For the Love | September Book Club

In this raucous ride to freedom for modern women, Jen Hatmaker bares the refreshing wisdom, wry humor, no-nonsense faith, liberating insight, and fearless honesty that have made her beloved by women worldwide. Jen shares her insight and wisdom with us in “For the Love” and it is most read for woman of all ages.  You will want to share this insightful book with you daughter’s, mother and friends.  Be sure it is on your must read list!!!

“The only thing worse than this unattainable standard is the guilt that follows when perfection proves impossible. We measure our performance against an invented standard and come up wanting, and it’s destroying our joy.” Jen Hatmaker

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The Book of Forgiving | August Book Club

In The Book of Forgiving, Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Mpho, explain the four-step process of forgiveness—Telling the Story, Naming the Hurt, Granting Forgiveness, and Renewing or Releasing the Relationship—as well as offer meditations, exercises, and prayers to guide the reader along the way.

The perfect companion for your forgiveness journey, The Book of Forgiving lays out the simple but profound truths about the significance of forgiveness and why granting forgiveness is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves.

This is a special book and I will be hosting a special movie about forgiveness, Just Let Go on September 28th. You can like them on Facebook and see the movie trailer: https://www.facebook.com/JustLetGoMovie?fref=ts It is a Fathom movie event and will be shown for one night all over the county on September 28th. The producers of Just Let Go have teamed up with Desmond Tuto to tell people about the Forgiveness Challenge.  You can find out frequently ask question and more about the Forgiveness Challenge here: https://www.forgivenesschallenge.com/faq/  This is a special book that will help in your walk to forgive.

"Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to the person who harmed us... Until we can forgive the person who harmed us, they will hold the keys to our happiness, they will be our jailor."

Desmond & Mpho Tutu, The Book of Forgiving

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"Bishop Tutu and his daughter Mpho reveal groundbreaking insights as to how to acknowledge and resolve our lifelong burdens of anguish and pain towards a new paradigm of transformative healing." - Annie Lennox

"A primer for not only finding the path for healing ourselves and the world, but for restoring balance in our biology, mind, and spirit." - Deepak Chopra, author of What Are You Hungry For?

"Includes instructions on how to forgive, as well as scientific and moral reasons to do so. No one is unforgiveable; it takes a moral icon such as Tutu to credibly assert this....This book belongs on nightstands, shelves, and altars everywhere."  - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"There is no one who embodies the virtue of forgiveness like Desmond Tutu. With this book, he and his daughter take forgiveness out of the realm of mystery and offer a handbook on forgiveness, revealing this most exacting and freeing of human capacities in all its complexity and transformative achievability."- Krista Tippett, Host/Executive Producer of On Being

Fly a Little Higher | June Book Club

"Okay, Lord, you can have him. But if he must die, I want it to be for something big. I want someone's life to be changed forever."

This is what Laura Sobiech prayed when she found out her seventeen-year-old son had only one year to live. With this desperate prayer, she released her son to God's will.

At that point, Zach Sobiech was just another teenager battling cancer. When his mother told him to think about writing good-bye letters to family and friends, he decided instead to write songs. One of them, "Clouds," captured hearts and changed not one life but millions, making him an international sensation.

But Zach's story is not just about music. It's a testament to what can happen when you live as if each day might be your last. It's a story about the human spirit. It's about how God used a dying boy from a small town in Minnesota to touch the hearts of millions--including top executives in the music industry, major music artists, news anchors, talk show hosts, actors, priests and pastors, and school children across the globe.

Zach once said, "I want to be known as the kid who went down fighting, and didn't really lose." Fly a Little Higher is about how God used Zach to do something big.

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The Target Book Club Edition is now available at your local Target or at Target.com.
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Zach's story is inspirational and I wanted to share it with you.  It’s the perfect summer read and the music video will inspire you and give you hope.  Look at all the famous people that have been touch by Zach’s story!! http://flyalittlehigher.com/ 

Katie Couric
Award-winning journalist and TV personality

Once in a blue moon, you meet someone who changes you. Though I never met Zach Sobiech, his grace in the face of a devastating prognosis was a beautiful thing to witness. The fact that his mother, Laura, and entire family were able to accompany him on his journey with such strength and courage (not to mention love and laughter) is a powerful lesson, not about dying, but about

Jason Mraz
Grammy-winning artist

Zach is an example of how one can choose to live one's life powerfully. His life and music will live on, sharing a beautiful message.

