Book review: Humble roots by Hannah Anderson

This book presents the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and the surroundings of Virginia mountains. The well known route of natural beauty is part of the setting of Hannah Anderson beginning her exploration to pursue peace and humility. She started when feeling restless and anxious, she immersed herself in the world outside. Hannah loved discovering lots of wonderful plants like: forsythia, milkweed and a herb garden. While learning about soil preparation, sour mulch, grapevine blights she understood the truth about our dependence on God, finding rest, and fighting discontentment. Humble Roots is presenting some theology and some stroll through the fields and forest. Anderson explores how cultivating humility leads to peace. The mistake is when we focus too much on strict boundaries, increased productivity and strict schedule. The Bible message supporting this teaching is: “Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden and you will find rest for your souls.” Jesus is humility Himself, we learn it from Him. We have to think who we are and Who we are not, also rediscovering everything else that comes from belonging to Him. I received a copy of the book from the publisher for this review.

Book review: Where I end by Katherine Clark

In this wonderful book you can learn how Katherine Clark was just a good wife and mother with two young children when a tragic playground accident happened. A little boy playing on the jungle gym jumped and fell on Kate’s head, knocking her over and snapping her neck. Kate was paralyzed from the neck down. The doctors said she would never walk again. This horrible prognosis could have been the end of her story. On the contrary God chose to work a profound miracle in Kate’s life and in the life of her family. Where I End tells the incredible story of all that followed in their life. Kate describes how God’s presence carried her through the hard journey of having to learn again to walk, physically and also spiritually. She discovered some deep truths that kept her strong as she and her family traveled through this difficult time. Where I End offers hope, encouragement and help us reinforce who Jesus is: God with us. It teaches us to see pain and suffering inside the context of God’s loving, tender and powerful care and find hope. I received a copy of the book from the publisher for this review.

Book review: This I know by Laura Dingman

One of the things this wonderful book help you navigate through is getting rid of worry of what the future might hold. Another answer to your quest might be figuring out whether you have peace when don’t know how to have it. The biggest solution is to actually know that God is trustworthy and practically live this way. This I Know is a Bible study that walks you upon the water, helps women discover biblical truths about the character of God, giving them courage to step faithfully into the unknown. Their attitude will be one of confidence in the God they do know. The author Laura Dingman walks you through Acts 17, James 1, Habakkuk 3, Psalm 46, 2 Chronicles 20,  and Joshua 3. Some of the topics of the study include: abundance in Jesus, the goodness of God in trial and the value of remembering God’s past faithfulness. Every week Study gives you a chance of prayer, interaction with the biblical text, journaling, group discussion, etc. If you want to get to know more of the unchanging character of God, want to surrender your live to Him and give Him all your trust, this is the book you will love to read. I received a copy of the book from the publisher for this review.

Book review: Team Us by Ashleigh Slater

A married couple share their last name, a joint bank account, responsabilities among other things. Besides this the husband and wife form a new team and they share life together with all the beautiful and difficult times that come with it. They become one, stronger together and in theory they don’t let nothing come between them. It’s not easy dealing with real life that sometimes brings disappointments, frustrations, sadness and hurt. One are where the couple has to be intentional is  in their day-to-day activities, things they share and do. While in the dating period it was all enthusiastic, things tend to get a bit more complicated, routine comes in and interacting becomes even contradictory. Not too long after the couple’s left wondering what happened to their team spirit, because everyone is on their own, it’s not so much a matter of “we” but “me” and “you” while dealing with decision making, negotiations can have different motives. Team Us offers couples practical ways to cultivate and strengthen unity in their marriages so that they become a success. Author Ashleigh Slater shares from her own marriage experience as she presents couples with realistic ideas on how to improve cooperation, deeper commitment, practicing grace on a daily basis. I received a copy of the book from the publisher for this review.