September reviews

Included are “links” to other media for you to listen to or watch. This month:

Fighting the stereotypes:
Are you tired of being stereotyped - because you are a Christian, and someone who believes? Then you are in good company. Award-winning Canadian novelist David Adams Richards is as well. And he's written a book about it called God Is. : My Search for Faith in a Secular World.
You can access the article on the church web site.


God’s Friends, by Sylvia Mandeville. This is a very fun book for children 4- 10.Included are some of the stories of Noah, Joseph, Moses, David and Naaman. Each story is followed by a complicated picture and objects to search for. Included is a craft for each story.

Life in Bible times, by Robert Henderson and Ian Gould. This book would be appropriate for the inquisitive grade 4 – 6 student. The geographical area of the bible and the customes of the people are discussed and illustrated. Included are topics like money, salves, fishermen, harvest festivals.

Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis. This is a new edition of this well known book. Lewis is a very approachable writer and this book holds many nuggets of great insight. If you haven’t read this, or haven’t read it in decades , pick this up today.

How to Read the Bible for all it’s Worth, by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart.. The authors discuss the different types of writing in the bible and assist in understanding how to read them. This is a good book to have at your side while you are doing Bible reading.

I Can’t Stop Crying, by Rev. John D. Martin. We have a good size collection of books related to death and grief. This one discusses grief and feelings and uses a lot of anecdotal stories and quotes. This is a very readable book that touches on many different aspects of grief.