Valentine's Sweepstake Winner

Congratulations to Meghan Fletcher - Librarian of Southdale Bible Chapel. She's the winner of the Valentine's Sweepstake Prize - "The Marriage You've Always Wanted." by Gary Chapman. Your copy will be in the mail shortly.

Valentine's Day Sweepstake!

Hey Everyone! First of all, something really screwy is happening with my computer or something. My blog won't make paragraphs or allow pictures for some reason. Sorry about how hard this may be to read and for the fact that there's no picture of the book! Grrrr _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________ Seeing as how it's closing in on Valentine's Day and all, I thought I'd have another sweepstake for a copy of the book to be reviewed today. It's called "The Marriage You've Always Wanted" by Gary Chapman. He's the bestselling author of "The 5 Love Languages". If you'd like your name put in to the draw, leave me your name and email. The draw will be held February 14th - for obvious reasons. This is the sort of book that could radically change a marriage. Perhaps I'm partial because I myself feel like a broken record going around saying Love has nothing to do with Like. Love has nothing to do with Like. Love has nothing to do with Like. This book does a great job of spelling that out and showing what it really looks like and how to make it a reality. Not to mention, if you can get the love part down, the like will come. Who doesn't like a loving person? Sooo, do you want a free copy? Let me know! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________ The following are not my words but I thought you might be interested.________________________________________________________________ THE MARRIAGE YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED You can picture the perfect marriage in your mind, but re-creating it in reality doesn’t come easy. Trusted counselor and relationship expert Dr. Gary Chapman reasons that the most sought-after ingredient in any marriage is true oneness. In The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted, he presents expert wisdom and common sense methods to establishing that true unity on emotional and practical levels. Discover the wit and insight that makes his worldwide presentations and marriage conferences so popular. Are you trying to change your spouse? Do you know what it means to really love someone? Do you feel ignored or even alone in your effort to improve your marriage? Dr. Chapman has answers and action steps on topics from expressing your emotions to managing your money, all in a format that will have you and your spouse talking and learning with every page. _________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DR. GARY CHAPMAN As anyone who has attended one of his marriage conferences knows, Dr. Gary Chapman’s expertise in marriage begins with the success and failures he and his wife Karolyn have experienced in their marriage for more than 45 years. He is just the man to turn to for help on improving or healing our most important relationships. His own life experiences, plus over thirty-five years of pastoring and marriage counseling, led him to publish his first book in the Love Language series, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate. Many of the millions of readers credit this continual New York Times bestseller with saving their marriages by showing them simple and practical ways to communicate love. Since the success of his first book, Dr. Chapman has expanded his Five Love Languages series with special editions that reach out specifically to singles, men, and parents of teens and young children. He is the author of numerous other books published by Moody Publishers/Northfield Publishing, including Anger, The Family You’ve Always Wanted, The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted, Desperate Marriages, God Speaks Your Love Language, How to Really Love Your Adult Child, and Hope for the Separated. With Dr. Jennifer Thomas, he co-authored The Five Languages of Apology. Dr. Chapman speaks to thousands of couples nationwide through his weekend marriage conferences. He hosts a nationally syndicated radio program, A Love Language Minute, and a Saturday morning program, Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, both airing on more than 400 stations. Dr. Chapman and his wife have two grown children and currently live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he serves as senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church. Dr. Chapman holds BA and MA degrees in anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University, respectively, MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has completed postgraduate work at the University of North Carolina and Duke University ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”): Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing this prize for the giveaway. Choice of winners and opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I did receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post. Only one entrant per mailing address, per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you are not eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification.”

"Praying for Boys" - review

I've been having a real roller coaster of opinions on this book. "Praying for Boys" by Brooke McGlothlin really caught my attention by the title alone because I have boys and desire nothing more than to see them become mighty warriors for Christ. Once I got the book (which I received free in exchange for an honest review), and started reading, I was disappointed because the author's boys are way younger than mine. Great. What is she going teach me when she hasn't even gone through the life stages I have? Hence the first dip in the roller coast ride. By the author's own confession, this book isn't a parenting book. It's a prayer book. Once I got to the end of the first chapter and saw this book for what it really is, my roller coaster soared again. It's intended to show you how to pray for your sons using Scripture and there are verses that you can plug your child's name into every couple of pages. Each list of verses is themed around an area of desire or concern. Admittedly, the beginning of the book is a bit wordy but stick with it.

A Match Made in Texas review

Sorry but my keyboard is acting up so you will have to excuse the odd punctuation. Book review time. This time the book is *A Match Made in Texas* by Karen Witemeyer, Mary Connealy, Regina Jennings, and Carol Cox. It was actually four stories in one. This book was a hoot to read. Talk about a silly romance! This one just might take the cake. Girl in need, handsome man whose handy, after knowing each other for 4 days (which consists mostly of miscommunication) they realize they canèt stand to live apart and he proposes. REALLY! A couple of times I actually laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of it all. But, I still enjoyed it. It was clean, God was mentioned a few times and I had fun reading it. What more could I ask forÉ BTW, I got this book free in exchange for an honest opinion.

All Heaven Will Break Loose

I just finished reading "All Heaven will Break Loose" by Joy Dawson and am firmly convinced that this will help someone, many someones...but not me. I suppose perhaps I'm not in the place the author is speaking to - which is okay. It's sort of like when you're in church and you're crying your eyes out because God is convicting you of something and you look around and everyone else is bored - except in reverse. Ms. Dawson's book will no doubt drive some people to their knees and will get people going in the right direction so I'm not going to say don't read it. In fact, one thing she did say that made me think was no matter what someone's denomination is, we all have the same enemy. Never thought about that before. Good point. Perhaps it's time to quite judging other denominations and start praying for them instead. BTW, I was given this book free in exchange for an honest opinion.