by Lake on September 29th, 2009

Fast-paced and entertaning, Donald Miller’s latest, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years encourages readers to live purposefully, but it has the same lighthearted, joyous tone that has distinguished Miller as an author. Miller has a gift for conversational writing that invites you in and sounds like it’s coming from a lifelong friend. [...]

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by Lake on April 27th, 2009

Life is like a game of Monopoly. You may own hotels on Boardwalk or you may be renting on Baltic Avenue. But in the end, it all goes back in the box.
Mysterious and pithy, Jones was full of advice just like that. Life can be horrific or brimming with hope; it all [...]

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by Lake on February 26th, 2009

Rachel Scott was a student at Columbine High School in 1999, on that infamous day when two young men went on a violent rampage. Rachel was one of the thirteen victims whose lives were taken, but her faith lives on today in the pages of her journals and this book. The book, Rachel’s [...]

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by Lake on February 16th, 2009

At times, I feel like I spent my childhood in church, having attended every Sunday and been involved in many other activities there. Then, during three years as a philosophy major at a major university, I shared classes and coffee with many students who were apathetic at best but often vehemently atheistic. That [...]

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by Lake on February 7th, 2009

Dr. Earl Henslin’s latest book, This Is Your Brain on Joy, incorporates cutting edge research in a work designed to help readers balance their mood and restore their brain’s health. Using SPECT technology (SPECT stands for single photon emission computerized tomography!), Henslin has been able to identify major regions of the brain and decipher [...]

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by Lake on January 22nd, 2009

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by Lake on January 6th, 2009

As part of a deal with Thomas Nelson, I have agreed to review For The Tough Times by Max Lucado in exchange for a free copy of the book. What follows is my review.
This was the first Max Lucado book I’ve read, but it fit with everything I’d heard of him. The book was [...]

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by Lake on December 26th, 2008

The most recent book sent by Thomas Nelson Publishers for me to review was Think and Make It Happen by Dr. Augusto Cury. It is a self-help book, written by a trained psychiatrist, about the power of the mind.
“By harnessing the power of the mind, you can do, have, achieve, and create anything you [...]

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by Lake on December 8th, 2008

As part of a deal with Thomas Nelson, I have agreed to review The Unseen by T. L. Hines in exchange for a free copy of the book. What follows is my review.
The Unseen by T. L. Hines started with a strange protagonist living out strange fantasies, and the plot never looked back. The [...]

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by Lake on November 25th, 2008

As part of a deal with Thomas Nelson, I have agreed to review Holding Fast: The Untold Story of the Mount Hood Tragedy in exchange for a free copy of the book. What follows is my review.
I brought Holding Fast with me on a week-long trip, expecting to read it over the course of [...]

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