Posted by: alleigh on: February 28, 2011
amazing book. challenged me to live completely sold out for Jesus. Talked a lot about the paradoxes of the Bible – like putting others first, dying to live, gaining by giving up… I really liked in the end few chapters how he compared his spiritual life to running. I related.
Posted by: alleigh on: January 20, 2011
This book by Tozer will be on my read again list. It talked about going beyond salvation and continuing seeking and pursuing God. This was the first book I read of Tozer’s and its safe to say that I hope to read another of his works soon. I’m really challenged to grow closer to [...]
Posted by: alleigh on: January 19, 2011
So, I finished book #2 for my reading in 2011. Marriable: taking the desperate out of dating. Although they made some good points and had good suggestions, I have mixed reviews about this book (since they seemed kinda desperate themselves- resorting to online dating…) It reminded me of something that would interest a middle schooler [...]
Posted by: alleigh on: January 18, 2011
This year I want to read more. I went on Christianbook.com the other day to order “Dying to Live” by Clayton King. While on the site, I ordered a few other interesting books. It turns out, I got all the other books first and the book that I really wanted is two weeks backordered. Due [...]
Posted by: alleigh on: January 3, 2011
Here are my resolutions for this year… I’m posting them so that I can look back on them at the end of the year… Here it goes…. 1. I want to grow closer to the Lord through prayer and Bible study. Ultimately I would like to have my quiet times the first thing in the [...]
Posted by: alleigh on: December 2, 2010
With Christmas right around the corner it means one thing – stress over what to buy for each person on your list. This year, instead of being overly stressed I decided to think like the person receiving the gift and that has made my shopping/creating much easier. 1. Gift cards : Sure, they may seem [...]
Posted by: alleigh on: November 12, 2010
This year my church’s goal is 200 shoe boxes full of toys and things for children around the world. Mom and I were going to shop at the dollar store but we found a lot of good buys at the summer clearance rack at Michael’s… so we went a little crazy and bought a lot [...]