Bryan Cranston
Award-winning actor

Zach was a special spirit on earth. And though he was taken, all too soon, from...all those who loved him, he touched many people throughout the world with his talent and smile.

Read more: http://www.delilah.com/articles/book-club-466911/fly-a-little-higher-13725297/#ixzz459dsn1bV

Orphan Train

Written By: Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America's past—and it includes a special PS section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more.

Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to "aging out" out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse...

As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. This book reflects on how two people who seem so different can really have so much in common. Put Orphan Train on your summer reading list !

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"A lovely novel about the search for family that also happens to illuminate a fascinating and forgotten chapter of American history. Beautiful." 
- Ann Packer, NYT bestselling author of The Dive From Clausen's Pier and Swim Back to Me

"Christina Baker Kline's latest wonder, Orphan Train, makes for compulsive reading--this is a story of resilience in the face of tremendous odds and oppressive loneliness. Meticulously researched and yet full of the breath of life, Kline's novel takes us on an historical journey where survival depends upon one's own steely backbone, and the miracle of a large and generous heart."
- Helen Schulman, NYT bestselling author of This Beautiful Life

"In Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline reminds us that we never really lose anyone or anything or – perhaps most importantly – ourselves."
- Ann Hood, NYT bestselling author of The Knitting Circle

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Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child

I never really thought of myself as a "middle child". Gifted computer hacker? Check. Fashion trailblazer? Double-check. Finest prankster in my sixth grade class? Triple check, but then something happened. Things messy, you see I did something really bad, and I mean really, really bad. Bad enough to get expelled for, bad enough to have to move cities for, AND even bad enough to be sent to a shrink for.

At first, I thought Dr. Scales was just a sad old man with a hazardous dandruff problem, but you know what? By the end of the summer, I was a changed girl. But then in our last session, the day before my brand new middle school life was about to start, he gave me a mission:

Find the most bullied, friendless, hopeless, laughed at, lonely girl in the entire school and befriend her.

Her name was Marta the Farta and you could see her from space, she was that bad. She looked like a homeless Disney princess. Her teeth were the color of butter, her hair defied gravity and provided homes for small animals, and yes, she loved to fart. But she was also the most talented gymnast I'd ever seen in my life. We're talking Olympics time and all she wanted was to get on the gym team, but the mean girls wouldn't let her. So anyway, this is the story of how I changed her life and yeah, alright, fine, how she changed mine.

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REVIEWS

"In her first book for children, adult author Lennon (Making It Up as I Go Along) offers a fast-moving story with a satirical edge." 
-Publisher's Weekly

"Readers will admire the unabashedly quirky Charlie as she embarks upon her journey of self-understanding and transformation with verve." 
-Kirkus Reviews

"Confessions is a funny story with a fresh and sassy, winning heroine who develops into a loyal and resourceful friend, daughter, and sister." 
-School Library Journal

Make it Happen

Written by: Lara Casey

You were created for a purpose, and it's time to make it happen.

Make It Happen is the story of how I surrendered my fear, took the leap, and got a life. In my case, a perfectly imperfect, fulfilling life as a mama, a working woman, and a grateful wife. This is the story of how I chose to make "it"-a greater purpose than mine-happen, and how you can too.

Make It Happen is for

• women who find themselves worried, anxious, and completely overwhelmed by the constant chase for perfection
• those seeking the courage to jump into a new venture
• working women who are struggling to "do it all"
• weary wives and moms looking for relief from burning the candle at both ends
• anyone who dreams of a life lived not by accident, but on purpose

Your time has come to take a leap of faith. Join me as we surrender our fears, end the chase for perfection, and say yes to cultivating the meaningful lives God desires for us.

You know all those things you've always wanted to do? 
You should go do them.


