Danger Follows is a wonderful book for the Junior High age. Even though I am long out of this age group I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The setting sare extremely well done, from Australia to the islands. Goerky Smith's descriptions are so wonderful, they must be first hand! The situations are those that the Junior High crowd can identify with. The adventures are wonderful, with a mystery to solve. Who is Captain Bligh, and who keeps following the Wymans? It's all up to Jill to come up with the answers in this wonderful book that will interest teens and adults alike.

The format of this book is "just right" for grievers. Short sections allow the reader to read as little or as much as they can handle at one sitting. This is an excellent gift for the seasons of Fall and Winter when society inundates us with holiday celebrations and togetherness. Since September 11, 2001, this book ought to become a best-seller. I've given out at least a dozen copies to family and friends.

This is definitely THE book on centering prayer that I wish that I'd read first - rather than any of the approximately seven others. Compared to so many other books, on this topic, it provides a surprising amount of needed "how to" basics.
At the same time it is a short book, written in a light and easily flowing sort of style and tone.
While it is the book that I wish that I'd read first it also is a book that I'll repeatedly come back to - rereading portions of it that are particularly meaningful, to me. It really "says" a lot of the sort of thing that makes a person pause and think and reflect, and thus put somewhere inside onself where it can later, at the appropriate time, be brought to daily life experience.

A Review of the Book Disruptive Religion: The Force of Faith in Social-Movement Activism Review by Rev. Bruce Bouchard For those of us in the church seeking to bring positive social change, the task can often be frustrating. Members of the congregation can be quite enthusiastic in caring about others in one to one relationships. They can spend hours volunteering to visit the sick and the lonely, feed the hungry, or even to share faith with those who despair. However, when it comes to standing back from the picture of individual hurts and looking at the larger panorama of systematic injustice such as poverty, human rights abuse, or war as a means of international conflict resolution, the faithful often do not seem to see the problem. Seldom is it a matter of not caring about the pain of others, rather it is a difficulty in comprehending human hurt on a systematic level. Those who try to motivate the faithful on to bring justice and responsible conflict resolution to a larger world often feel that their pleas fall on deaf ears and all their efforts are ineffective. One might be left asking the question: "Should one even bother to try?" Disruptive Religion: The Force of Faith in Social-Movement Activism, (New York and London: Routledge , 1996) an anthology edited by Christian Smith, offers an encouraging and inside look at how religious faith has influenced social change in such differing scenarios as the civil rights movement, the election of Hitler, the anti-apartheid movement, the Iranian revolution, and workers strikes in communist Poland. Unlike many works that apply the same formula to all social problems and turn the crank, the sociologists who author these essays seek insight into the special role that religion plays in each particular situation. The essays are further arranged into five topics area that help to keep the reader focused on the various ways that religion effects the outcome of a specific social change. For example, the first topic area describes how religious groups can often be the only ones in a repressive society with the organization and leadership structure to act on behalf of the oppressed. We see this dynamic demonstrated through Aldon Morris' essay "The Black Church in the Civil Rights Movement: the SCLC as the Decentralized Radical Arm of the Black Church." A second essay by M. M. Salehi reveal a similar dynamic in a very different social setting in "Radical Islamic Insurgency in the Iranian Revolution of 1975-1979." Other topics include religious ritual as providing a setting for the development of insurgent consciousness, the church as having the capacity to mobilizes against repression, and the symbolic world of faith providing an activist identity. The final section addresses religious ideology and disruptive tactics. An article by James Aho yields some surprises as to why certain individuals join hate groups. Finally, a professor from Mount Saint Mary's College, Ron Pagnucco, compares secular and faith-based groups. He demonstrates an amazing tenacity among faith groups to persevere against defeat and discouragement. The books is well worth the reading on many levels. For the social change agent, the essays provide many well proven strategies. It is also encouraging to see that people of faith have been successful and significant in many important social movements of the late twentieth century. For the curious mind, we receive an insiders view of some of the dynamics in social change that the media missed in these one time, front page, news stories. As an added bonus: almost all of the essays are reader friendly which is not to be always expected in a scholarly work.

I like Chip Hilton books because they teach me how to be a good role model and sportsman. It teaches me how to keep my confidence, focus on the game, not on brag, and try my hardest in school. Of all the 12 books I've read this is one of the best! I hope you read them too!

After borrowing this book from our local library each Spring, I decided The Easter Book is a keeper and needed to be added to our personal library. The poetry is marvelous, capturing the essence of the season perfectly.

A.W.Tozer's book on echoes from Eden is unique to say the least. He starts with explaining that GOD loves HIMSELF and the things that HE sees in man that HE loves is the things that most remind HIM of HIMSELF. He helps the CHRISTIAN to understand the need to appropriate this love. By the end of the book he helps you to understand to the long, narrow road back to Eden. He deals with the love of GOD, the effect of sin, man's responsibilty for his sin, the BLOOD of JESUS, the power of the HOLY SPIRIT, the working of scriptures and the general understanding of GOD. This book will no doubt be a classic. Tozer was a Prophet in his generation and for anyone desiring true insight into GOD, this book is for U!

Nunca había leído un libro de tan fácil lectura y de tan profundos conocimientos aplicados a la paternidad. Josh McDowell explica, de una manera excelente, las cualidades que un padre debe buscar para conseguir del(los) hijo(s) actitudes correctas basadas en el fundamento que es la Biblia, la Palabra de Dios; además de depositar en ellos el sentimiento de amor, fidelidad, soporte, protección, etc., que hoy por hoy se ha perdido en muchos hogares. La relación padre-hijo es fundamental para la formación sólida de un individuo seguro, y al agregar los principios eternos de la Palabra de Dios es indubitable que el hijo producto de este hogar temerá a Dios y será íntegro, responsable, amoroso, etc. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.

In Epiphany: Discover The Delight Of God's Word, Pastor and Bible teacher Chuck Smith, Jr. offers new and insightful approaches to meditating on the scriptures. Thoughtful suggestions and interpretations to helping the non-specialist general reader to understand God's word more closely while expanding personal spiritual horizons fill the pages of this inspirational and highly commended work of Christian scholarship.

The essence of man, like our creator, is spirit. Gordon T. Smith's book, "Essential Spirituality," illuminates the simple path home to a loving father's embrace.