I was always an Olivia Newton-John fan. The first record album I ever bought, as a 17 year old, was Olivia’s “Let Me Be There” (one of her first, before “Grease” and other best sellers) I like Olivia even more after reading her new auto biography, “Don’t Stop Believin’” The book is filled with interesting facts about Olivia’s life. In …
Roger Teel has the gift of relating spiritual truths in easy to understand stories. In his first book, “This Life is Joy – Discovering the Spiritual Laws to Live More Powerfully, Lovingly, and Happily” Teel draws upon his over 40 years of ministry to relay his insights into living a fulfilled life. I have heard Roger Teel speak many times in …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. “Words and affirmations can change your life,” writes David Lawrence Brown in his book 333 Keywords to Change Your Life. “Words that are positive in themselves or that elicit positive thoughts, memories, and experiences are important to add into …
I had been interested in the various conspiracy theories of the Kennedy assassination for a long time. Then in a trip to Dealey Plaza in 2013 I put those questions to rest, as I wrote about on this blog at the time. My interest was recently rekindled when I saw the cover of a new book by Alexandra Zapruder – …
“Is the Christian life centrally about believing, or is it about a relationship?” Marcus Borg writes in his book The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith. “Is it about believing in God as a supernatural being separate from the universe or about a relationship to the Spirit who is right here and all …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Do you need a spiritual tuneup? If so I highly recommend Patrick Paul Garlinger’s When Thought Turns to Light. The author gives helpful insights on a number of familiar topics for spiritual seekers, such as the value of meditation, …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. As a life long baseball fan I jumped at the chance to read and review Marty Appel’s book Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character. Casey’s playing and managing days were before my time (I started following the game as a …
Earlier this year I thought picking my top 5 books for 2016 would be an easy task. Because of lots of travel (that’s me snowshoeing at Lake Louise, Canada in March) I just didn’t read that many books in the first half of the year. But I went on a book reading binge at year’s end, many fine books, which …
“We, the collective we, have perceived GOD to be an inaccessible superhuman, which locates GOD outside and beyond us,” writes Linda Martella-Whitsett in the introduction of her book Divine Audacity. “I propose there is no such God.” Rather the author emphasizes that the Spirit of God is within all of us, a Spirit we can tap into to live from …
This powerful little book contains the essence of Deepak Chopra’s teaching. At only 115 pages it’s a quick read divided into short chapters titled: The Law of Pure Potentiality The Law of Giving and Receiving The Law of Karma or Cause and Effect The Law of Least Effort The Law of Intention and Desire The Law of Detachment The Law …