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"Want to exchange your fear for faith and move forward into all God has for you? Lara shows by example how to sort through the clutter and chaos of your life to find what really matters. So many of us hold dreams and we don't know what to do with them. Lara is a master at unraveling purpose and helping you move forward with freedom and joy."
--Jennie Allen
Founder, IF :Gathering and Author, Restless

"Finally there's someone to remind us that making things happen is more than just trying to accomplish everything that might happen on our to-do lists. Instead she explains how we often glorify busyness and then goes on to offer important helps to find and follow the real success equation—the one that will allow you to live on purpose."
--Jeremy Cowart
Artist, Author, Humanitarian

"My days and weeks are filled with meeting with women of our generation, online and in my living room. I can't tell you how often I find myself asking them, ‘Have you heard of Lara Casey?' God has wired Lara in the most beautiful way to fire women up while simultaneously soaking them in grace and hope through her story and her wisdom. This book is one that I cannot wait to pass across the table because I know it offers the truth and encouragement that so many women are desperately searching for."
--Jess Connolly
Entrepreneur and Writer

"If you've spent most of your life living between feeling like you are either not enough or way too much, you will want to read Make It Happen. Lara Casey's personal history and her relentless pursuit of perfection (and ultimate surrender to grace) provide the perfectbackdrop to help you go from feeling overwhelmed to living on purpose. You won't put down the book feeling more overwhelmed, but with an actionable plan filled with reminders from Lara that you're already enough and never too much."
--Hayley Morgan
Cofounder, Influence Network
Creative Director, Wildly Co.

 

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain

Written by: Megan Bourdreaux
 

"It took months of God waking me up in the middle of the night before I realized I was the one He was calling to leave my comfortable American life and move to Haiti."

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain is the inspirational memoir of an accomplished and driven twenty-four-year-old who quit her job, sold everything, and moved to Haiti alone--all without a clear plan of action. Megan Boudreaux had visited Haiti on a few humanitarian trips, but each trip multiplied her sense that someone needed to address the devastation--especially as it affected the children, many of whom were kept as household slaves on the poverty-stricken and earthquake-wrecked Caribbean island.

Three years later—on the former site of voodoo worship in Gressier--six acres atop Bellevue Mountain are home to the nonprofit Respire Haiti. Many still come to the area to make animal sacrifices, but Megan and her staff of nearly two hundred are transforming this community as they educate, feed, and address the needs.

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Miracle on Voodoo Mountain by Megan Boudreaux is a very inspiring, heartfelt book. The book chronicles Boudreaux's journey as she finds her life purpose in Haiti, starting an organization that does humanitarian work and helps children in need. The book was very interesting, and because the content is so compelling, it is definitely a page-turner! Though many people reading the book may not be called to the mission field, the book is very easy to relate to, and Boudreaux is a great role model for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world.

Boudreaux writes the book in an intriguing and genuine manner. Readers will especially like this book if they want to learn more about Haiti, mission trips, or Megan Boudreaux's specific ministry, Respire Haiti.

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain really is a story about a miracle, and readers will be touched after finishing it. Additionally, readers will enjoy learning about Boudreaux's personal life through the book; she eventually [spoiler alert] adopts two little girls from Haiti and marries someone who shares her passion for Haiti… 
—Oak Tree Critic

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Unsaid

What would the world look like after you passed on? What if you were still on the scene watching events unfold, watching the people you care about carry on after your death? What if those people, who are only connected by you, gravitated together for a greater purpose? Helena Colden, a veterinarian who has just died of breast cancer is witnessing those events take place.

Neil Abramson’s book, Unsaid, is told from Helena’s perspective as she watches her husband, her farm life and the animals she loves suffer in life after her death. She watches her husband, David, struggle to take on the care of her farm animals while getting back to his life as a high-powered Manhattan attorney. She watches him crumble under the weight of depression and the demands of his work. She watches her loyal animal companions be neglected as a result of her absence.

As I pictured David’s life unraveling before me, my heart tore out for him. I wanted to make him sit down and slow down, take a breath and mourn. I wanted to help him with his animals and talk him thru his pain. I wanted to make him take more time before going back to his stressful job. But of course, he quickly gets thrust back into the demands of his fast-paced career.

David ends up in the courtroom on behalf of Helena’s old research associate who has raised and cared for a now-threatened chimpanzee that has made amazing breakthroughs in communication. The drama that unfolds before Helena threads together pieces of her life in a story that shows the special bonds between people and their pets. It shows the healing power of animals; it shows how they connect with us and communicate with us on many levels.

Having grieved the loss of pets and people, having rescued and raised horses, dogs, cats, and a variety of other animals, the book especially hits home with me. Each of my animals have their own distinct personalities and communicate in their own way. Each of them is an integral part of my life, like a piece of the puzzle that makes my life more complete. Even when it comes time to let them go, I know I’m better for having loved and having been loved by such loyal companions. Go get Neil’s book Unsaid today, curl up with your loyal companion and enjoy this wonderfully compelling story.

