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The Creative Call: An Artist's Response to the Way of the Spirit (Writers' Palette Book) 16 reviews
Janice Elsheimer
Shaw Books, 2001
Absolutely Inspiring!!
This book touches me where I am. It is thought provoking and life changing. For me completing this book is as if I finished my own work of art. I will be sharing it with everyone!
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Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (Wheaton Literary Series)20 reviews
Madeleine L'Engle
Shaw Books, 2001
Breathing New Life
Only Flannery O'Conner has written a book on writing with this much spiritual insight and creative freedom. I picked up "Walking on Water" after numerous recommendations from fellow writers. Of course, I was already aware of L'Engle through her novels--I think "A Wrinkle in Time" and "A Wind in the Door" are brilliant--but I was less familiar with her nonfiction.
If you're a creative person ...
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Life Skills for Kids: Equipping Your Child for the Real World 7 reviews
Christine Field
Shaw Books, 2000
Wonderful and practical information!
I had the chance to meet the author of this book at a recent homeschool conference and was blown away by her practical ideas! This woman is not big on ideology or theory...she gets down to the practical matters at hand. Yeah for her! You will love this book if you are looking for ways to involve your children in the real world classroom.
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Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes...in You and Your Kids 11 reviews
Scott Turansky, Joanne Miller
Shaw Books, 2000
GREAT parenting book!
I heard about this book through my church Sunday School class. It is GREAT! Offers wonderful and practical advice on how to parent to the "heart" of the child. Teaches parents the difference between a child "respecting" his parents and a child "honoring" her parents. I've read MANY parenting books but this one really opened my eyes up. Am I disciplining just to get the right response and ...
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Good and Angry: Exchanging Frustration for Character in You and Your Kids!29 reviews
Scott Turansky, Joanne Miller
Shaw Books, 2002
#1 on my list of Top 11 parenting books- A MUST READ
This book is excellent. I gave a copy to everyone in my MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group because I really feel this book is a must read book.
Why?
This book helps you as a parent to recognize the five basic causes of anger and gives you practical ways to help reduce your anger and use it wisely. In my experience as a parent, I was suprised by what my kids brought out in me- especially ...
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The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle2 reviews
Madeleine L'Engle
Shaw Books, 2005
Vivid and compelling insight into the language of the heart
When my best friend, Jenn, moved to Manhattan she commenced with church shopping. She searched the island looking for the congregation that seemed best suited to her theological leanings and preference for worship style. Nice people were also a big plus. She landed at All Angels Episcopal Church on the Upper West Side, despite the fact that she hadn't fancied herself Anglican in the past. It's a ...
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The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Writers' Palette Book)2 reviews
Leland Ryken
Shaw Books, 2002
A Starting Place for Renewal
Art is a hard subject for Christian evangelicals to deal with. It seems to be outside the boundaries of our primary mission, to proclaim the gospel in the world and display and expand the kingdom of God. However, this book helpfully shows the important contributions Christian art can make to that mission.
In a series of essays, various professors contribute thouhtfully to our understanding ...
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Hope, Help, and Healing for Eating Disorders: A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating 9 reviews
Gregory L. Jantz
Shaw Books, 2000
A Must Read!
This book is a must read for anyone who has been touched by eating disorders! Dr. Jantz walks the reader through the pain and issues, always from a loving, compassionate- and relevant - Christian approach. The reader is guided to greater tools of healing and recovery through this book; the journal and "workbook" aspects of it alone, shine a much needed light of God's love and truth to the ...
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Toxic Faith14 reviews
Stephen Arterburn, Jack Felton
Shaw Books, 2001
Been There
Many, maybe even most of us, have been in situations that are not healthy. At some point we realize that the person/group we are with are controlling, manipulative, and/or deceitful. Christianity is supposed to be a place where we have the ultimate amount of freedom inside the structure of personal responsibility and individual responsibility and obedience to God. Because this is a hurting ...
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From Fear to Freedom: Living as Sons and Daughters of God5 reviews
Rose Marie Miller
Shaw Books, 2000
Life changing, real life examples, teaches grace
Rose Marie has done a wonderful job of weaving Biblical truths about personal grace and forgiveness with vulnernably told stories from her own life. If you live like an orphan when the King Himself is your Father, this book is for you. She helps the reader understand how we choose to live as rejected people, judged people, miserable people, complaining people, life's victims. She goes on to ...
