When I read this quote by Corrie ten Boom, it stopped me. I stopped to think about it for my prayer life. Prayer has been my "spare tire" but my desire is for prayer to be my "steering wheel" and this book, The Art of Amen, has helped steer me in the right direction. "Don't judge a book by its cover", they say. I broke that rule with this one. Several months ago I began reading books on prayer. While at a Christian bookstore, I spied The Art of Amen on the shelf and because the cover is so Continue Reading
Don’t Overthink It {book review}
Don’t Overthink It is a book for anyone who overthinks decisions, big or small. Author, Anne Bogel, tells us we can overcome and how to by replacing our thought patterns. Each of the practical chapters ends with the next steps to help the reader to implement changes to their decision making and second-guessing. The book came out of the author's own struggle and her how to’s to make the necessary changes to bring more joy to her life. A very encouraging book for those of us who overthink and Continue Reading
When We Need to Shift our Focus
We need to shift our focus when we get our eyes off God. It's easy to get our eyes off of God, what He is doing in our lives and seeing His hand in our circumstances. "Shift" by Abby McDonald is an excellent book to help us to be mindful so we can reverse our focus. The subtitle is "Changing Our Focus to See the Presence of God" and that's exactly what Abby's words will do as you read and apply her words. Abby shares some of her personal stories of times when she learned that by changing her Continue Reading