The Invention of Wings

Written by: Sue Monk Kidd

The Invention of Wings, a powerful and sweeping historical novel by Sue Monk Kidd, begins, fittingly, with an image of flight: Hetty "Handful", who has grown up as a slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, recalls the night her mother told her that her ancestors in Africa could fly over trees and clouds. That day, Handful's mother, Charlotte, gave her daughter the gift of hope— the possibility that someday she might regain her wings and fly to freedom.  Throughout Kidd's exquisitely written story, Handful struggles, sometimes with quiet dissidence, sometimes with open rebellion, to cultivate a belief in the invincibility of her spirit and in the sacred truth that one does not need actual wings in order to rise.

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Here's what makes The Invention of Wings extraordinary—and why I am thrilled to announce it as my third selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0: Sue Monk Kidd has written a conversation changer. It is impossible to read this book and not come away thinking differently about our status as women and about all the unsung heroines who played a role in getting us to where we are. 
—Oprah

In a world beset by modern-day slavery, this is a resonant, illuminating novel. It is a story about searching for a voice to express inexpressible pain. Handful's "slave tongue" dialect is filled with hurt, longing and defiance, while Sarah, who struggles with speech, "pulled words up from her throat like she was raising water from a well". It's when they find voices to articulate the pain of being silenced that they pave their path to freedom… 
—The Guardian

Kidd’s sweeping novel is set in motion on Sarah’s eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next thirty-five years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other’s destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love.

As the stories build to a riveting climax, Handful will endure loss and sorrow, finding courage and a sense of self in the process. Sarah will experience crushed hopes, betrayal, unrequited love, and ostracism before leaving Charleston to find her place alongside her fearless younger sister, Angelina, as one of the early pioneers in the abolition and women’s rights movements.

Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her characters, both real and invented, including Handful’s cunning mother, Charlotte, who courts danger in her search for something better. 
—Good Reads.com

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Walk to Beautiful

Written by: Jimmy Wayne

Imagine being thirteen, in a strange city, hundreds of miles away from home, and your mom abandons you at a bus station, driving off into the night with her lover.

It's a miracle Jimmy Wayne survived his growing-up years. Hungry, homeless, and bouncing in and out of the foster care system, Jimmy spent more nights wandering and sleeping in the streets than he cares to remember. His father left before he was born. And his mama, when she wasn't in a mental hospital or behind bars for various small offenses, was simply too overwhelmed, trying to survive herself.  

Walk to Beautiful is the powerfully emotive account of Jimmy's childhood and the unconditional love and acceptance Russell and Bea Costner gave to Jimmy. This elderly couple provided a stable home and the chance for him to complete his education. Jimmy says of Bea, "She changed every cell in my body." After his high school graduation, Jimmy went on to earn a degree in Criminal Justice because, as he says, "I knew a lot about it." But in his heart Jimmy wanted to write songs and sing. 

A music company opened its doors to Jimmy, and he moved to Nashville to pursue his dreams. He had several memorable hits, such as I Love You This Much, Paper Angels, and Do You Believe Me Now, which remained at #1 for three consecutive weeks on the Billboard Chart.

But success was not satisfying. Jimmy remembered where he came from, and he wanted to give back. With his Meet Me Halfway campaign—a 1,700 mile walk from Nashville to Phoenix—Jimmy walked halfway across America, raising awareness for foster children. Along the way he not only found a lot of crazy things, such as coins, keys, a plastic Jesus, and a Lucille Ball ashtray; but he also found himself. And more important, he found a way to forgive the people who had hurt him. Jimmy learned how to walk to beautiful—and so can you.

