The Return

Review: WOW! The Good News in Four Words Dandi Daley Mackall Tyndale House Publishers 2017 This is one of several books that attempts to explain the gospel to children.   It’s not as easy as it sounds since us grownups have made it pretty complicated, in some respects.   I had heard someone say that they found it quite difficult to explain things especially around Easter time, so I decided to give this book a look. It is meant to be read to children.   That’s a plus right there.   It isn’t something you place in front of them and walk away.   That meets the first criterium in my opinion.   Parental involvement.   The size of the book works for sharing it with someone.   Nice big pages, colorful illustrations done by Annabel Tempest, and print that fills the space left for it nicely.   The story is told in rhyme and mostly simple terms.   There are some words like grace or Savior that might trip up a young...

Review: As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God Eugene H. Peterson Waterbrook 2017 I am enjoying this book so much already that I decided to go ahead a write a few lines about it.   Eugene Peterson is hardly a new name to many people, but for me, we are just getting acquainted.   And I’ve found that this book is a treasure, maybe even a classic.   Time will decide that.   I hope the parishioners he served over the years will find it so. This is a compilation of his sermons arranged in seven sets of seven centered around seven key figures of the Bible from Moses to John of Patmos.   The lives and times of those individuals will also take the reader through the timeline of the Bible and a lot if its text.   His sermons are not long or tedious.   Nor is this a book that you plow through and set aside.   Instead, he gives the reader food for thought that requires time to di...

Review: The Little French Bistro Nina George Crown 2017 I have to admit that I'm not a fan of romance novels, but I think this one goes beyond the boy meets girl idea.   By a bunch.   If adults had coming of age stories this one would fit there.   Marianne travels a road many people I know would love to, but fear taking the steps needed. And that is the basis of this book.   Taking the steps.   Joy, sorrow, whatever comes and keep on taking the steps.    I agree with many of the comments already made about George's ability to build wonderful characters, paint scenes that vibrate with energy, and tell a story too.   Her writing touches the heart and not in some sappy, maudlin way.   A place of real emotions and desire.   Speaking of desire---her intimate scenes are just that, intimate.   In body and mind.   And not for just spicing things up a bit.   She captures the true nature of intimacy...