All Pro Dad: Seven Essentials to Be a Hero to Your Kids (Review)

All Pro Dad is a practical book by Mark Merrill the president of Family First.

It blends sports references extremely well to the role of a father and parenthood and includes the input from great leaders in business, politics, medicine and sports that includes: Tony Dungry, S. Truett Cathy, Jeff Bush, Michael W. Smith and James JB Brown among others.

All Pro Dad is a easy to read and provides refreshing and creative ideas to put into place to inmediately have a positive impact in the relationship in the family.

Every chapter gives the reader the opportunity to ask his children a few simple questions that will help to digest and apply the content of each chapter.

All Pro Dad is a great resource for moms as well! ;)

This is a must have for all dads.   I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 : "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."

Stumbling Into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman

This book is full of stories from the author's life. If you enjoy anecdotes and personal stories with a sense of humor you will enjoy this book. After Lisa's personal stories she offers a personal reflection and a journal entry prompt.

The approach is very friendly and informal, you will feel like you are listening to the author telling her stories in an informal setting. What I enjoyed about the book was that the author felt real, she opened her mind and life without pretenses. Her love for God is obvious and

her trust on His love for her is evident. This is a refreshing book!

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

The Shelter of God's Promises by Sheila Walsh

This is the first book I read from Sheila Walsh and I can tell you that she
writes from her heart. Her stories are very detailed, she probably keeps a
journal because the amount of detail are really amazing if they come from her
memory alone.

God's Promises are as follows:

• Provision- I Don't Have Enough
• Peace- I'm Afraid and Feel Alone
• Confidence-I Can't See God's Plan in this Pain
• Love- I Don't Believe that Anyone Could Really Love Me
• Grace- I Have Failed
• Hope- I'm Broken
• Strength- I Feel Things Are Crashing Around Me
• More- I Know There's Something Better
• Home- I have a Future

If you like a book full of personal experiences along with scriptures that is Christ centric you want to read this book. But if you are the type of person  that likes to go to the point and want your attention to be grabbed by the book I will think twice about this choice. Maybe the timing in my life does not match  with the audience of this book. The chapters were slow for me and it took me a long time to complete. I think it was the style/structure of the book.

The book also included Bible Study/Devotional at the end that may be use for  small groups.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

The Least Among You [DVD]

The least Among You is a movie based on true historical events that took place in the 1960’s Watts Riots.

The main character Richard Kelly, (Cedric Sanders) agrees in a plea bargain to go to seminary after being charged for attacking a police officer. At seminary he meets a garden keeper (Louis Gossett Jr) who helps him find his way during his ordeal. At this all white seminary Richard Kelly is recruited by the seminar’s president as a face for face and integration.

The movie has a compelling story and although it is not a Hollywood blockbuster it’s an indie movie that caries a positive message and was portrayed beautifully. I enjoyed Louis Gossett Jr showing a gentle side of his acting playing as a spiritually sound garden gatekeeper.

Although I liked the way the story there are some scenes that played rather amateur or under rehearsed and a few scenes lacked information leaving some loose ends…

I personally like movies that are based on true stories and I’m glad I watch The least Among You

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Toy Story 3

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Outlive your Life by Max Lucado

Once I started reading Outlive your Life by Max Lucado I couldn’t stop. It will grab your attention very quickly.

Outlive your Life will encourage you to make a difference. It gives numerous examples on how a single person can have great impact for generations.

Today we live in a world of 1.75 billion poor people and 1 billions of them are in extremely hungry. This statistics put you in the right perspective.

If we all get “unshell” and open our hearts to compassion there is no doubt we can make a difference in people’s lives.

Full of stories, anecdotes and personal experiences that will probably make you cry (I did) you will receive a boost of “I want to make a difference” type of attitude.

People that profess being a Christian will be challenged to serve like Jesus to his target audience: the poor, brokenhearted, captives, blind and oppressed, instead of ‘playing’ the ‘church game’ and forgetting were we came from by labeling and excluding people instead of including. A quote I really liked was: “God cannot be localized, He has no address, No one has a monopoly on Him. No temple can contain Him”

You will find the story of Max Lucado before becoming THE Max Lucado we know today and how a “NOBODY’ was critical for us even being discussing this book. Look for pages 138-139. It was very moving to me.

This is a great book and the best thing about it is that is very practical. At the end of the book you will find discussion and action guide that will help you put the knowledge in action. More knowledgeable people are just a waste! We need to take ACTION!


Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”