work together with all life’s experiences for…
Tsunami and Theodicy
A well-thought-out piece on suffering in light of the many natural disasters recently occurring around the world: Tsunami and Theodicy by David Hart. Christians often find it hard to adopt the spiritual idiom of the New Testament — to think in terms, that is, of a cosmic struggle between good and evil, of Christ’s triumph…
Man needs difficulties
Quotations from a treasure of a book I discovered… You know as well as I there’s more…there’s always one more scene no matter. – Archibald McLeish In the last resort it is highly improbably that there could ever be a therapy which gets rid of all difficulties. Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health….
Love as a Way of Life
For decades Dr. Gary Chapman’s best-selling books have shown readers how to speak the “love language” of those they care about. In his newest work, Love as a Way of Life, Chapman presents poignant stories of real people who have discovered the joys of living out the seven characteristics of authentic love: kindness, patience, forgiveness,…
