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Book Review and Giveaway: A Perfect Pet for Peyton

About A Perfect Pet for Peyton :  This wonderfully imaginative children’s hardcover book by bestselling authors Gary Chapman and Rick Osborne, featuring four-color illustrations (with hidden details!) by Wilson Williams, Jr., will help children learn the importance of love. Based on Gary’s highly successful The 5 Love Languages ®, A Perfect Pet for Peyton tells an entertaining and playful story of five children who each, with the help of Mr. Chapman and the unique pets at his special emporium, discover their own personal love language. Children and parents alike will experience firsthand the power of the love languages as they cuddle up and spend precious time together reading this book over and over again. *Free interactive app with in-book experience COMING SOON to the Apple App Store.   A Perfect Pet for Peyton:  http://www.5lovelanguages.com/resource/a-perfect-pet-for-peyton/ 5 Love Languages of Children:  http://www.5lovelanguages.com/resource/the-five-love-langua

FIRST Wild Card Tour: The Glory of God

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! Today's Wild Card author is: Guillermo Maldonado and the book: The Glory of God Whitaker House (April 1, 2012) ***Special thanks to Cathy Hickling of Whitaker House for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Guillermo Maldonado is quickly emerging as one of the world’s best known and beloved Christian leaders. Over 17,000 regularly attend his Miami church, King Jesus Ministry, and tens of thousands more know him through his New Wine Ap

FIRST Wild Card Tour: Wednesdays Were Pretty Normal: A Boy, Cancer, and God

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you!            Today's Wild Card author is: Michael Kelley and the book: Wednesdays Were Pretty Normal: A boy, cancer and God B&H Books (March 1, 2012) ***Special thanks to Haverly Pennington of Lifeway for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Kelley is a Bible study writer and editor whose previous works include Holy Vocabulary and The Tough Sayings of Jesus . He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Beeson Divinity School in Bi

PhotoHunt: Play

It's time for another weekly photo hunt, hosted by Sandi at The Saturday PhotoHunt . This week's theme is Play. Last night, we had lots of fun playing ping-pong, pool, foosball, and cool group games with our LJ Fellowship (a group of international students whom we have Bible Study with weekly). "LJ" stands for Love in Jesus or Loving J.O.Y. (Jesus Others You). Last night was our game night. My husband and youngest son

Book Review: The Complete Zoo Adventure by Mary and Gary Parker

160 Pages • Spiralbound, Hardcover, Published by Master Books (a division of New Leaf Publishing Group) About the Author Dr. Gary Parker has a B.A. in Biology/Chemistry from Wabash College, Crawfordville, IN, a M.S. in Biology/Physiology, and an Ed.D. in Biology with a cognate in Paleontology from Ball State University. Dr. Parker earned several academic awards, including admission to Phi Beta Kappa, election to the American Society of Zoologists, and a fifteen-month fellowship award from the National Science Foundation. He has taught biology at Eastern Baptist College, Dordt College, Clearwater Christian College, Christian Heritage College, and ICR's Graduate School. Dr. Parker and his wife, Mary, live in Florida and this is the sixth book he has written for Master Books. The Complete Zoo Adventure is a unique book that will educate and entertain animal lovers anywhere. It's practically a field trip in a book. A trip to the zoo will never be the same :). The boo

DVD Review and Giveaway: The Woodcarver

                              (releases today, March 13th, rated PG) Christian Cinema:   http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=4094 About the Movie:   Matthew Stevenson is a troubled kid from a broken home. When he vandalizes the local church to get back at his parents, Matthew has to repair the damage to the church to avoid criminal charges. While working at the church, he meets Ernest ( John Ratzenberger ), an accomplished wood carver who created the intricate woodwork decoration that Matthew destroyed. Ernest has become something of a hermit, but reluctantly comes out of reclusion to help repair the church. Now Ernest and Matthew must work together to preserve the church's beautiful antiquity, and along the way, they also manage to restore their faith in God and in life. My Thoughts and Review:   Troubled teen. Separated parents. Reclusive widower and woodcarver. When the local church is vandalized, these lives converge. My family and

Review: BetterTogether Curriculum

Mike and Susan Reinfeldt have designed a curriculum for family group Bible studies called BetterTogether. Mike is the senior Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Tennessee Titans, and Susan is a marriage and family therapist. Their goal is to help create Christ-centered family community groups. They want to see families with all ages be able to connect and study the Bible and Christian principles together. Their core values are faith, family, and fellowship. There are two books (available in both digital and print formats) in the Discovering Christ in Community Series. Each contains 10 lesson plans. Each lesson includes Biblical references, a fun group activity, a relevant movie clip (that you can watch online), a family time activity, Susan's Faith Focus, and Mike's Game Plan. I have enjoyed using the lessons with my family during our Bible study time. A variety of important topics covered in the series includes gratitude, prayer, integrity, forgiveness, d

FIRST Wild Card Tour: What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild card on you!                                                   Today's Wild Card author is: Byron Yawn and the book: What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him Harvest House Publishers (February 1, 2012) ***Special thanks to Karri James of Harvest House Publishers for sending me a review copy.*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Byron Yawn is the senior pastor of Community Bible Church in Nashville, Tennessee and a much-sought speaker. His book Well-Driven Nails receive