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Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey18 reviews
Alan Medinger
Shaw Books, 2000
Evaluation of a thorough and necessary analysis
I would recommend this for any male, not necessarily limited to those struggling with homosexual issues. It is an in-depth look at what is needed for growth into manhood, and being OK with being a man, and what being a man entails.
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Moving Beyond Depression: A Whole-Person Approach to Healing1 review
Gregory L. Jantz, Ann McMurray
Shaw Books, 2003
A powerful and effective self-help guide
Ably written by Gregory L. Jantz (the founder and executive director of the mental health and chemical dependency treatment facility The Center for Counseling and Health Resources Inc.) with the assistance of Ann McMurry and featured an informative Foreword by Dr. Abram Hoffer, Moving Beyond Depression: A Whole-Person Approach To Healing is a powerful and effective self-help guide to the personal ...
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The Essential Bible Guide: 100 Readings Through the World's Most Important Book1 review
Whitney Kuniholm
Shaw Books, 2003
Great Bible basics, and habit of reading and understanding
I have the book, and am planning on reading in general. I've used the Bible guide by Scripture Union, which this is based on for almost 19 years, and have loved it. The sections I've read helped me understand the main point of the passage, and apply it to my life today.
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How to Read Slowly (Wheaton Literary Series)1 review
James W. Sire
Shaw Books, 2000
Good book, but much of the material is available in other books
James Sire is a great Christian author who explains worldviews better than most (if not all). This book discussed different types of literature, and how to read them. It also discussed why we as Christians should read these things. He provides a good argument, but perhaps a better book on this subject is J.P. Moreland's Love the Lord With Your Mind.
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The Fruit of the Spirit: Cultivating Christlike Character (Bible Study Guides)
Stuart Briscoe
Shaw Books, 2000
Be Renewed Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. All of us desire to exhibit these qualities in our lives. But what does it mean to “live by the Spirit”? The fruit of the Spirit is the result of the inner workings of God, but it is also a product of our response and understanding. It comes from obedience as well as dependence. In this studyguide, Stuart Briscoe invites you to study more deeply how believing and behaving affects one ...
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Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life45 reviews
Lauren Winner
Shaw Books, 2004
Page Turner
It is not often a person can say a religious book is a edge of chair page turner; BUT, Lauren's book was just that. I read it in three evenings, and quickley ordered her book Mudhouse Sabbath, and can't wait to read it. Lauren's religious "travel" from reformed Judaism to orthodox Judaism to Episcopalism was both insightful and thought provoking. I highly recommend this book if you are searching ...
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Life Inside the "Thin" Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter8 reviews
Constance Rhodes
Shaw Books, 2003
The Key to the Cage
We can draw on the stories of others to find our way out. Constance manages to talk openly about her struggle with a sub clinical ED which allows the reader to find shelter and acceptance. Fellow sub ED journeymen will realize they are not alone and there is light at the end of the tunnel. I believe her willingness to be vulnerable and create a public medium for sub clinical ED materialwill ...
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God in the Alley: Being and Seeing Jesus in a Broken World6 reviews
Greg Paul
Shaw Books, 2004
Finding Jesus in brokenness
A friend of mine reluctantly read this book, thinking it would make him feel guilty. I suppose a lot of us approach a book like this with mixed feelings, hoping to be challenged but scared of where that might take us.
The book is called God in the Alley, and the subtitle says a lot: it's about "being and seeing Jesus in a broken world." For those of us who are sheltered, we are introduced to ...
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The Rock That Is Higher: Story as Truth7 reviews
Madeleine L'Engle
Shaw Books, 2002
Amazing book
This is one of my favorites of L'Engle's non-fiction. It is an excellent introduction to her "theological" writings. It's a much easier read than the Genesis Trilogy but every bit as interesting and thought provoking.
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Falling for God: Saying Yes to His Extravagant Proposal6 reviews
Gary W. Moon
Shaw Books, 2004
A gentle book with personal anecdotes and bits of humor to guide Christians in finding intimacy with God
"This book is about life lived in constant, close contact with God," writes Dallas Willard in his foreword to FALLING FOR GOD. He then lists qualities a Christian needs to maintain a life of "grow[th] in grace and knowledge of" Jesus (2 Peter 3:18): information, imagination, persistence, patience, and realism. And these are the faithful qualities that Gary Moon directly or indirectly addresses in ...
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