360 Life: 10 Ways You Can Live More Richly, Deeply, Fully; Billy Joe Daugherty
What if you had a second chance to chart your life?
What if you only had a few days to live?
Would you love?
Would you laugh?
Would you give?
Would you live differently than you do right now?
--Billy Joe Daugherty
If possible, would you do a makeover on parts of your life? Most of us would gladly say “Yes!” to a fresh start, and that’s exactly what God offers.
So many people live empty and frustrating lives, which is tragic because God desires a full, productive, and satisfying life for His children. 360° Life explores how ordinary people, regardless of their challenges, can experience life-altering change through simple faith. Billy Joe Daugherty weaves material from the Bible, his own experiences, and riveting interviews with contemporary Christians to reveal how not just to survive struggles, but to rise above them.
That’s the fulfilling result of a 360-degree life.
“Billy Joe Daugherty masterfully leads us back to the resurrection power of Christ that breaks us free from the fears of our past to live a victorious life.” —T. D. Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House
ABOUT THE AUTHOR...Billy Joe Daugherty served as the pastor of the seventeen-thousand-member Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma until his passing from earth to heaven on November 22, 2009.
Billy Joe authored a number of books, including No Fear and God Is Not Your Problem, as well as a best selling mini-book entitled, This New Life. Billy Joe’s wife, Sharon, continues to pastor at Victory Christian Center, along with their four children and two sons-in-law.
Love & War, John and Stasi Eldridge – Review
TITLE: Love & War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of
AUTHORS: John & Stasi Eldridge
PUBLISHER: DoubleDay Religion
PUBLICATION DATE: December 15, 2009
HARDBACK PAGES: 222
GENRE: Non-Fiction, Christian Living, Marriage Resource
What the Eldredge bestsellers WILD AT HEART did for men, and CAPTIVATING did for women, LOVE & WAR will do for married couples everywhere. John and Stasi Eldredge have contributed the quintessential works on Christian spirituality through the experience of men and the experience of women and now they turn their focus to the incredible dynamic between those two forces.
With refreshing openness that will grab readers from the first page, the Eldredges candidly discuss their own marriage and the insights they’ve gained from the challenges they faced. Each talks independently to the reader about what they’ve learned, giving their guidance personal immediacy and a balance between the male and female perspectives that has been absent from all previous books on this topic. They begin LOVE & WAR with an obvious but necessary acknowledgment: Marriage is fabulously hard. They advise that the sooner we get the shame and confusion off our backs, the sooner we'll find our way through.
LOVE & WAR shows couples how to fight for their love and happiness, calling men and women to step into the great adventure God has waiting for them together. Walking alongside John and Stasi Eldredge, every couple can discover how their individual journeys are growing into a story of meaning much greater than anything they could do or be on their own.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS...JOHN ELDREDGE is the founder and director of Ransomed Heart Ministries in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a fellowship devoted to helping people discover the heart of God. John is the author of numerous books, including Epic, Waking the Dead, Wild at Heart, and Desire, and coauthor of Captivating and The Sacred Romance.
STASI ELDREDGE, who is passionate about mentoring women in finding their true identity as the beloved of Christ, has been leading women's Bible studies for years. With a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and formerly on staff with Youth for Christ, Stasi now leads the women's ministry of Ransomed Heart. She has been married to John for nineteen years and together, they have three sons.
FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS...Whether you are a Christian or not, this is still a great marital resource to bring more insight, understanding, and ways to help bridge any gap. Of course with all relationship resources, it's always good to look through it together. I definitely give it 4 stars for a resource to stay on the shelves in case I need occasional reminders at later dates.
My own personal reminder...a reminder of how important and how good it feels to share with our significant others.
This was book was provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah.We share in the adventure when we share in the cost and the triumph of each other's lives: "How did it go at work today?" "Have you made that difficult call to your mother?" "Tell me about your trip."
Remember that last scene in the movie Jerry Maguire, the "you had me at hello" scene? He comes back to his estranged wife to tell her, "On what was supposed to be the happiest night of my business life, it wasn't complete, wasn't nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete, because I couldn't share it with you." Everything is better when it is shared. Caring about the lives we are each living is a way to share in the adventure. Caring enough to actually pray for one another really helps us fell like we are in this together.
