Dirty God

I was really excited to see this book being offered because Johnnie Moore is a campus pastor at the university I go to, Liberty University, fantastic school by the way! This book is challenging yet so real! I'm so glad to have got this book, because it seems like anymore, people are trying to just live their lives and go to church on Sunday. A relationship takes more than 1 hour a week. This book helps get back to the basics. It is a great book for both new Christians and people who have been believers for many years, also non believers. This book is a real eye opener, way to go Johnnie!!!

Red Letter Revolution

This book is fantastic. It is written by Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo. I have read books by both authors and have thoroughly enjoyed them as well as have been incredibly challenged. This book does not disappoint. It is a conversation between the two authors as they discuss many different topics that Christians need to hear about, not things they want to hear about. It is a book that you cannot read in one sitting because it is so intense, in depth and very challenging. There are many people I would encourage to read this book. It is a great book to encourage Christians to live beyond Sunday mornings. To become, red letter believers. They discuss the difference between those who read the red letters in the Bible, and those who live the red letters in the Bible, which is what Jesus calls us to. I will be recommending this book for sure!

Grace by Max Lucado

Another book about Grace. I was so excited to get this but also a little worried that it would be another ho hum book about Grace. I started reading the book and had to force myself to put it down and get some sleep. Max Lucado did an awesome job writing this book. He is real about the subject of grace and forces you to look outside of yourself to see if you are living in and accepting God's grace. I finished this book and was happy to see a reading guide at the end, it makes me want to pick the book back up again and read through it using the guide, which I may just do. Grace is not a book you want to pass up. It is such a well written, real, and honest look at God's grace.

Empty Promises

I was so excited to hear that Pete Wilson wrote another book! After reading Plan B, I was so excited to read his new one, Empty Promises. I got the book and dove into it right away. I found this one a lot harder to read than Plan B. I stopped reading after a few chapters and put it down for months, (we moved during this time) and once we moved and I found the book again. I decided I'd give it another try, I did, and had the same problem, so hard to get into! I will get through it eventually, but just couldn't get through it, I don't know what it was. Just finding the beginning of the book long and drawn out. It might just be me, but I was a little disappointed.

Simply Grilling

This a fantastic book of recipes! I am new at bbqing and excited to use the recipes in this book. One of the things I found so great was that it is not just meat recipes but recipes for salads, desserts etc. This will be put to great use for those new recipes I want to try when company comes. I was happy to see that the ingredients for the recipes are not some ingredient you need from a faraway place that is going to cost way more than the average meat/veggie etc. It is stuff you can find in a regular grocery store. Looking through the book and at the recipes and great pictures made me get very hungry, I am excited to try a recipe out tonight!
I am so excited to try all of the recipes in this cookbook, it a great resource and one that would be useful for new and experienced cooks.

Stand By Me ~ Neta Jackson

This book is part of a series or can be a stand alone series. It is the 3rd portion of the Yada Yada Prayer Group Series, and the House of Hope series, this is the first one of the next series but they all tie together.

It is phenomenal. I have a passion for young people and when reading this I loved the ministry that Manna House was providing and then how young people were getting involved in Souled Out church.

I hope to eventually get the whole series. It is such a great book and a series I will go back to again and again. It is awesome to have the study questions in the back of the book to have your own book study or small group.

Daily Gifts of Grace Devotional

This devotional is by far one of the best. I have been using it daily since the beginning of the year and it feels like each devotional is written just for me, just for that specific day. The author's of the devotionals make you laugh and cry and most importantly turn to the foot of the cross on a daily basis.

This is a devotional that would be great for young adults right through to older women. I highly recommend it!