REVIEWS

• “Curveballs, sinkers, and change-ups -- life has thrown all at Jimmy Wayne, and he has not only managed them; he has hit them out of the park! When Jimmy and I first met, we were two guys from Bessemer City High School who had big dreams and little more.  Jimmy’s incredible story in Walk to Beautiful is evidence that with faith and hard work, dreams still come true." - Kevin Millwood. Major League Baseball Player
   

• “We were blessed to hear Jimmy Wayne’s story as he shared them with our family at our home.  Walk to Beautiful  presents a challenge to all of us to live out the biblical charge to help children that are in need (Matthew 25:40) can make a difference.”  - Bubba and Cindy Cathy. Chick-fil-A
   

• “Jimmy Wayne’s Walk to Beautiful weaves the complexities of life, love, faith, hope and the eternal validity of the soul.  This is a deep down-in-the- gut story.  A uniquely American tale of truth that exposes a shadow culture in our country in a way that cannot be rivaled by even the finest fiction.  If a person is defined by experience, then Jimmy Wayne and his story should be an example for a profound effect on the world and everyone around us” - John Oates of Hall and Oates
   

• “I was very touched by reading Walk to Beautiful.  It is an incredible story, so well-written, and Jimmy Wayne is an inspiration.  What a way God has of working things out.  I guess if he can true water into wine, he can certainly make lemonade out of lemons.  It reads like a movie to me, and if so I’ll be the first one in a seat to see it .“ - Dolly Parton
   

• “Jimmy Wayne’s story is as powerful as it is heartbreaking.  Walk to Beautiful offers, hope, inspiration, and incontrovertible proof that one person can make a difference.” - Cynthia Sanz. Editor, People Country

A Travel Guide to Life

Written by: Anthony DeStefano

For the many inspired by Anthony DeStefano's A Travel Guide to Heaven -a remarkable tour of the pleasures God has in store for us in the next and everlasting life-more inspiration is here in A TRAVEL GUIDE TO LIFE, offering an enlightening tour of the kind of deeply meaningful and happy life we can live here on earth. DeStefano outlines the path that can lead each and every one of us to renewed faith, understanding and fulfillment. With simplicity, honesty and a personal and practical look at the challenges God places before us, he outlines a reassuring and hopeful framework for living the life God has designed for us all ... even if we're not sure (yet) that we're true believers.

DeStefano offers hope and optimism to everyone-committed Christians as well as struggling doubters, agnostics and even atheists-whether we've lived exemplary lives or are sinners who've lost all hope, whether we're struggling to keep a roof overhead and food on the table or are seemingly successful and surrounded by material wealth.

This frank and inspiring guide incorporates that crucial element so often missing from other self-help and personal development books about living a happy life: spirituality and a living, working faith in God. Clear and basic "Lifetime Principles" are at its heart, to be followed whenever we are ready to begin, no matter the lives we've lived, no matter the baggage we carry, no matter the faith we've had (or lacked) up until now:

Accept yourself as one person - body, mind and spirit, all connected and interrelated - the way God created you.

Make a decision to start over - you can do it any time, on one tiny part of life or everything in it - and begin living the way God intends.

Take action - start with just one small step and each successive one will be easier - following the example God gave us as Jesus moved from infancy to manhood and wisdom, His momentum growing step by step.

Put God first - most importantly of all - wholeheartedly if you can, or hesitatingly if your heart still harbors doubt.

DeStefano's personal no-holds-barred yet joyful style is always positive, always encouraging. Travelers who take this incredible journey with him will come to truly understand that when we take up the crosses in our lives - the whole of our lives, the good and the not-so-good - and follow God, He will transform it all, making everything brand new and granting us the strength, peace and happiness for which we yearn.

So take heart. Take hold of the powerful path open to you on the pages of A TRAVEL GUIDE TO LIFE. And take your place in God's happy universe, living out the humble requests asked in the prayer taught by Jesus Himself: "...Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."

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TESTIMONIALS

"I love that Anthony DeStefano has a deep and abiding faith, but does not preach or make you feel like you are being lecture. His book, A Travel Guide to Life, presents God's wonderful truths and love in a way that shines!" —Delilah

“Anthony’s book shows that every human being is a miracle; that we are not just our bodies, but rather, we are soul and spirit, and are therefore capable of achieving miraculous things during this adventure called life.” —Tony Robbins

"Move over, Dr. Phil! Anthony DeStefano's advice on how to turn your problem-filled life into something to celebrate is bare-bones, no-holds barred, no bull and spot-on brilliant." —Kathie Lee Gifford, Co-Host, NBC’s Today show

“In his new book, A Travel Guide to Life: Transforming Yourself from Head to Soul, Anthony DeStefano provides a clear and concise road map to a fulfilled and happy life, and makes the compelling case that we must be God-centered in order to experience true joy. While the book provides solid self-help techniques, Anthony helps show us that the way to happiness is to know, love, and serve God in this life, so that we might experience everlasting happiness with Him in Heaven." —Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York

 

Heaven is For Real

Written by: Todd Burpo

“Do you remember the hospital, Colton?” Sonja said. “Yes, mommy, I remember,” he said. “That’s where the angels sang to me.”