Live Your Joy Book Giveaway…4.28.09
"Bonnie St. John maps out the process...the habits and behaviors...that lead to living a life filled with joy.
Life sometimes throws curve balls, threatening your job, health or retirement account, perhaps unraveling your most valued relationships. It can be tempting to rely solely on hard work or dogged self-determination to turn things around when challenges arise. Yet Bonnie St. John believes one additional life ingredient can dramatically transform life’s tough situations: JOY.
As an amputee, Paralympics silver medalist, Rhodes scholar, Harvard and Oxford graduate and single mom, St. John has faced some of life’s toughest challenges—and she doesn’t speak of joy lightly. Her new book, Live Your Joy (April 2009), is a powerfully inspiring collection of real-life, modern-day stories that reveal the power of joy: living it, pursuing it, sharing it, and making it a top priority.
“When you learn how to create joy in your life, you stop being a slave to what is happening in the world, and you become the master of your own destiny and emotions,” writes St. John. “You can always raise the level of your joy reservoir because it’s coming from inside you. And that is an amazing feeling!” Now, more than ever, Americans want to rise above life’s difficult circumstances, to enjoy life in spite of setbacks and challenges.
Throughout her life, Bonnie St. John has struggled with daily “joy stealers.” In this book, she shares her experiences along the perpetual journey for joy—stories that will teach you how to find joy in each and every day, no matter how unlikely it may seem. Each chapter holds a piece of the puzzle, the building blocks to living a life with joy: hope, confidence, positivity, authenticity, humility, friendship, resilience, and faith. As you read, embrace each notion and apply it to your life. As you do, you will find you are better able to truly become your own source of joy." - Hachette Books
You can visit her on the Web at www.bonniestjohn.com.
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Work in Progress: An Unfinished Woman’s Guide to Grace
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Work in Progress: An unfinished Woman’s Guide to Grace by Kristin Armstrong
ABOUT THIS BOOK…”When Kristin Armstrong was in the pit of her divorce, she eagerly read every spiritual book and devotional she could get her hands on out of a hunger to connect with someone who knew exactly what she was going through and how she felt. Now, at a time when society offers so many conflicting messages about what it means to be a woman, Kristin invites readers to discover grace as a way of life. Using real-life anecdotes, biblical wisdom, and insight born of hard experience, Kristin teaches women the twelve traits of grace, inviting reflection and interaction. Warm, engaging, and practical, WORK IN PROGRESS examines what God has to say about being His kind of woman in the twenty-first century.”
FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS…Armstrong touches up on the topics of beauty, confidence, softness, trust, truth, generosity, forgiveness, courage, diligence, wisdom, authenticity, and freedom. I found her use of Bible verses throughout her book and her interpretations of them relating to various situations in life to be very helpful in better understanding them. Amazing to me how books always pop into my life at different moments when I most need them for some particular purpose.
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Hearts of Stone
FROM THE AUTHOR'S PRESS RELEASE..."Prophetic dreams were very important in Biblical times to Jacob, Joseph and the Egyptian pharaohs as dreams had a major impact on people's daily lives and on decisions made. But in 2009 most people will scoff at dreams that portend to predict future events.
Hearts of Stone is a collection of dreams the author has had for almost 50 years, most of which have come true within a two-week period. Kate's dreams have correctly predicted deaths, accidents, hurricanes, the advent of AIDS, plane crashes, 9-11, the Valdez oil spill, the Challenger explosion, the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, and have included detailed information about the End Times.
But in spite of a remarkable record of truth, governments, media representatives, co-workers and others back away from Kate when she shares a dream's content and often scoff at her - for two weeks, at least, until the event occurs."
FROM THE BOOK FAERY REVIEWS...Gessner shares her dreams as she believes they are messages from God. After reading this book, it makes one stop to think about previous dreams and how they could have applied to their own lives; at least I know I did. Perhaps God is sending us messages of what we should be doing and dreams is just another channel in which HE can speak to us.
This is not a book I would normally pick up and buy but it was still interesting. It would have been an interesting coffee chat with the author in person.
A free online version of her book can be found here: http://katesdreams.proboards50.com/index.cgi?board=hearts&action=display&thread=186
The author's site is located at Kate's Dreams.
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