The Return

Review: A Different Kind of Happiness: Discovering the Joy That Comes from Sacrificial Love Dr. Larry Crabb Baker Books 2016 Who doesn’t want happiness, but what makes for our happiness?   Where do we find that happiness? Crabb tackles these questions head on in this book.   But, this is no afternoon read with a few pithy sayings to soothe your psyche.    The Dr. in the line with his name is that of clinical psychology which he practiced as a Christian counselor for a number of years.   He’s most likely to say he’s heard it all.   So this book goes a bit deeper than most.   A lot deeper than I had anticipated, in fact.    I found the book to be one that I had to put down and think about what I had read for a while before going on to the next chapter or even paragraph in some cases.   He has done much thinking about what he puts on the page.   Research too, but not just to have an impressive bibliography or set of ...

Review: Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Resume Jason Wachob Harmony Books 2016 OK, I’ll admit it.   I was so wrong about this book.   I totally expected to hate it and ended up finding it full of good stuff.   To me it’s more about learning to live and discovering what really matters than it is a self-help sort of book.   This one covers a holistic approach to personal wellbeing; an approach won mostly the hard way.   The same way most of us learn, I suspect.      Thirteen chapters introduce topics ranging from diet to spirituality.   The author simply lays out some information and experience that he has found most helpful in his own life, but also adds in some of the other areas related to each topic that others have practiced successfully. He tells his story with an   openness that I fond winsome.   He doesn’t deny or gloss over some of the really dumb stuff most of us try along the way like the par...