When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren’t expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that followed—a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their little boy’s trip to heaven and back.

Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery–and authenticated that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he had not yet learned to read.

With disarming innocence and the plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how “really, really big” God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using Colton’s uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, “Nobody is old and nobody wears glasses.”

Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a child.

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TESTIMONIALS

"…One of the absolutely most helpful books I have read in the last several years…." —Delilah

"…This book helped me at a critical time in my life, and I know it will for millions of other people, as well"… —Delilah

Jesus Calling

The other day I was struggling with something personal; it had to do with a situation that could turn out several ways depending on how I chose to handle it. It was overwhelming to consider my choices, and the only thing I could think to do at the time was to pray for guidance in the matter. So I did. I went into my room and really spilled my heart out and asked for peace to the tug of war emotions I was feeling.

When I finished, I noticed a little book on my nightstand titled Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. It’s a book of devotions for every day of the year, based on scripture, and written as if Jesus were speaking to us. I don’t know why, but I skipped over the devotion for that day and decided to flip open the book to any old page and start reading. I happened to land on the devotion for November 19 and here is what I read:

Leave outcomes up to Me. Follow Me wherever I lead, without worrying about how it will all turn out. Think of your life as an adventure, with Me as your Guide and Companion. Live in the now, concentrating on staying in step with Me. When our path leads to a cliff, be willing to climb it with My help. When we come to a resting place, take time to be refreshed in My Presence. Enjoy the rhythm of life lived close to Me.

You already know the ultimate destination of your journey: your entrance into heaven. So keep your focus on the path just before you, leaving outcomes up to Me. Psalm 27: 13-14; Exodus 15:13

In an instant, I felt the peace I was seeking. Obviously, I still had to address the matter at some point, but I knew God was with me and that He would determine the outcome of the situation. The worry that had burdened me before was replaced with a calm and assurance that things would turn out okay.

This example is easily the best way I can describe Jesus Calling, which I have chosen to be my featured publication for my Delilah Book Club this month. It’s a just-larger-than-palm-sized book that is packed full of reassurance that God is with us, He loves us, He is in control and has a plan for us. We forget to consider these things sometimes, but imagine how much more comforting it would be if we started each day with a reminder. Jesus Calling does just that for us 365 days of the year.

Do not start the New Year without Jesus Calling. Do not start your day without it. In fact, its small size makes it the perfect thing to tuck into a Christmas stocking so get it for yourself and buy it for someone you love. You can also download the book here and start reading it right now. May you find a new closeness with Christ thru His loving words of hope and encouragement all year long.

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Michael Vey 3: Battle of the Ampere

Most of today's books for young adults don’t represent the types of values we want for our kids. From sex, drugs and suicide to plots where parents and teachers are villains, these books play to the fear and depression that so many kids experience. The #1 national bestselling Michael Vey series is different. Michael Vey teaches kids deep lessons about faith, family and the power of friendship—and it does so without ever feeling like a 'message' book. Join the thousands of others who’ve used this series to start family book clubs and help their kids rediscover the power of their own imagination. 

 

Cross Roads

Cross Roads tells the story of a driven man who falls into a coma and experiences relational entanglements that allow him to revisit choices he made during his life. In the ICU after a cerebral hemorrhage, powerful businessman Anthony Spencer awakens to find himself in a surreal world. Literally able to see through the eyes and experiences of others, he is faced with the consequences of his own choices. Winnipeg Free Press calls Cross Roads "Inspiring…Young's spirituality is outside the box."

Join Delilah’s Book Club by visiting her website at www.Delilah.com. To get the new paperback, visit Hachette Book Group and to read an e-book version with Delilah’s notes and commentary visit The Copia. Both choices will give readers access to Delilah’s Book Club online community, discussion questions, and the latest comments from Delilah and fellow readers.

Setting up an account is free using your email or Facebook account and takes just moments to start participating at your own pace. Read along and prepare to be surprised by the touching storytelling of the everyday choices we are given and how each day is forever changed by those decisions.

PRAISE

"Inspiring….Young's spirituality is outside the box."
—Winnipeg Free Press

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