The Return

Review: Take Hold of the Faith You Long For: Let Go, Move Forward, Live Bold Sharon Jaynes Baker Books 2016 A new author to me, but she has several other books which means I’ve been hanging around in another place.   I’ve got to say that I’m so pleased to have made her acquaintance now, though.   I mean, like I even went and found her blog and everything.   It’s a nice one if you’re interested.   But what about her latest book?   It grabbed me from the start.   She has hit right where I have lived too long and too frequently.   I suspect I’m not along either and that in itself is a help.   She uses fresh illustrations and examples in her narratives while she gently encourages the reader to let go, move forward, and live bold.   That sequence forms the basis for her encouragement and earned her another star from my point of view.   While she does use some personal stories, this is not a book on how she survived to write ...

Review: Portraits of Devotion Beth Moore B&H Publishing Group 2014 I absolutely loved this little book---even before I read any of it.   It is beautifully bound and printed. The cover is a soft imitation leather, embossed with lovely scroll work.   Inside the pages repeat the scroll work at the borders, and printed in a forest green tone coordinated with the cover scroll work…I could go on and on just about this physical presentation of this book, but some of you might want to know about the content. It is drawn from several of Beth Moore’s Personal Reflection Series that centered on the lives of Jesus, David, John, and Paul.   I cannot comment on whether the individual devotional readings have been edited for this book as I have no experience with that series, but the devotions presented in Portraits of Devotion are well done.   They are insightful, encouraging, and do not stray from the context of the biblical passage chosen for the day. ...