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I received the Time with God for Fathers devotional by Jack Countryman from Thomas Nelson Publishing!! This is a beautiful book. The hard maroon cover on the outside and cream colored pages on the inside gives the book a beautiful antique look.
The devotional is not date specific and covers an array of topics. Each devotional consists of a passage of Scripture and a message from the author. They are quick reads and each cover important aspects of being a father. This devotional provides the encouragement many fathers need daily. The focus of this book isn't to teach a man how to be a father, but to bring him closer to God so that he may become a better father by following the example God sets for us. The book also includes a list of Biblical references for topics in the back of the book, as well as a section for notes at the back of the book.
This is a great gift for Father's Day! I highly recommend this book for all dads, whether you are a new dad, or already have grandchildren... spending time with God will only make you a better dad, a better example to your children and grandchildren God's true love for us!
The critical topics of fatherhood include:
The importance of worship, obedience, what to do when troubles come, how to have courage and overcome fear, examining your attitude, finding strength and learning to be patient, trusting God and having the patience to wait on Him, etc. The topics chosen are absolutely fantastic and the verses selected are vital to a father's faith walk. The thing I loved most about each topic was the commentary that went with each Scripture. As if the Scriptures were not enough, the commentary takes you deeper in your faith and reads as a devotional. So, the book is not merely a collection of pertinent Scriptures, but an expansion of those Truths to help the Father fight the fight of faith.
If you own only one book about quilting it should be this one. It has everything in it and explains in great detail how to do each trick of the trade. I have several Quilting Books and Magazines from very special artists and let me tell you I wish I would have found this book first. It certainly would have saved me a great deal of money.........or I would have just spent it all on fabric. Who knows!!!
It starts out with all the instruments and equipments you will need, then it tells you what you will learn one section at a time. Naturally it sounds a little overwhelming but it really isn't. It also tells you how to see how much fabric you would need for a certain section which is very helpful since the really nice fabric is not cheap you know.
It also has lots of how to pictures to help you along. As you can see I just can't quit talking about this book. I think I need to go sit down with my cup of coffee and go over it all again.
As usual this book was given to me from FSB Associates in return of my honest feelings about this book. If I could afford it I would give it to any person just starting out. In return for this book I was to write a review of this book and I have done that. You will enjoy this one.
Every once in awhile you read one of those books that keeps you captivated for hours and it's hard to even put down. I find that I also clench my teeth through the whole book. I can say that my jaw and teeth felt the effects of Lilly's Wedding Quilt the next day as it took me less than twelve straight hours of teeth clenching reading to finish.
The first chapter starts off with a horse thief and finding a way to hide the fact that somebody is shot and trying to hide the stolen horse. When Lilly comes across the man she has been in love with since grade school hiding in a barn with a gunshot she realizes that he is the horse thief and is willing to help him cover it up because he is going to offer to buy the horse for above it's price to protect it from it's abusive owner. Amongst it all they manage to "accidentally" announce to their community that they are engaged and will be married in three weeks.
As they have a whirl-wind three weeks they could call off the engagement but decide they made the announcement they must go through with it and will learn to love each other. We get to go on their journey to find how to love each other and accept each others passions, which neither cared for to begin with.
Kelly Long has joined the ranks of one of my favorite artists as I couldn't even think about putting this book down until it's finish at one in the morning. I was on edge waiting for each other to come the realization that the love they were wanting was right there. Kelly had an amazing ability to keep me turning and wondering where this new adventure would be taking our characters. I highly, highly recommend Lilly's Wedding Quilt by Kelly Long.
I was given this complimentary book to post a review for Thomas Nellson publishers, I received no monetary gain for my endeavor.
In Chelsea Cain's latest thriller, "The Night Season," Homicide Detective Archie Sheridan is on the trail of a psychotic killer who uses a most unusual weapon to dispatch his victims. Sheridan has stopped popping pain pills and dutifully attends his psychotherapy sessions. However, he will never forget the torture and humiliation that Gretchen Lowell, known as "the Beauty Killer," inflicted on him. "His scars were as much a part of him as his eye color." This time around, Cain wisely puts Gretchen on the back burner; the "Beauty Killer" makes a brief appearance, but is not the story's central focus.
Archie has his hands full: The dead body of a woman is found on a carousel; skeletal remains that were missing for sixty years have suddenly surfaced; and a nine-year-old boy is missing. At Archie's side is Susan Ward, an aggressive, sassy, and extremely sharp reporter with an aptitude for digging up arcane facts. She writes a "quirky crime roundup column" and is always on the lookout for juicy material. She sports raspberry-colored hair and rainbow striped boots, smokes cigarettes, and wisecracks incessantly. Archie has a soft spot in his heart for the irrepressible Susan, so he gives her more leeway than he would to most reporters.
Meanwhile, a potential catastrophe threatens the city. Two weeks of heavy rains ("the kind of rain that got in your eyes and streamed down your cheeks") have pummeled Portland, Oregon, and the Willamette River is threatening to overflow. Cain maintains an excruciating level of suspense, nicely tying the menace of the rising waters to the search for a serial killer who enjoys watching people die. The scenes depicting the out-of-control flood waters washing away everything in their path are terrifyingly realistic.
Along with Archie, who is daring and heroic, the author showcases the ever lively and curious Susan (who in one scene is so uncharacteristically stupid that readers will want to shake her), the witty and astute medical examiner, Lorenzo Robbins, and Archie's friends and colleagues, Detectives Henry Sobol, Claire Masland, Jeff Heil, and FBI profiler Anne Boyd. Although the novel contains a few formulaic elements that do not quite ring true, they do not detract markedly from the book's entertainment value. "The Night Season" has sharp dialogue, an intriguing plot, a brisk prose style, and effective descriptive writing. This is a sure-fire page-turner and one of Chelsea Cain's most compelling works of fiction to date
Watch for falling ice and flying spears!
“Your Christ is a God of peace—not war!” Erik the Red said. “He has no place in Greenland.”
Mr. Whittaker, a kind but mysterious inventor, has sent cousins Patrick and Beth to Greenland through the Imagination Station. It’s the year 1000, and they meet Viking Erik the Red, who is angry about the new God. Mr. Whittaker wants the cousins to find a Sunstone, but what does one look like? And what does it have to do with the mysterious letter found in the inventor’s workshop? Most important, can Patrick and Beth find a Sunstone before Erik’s son Leif sails away with the Imagination Station on board his ship?
The key to adventure lies within your imagination! What to join Patrick and Beth on their adventures? Visit www.TheImaginationStation.com. You’ll find out more fun facts about Vikings and the animals of Greenland. Plus you’ll get the scoop on the next book, and much more!
Sounds like a fun trip doesn't it?????
