Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball

Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball by Donita K. Paul is a light hearted, easy to read, predictable book about how two socially awkward people were magically brought together.

I don't usually enjoy fantasy books and kept trying to reconcile the fantasy with the Christian aspect and never really got there in my mind, although it was still a very good, well written book.

This book would be good for anyone who wants a quick read or someone who doesn't enjoy reading, but would like to develop an enjoyment for reading because the storyline is easy to follow and the print of the book is easy to read.

Face-to-Face with Mary and Martha

Janet Thomspon did an excellent job in Face-to-Face with Mary and Martha helping woman of all ages physically and spiritually connect with each other. 


There are five sessions with five days per session which take very little time to read and answer the discussion questions.  Once a week one-on-one or group meetings will help you to gain more insight into the personalities and relationship of Mary and Martha.


I loved the idea of the M&M's having multiple meanings.  The most obvious is Mary and Martha, then Mentor and Mentee which can be comprised of any two women, and last, but certainly not least are M&M candies!  All three M&M meanings are important in this study.


I would recommend this book to any woman of any age...if you are younger spiritually in Christ ask a more mature woman to be your mentor and do this study along side of you.  If you are a more mature woman in Christ find a young Christian who needs to be mentored and reach out to her.  I know you both will be blessed by this study..


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The Missional Entrepreneur

Because I've always been interested in missions and business I thought I would like this book and I did.  I found it to be a little long and found myself skimming much of the information that I already knew.  


In The Missional Entrepreneur Mark L. Russell does define the difference between mission, God's overarching purposes in the world, and missions, the local outworkings of Christian partnering with God in His mission.


Russell also explains what business as missions is, which is a term I've never heard before, but as soon as I started reading it I thought "Paul the tentmaker". Because I come from a very mission/missions minded church the concept of tentmaking is not foreign to me.


I don't totally agree with Russell in his assumption that business as mission (BAM) is more important than church planting in unreached areas, but I do think that all Christians can benefit from reading this because I do believe we need to be more mission minded in our daily business whether it's here or abroad!


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A Passion for Purpose

I was hooked on this book on the first page! There are 365 devotions to be read once a day throughout the year. I believe it's a book that you will want to hold onto and start again once you come to the last page to glean even more from these pages.

The five authors, Kimberly Sowell, Edna Ellison, Joy Brown, Tricia Scribner, and Marie Alston, each take turns with several topics (Spirituality, Scripture study, Worldview, Relationships, Communication, Ministry, Leadership) that are full of God's truth for all woman.

There are no days of weeks or dates on the pages so if you miss a day you don't feel behind, you can pick this book up and read and be encouraged at any time!

I recommend this devotional for women of all ages and stages in their Christian walk with God.

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Embraced by the Father

Have you ever wanted to learn more about the names of God, but not be bogged down with a lot of technical theological terms?  Then I have the perfect book for you!  Written by Susanne Scheppmann, Embraced by the Father is a practical book about how God meets our every need in every situation.

Most of us probably know that Abba means Father, but to hear Susanne talk about it after knowing the dysfunctional family she came from brings a whole new meaning to Abba.

I was engrossed from the moment I started the 12 chapter book with references to ballroom dancing and the names of God and couldn't put it down.  There are questions and journal prompts at the end of each chapter to make it into a nice devotional book.

Each chapter deals with a different name of God and Susanne uses personal and biblical application to make those names come alive so we can apply them to our lives!  I highly recommend this book if you are curious about what each of the names of God mean.  You may have heard El Shaddai, but do you know what it means?  There may even be a name of God in there you haven't heard before.

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The Friendship Factor

One day I had some exciting news I couldn't wait to get home to share with my mom.  Then it dawned on me that my mom had already gone home to be with the Lord. I was disappointed that I could not share that great news with my mom at that moment.


You see my mom was my best friend and we told each other everything.  It was a rare day that we didn't talk at least once on the phone and saw each other several times during the week.


Brenda Poinsett in The Friendship Factor elaborates on the need every woman has to have a group of close friends to share their daily triumphs and tragedies with.


This easy to read book is broken into three parts explaining why we as girls need friends, when we need them, and how to be a good friend!


The Friendship Factor is a great reminder that in this day when emails, facebook updates, and tweets are done hourly, we need that personal connection with a group of friends to share our lives with on a personal eye to eye level.


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