Was not expecting a sermon
933658
The was book was ok enough. It had a few useful tips to help you stay on budget for the holidays. Mostly though, the book served as an advertisement for the author's other book. Plus, in many tips, she says baking something would be a great gift because it's economically smart. But then in the tip about homemade gifts, she says you shouldn't craft or bake because it costs too much. Uh, what? Lastly, I was not expecting so many references to Jesus, prayer, or bible verses. I feel that should have been included in the description of the book.
580706
Admittedly, he was preaching to the choir, but CAN I GET AN AMEN PLEASE!!!
1739023
While this book seems harmless and just a spooky book to scare kids, it is actually not at all that! It speaks of witches, Lucifer, it even mentions sacrificing an animal and speaks of the blood, etc... There are some things that seem harmless in it, but I am telling you I was SHOCKED at the underlying message of this book!

I don't know about you, but if you are trying to raise your child to love God and live by his commandments, this is NOT a book we should feed our children!

I am in no way trying to get into a religious debate with anyone, I just wanted to post a warning to those that believe in Jesus and His word.

To each his own, I just want to save moms out there who think it is harmless like I did the trouble of having to endure the shock of this being marketed to kids!
3342727
Just was not quite what I expected.  Some parts were not clear in the though process for me.  Maybe more scripture would help.
3026678
When I first got this book, I was not sure if I would enjoy it or not. I was hesitant, as always, when people try to tell others what God would say. I find it odd, that many try to duplicate this sort of train of thought, but I suppose it's basic economics. Where there is demand, there is a supply.

For me, this book was okay. It had some appealing points and quotes, but overall this book is not very appealing for me. I can sit and read a book front to back usually very quickly. This book was half the size of my normal readings, and took me months. It quite frankly bored me to death. I'd rather read the scriptures myself and come to my own conclusions, rather than paragraph after paragraph of someone telling me what God and Jesus are saying to me.

I did not agree with everything written in this book; however, I realize this is one author's perception and opinion of what the Bible is teaching us. I definitely would recommend it as a "read with an open mind" to someone that is just learning about God, Jesus, and the Holy Bible.

As far as the layout of the book, it was actually written well. The book could be written front to back, or the reader could choose to skip around. This is good for the topics that one may not find interesting, however; I still found the information a bit on the boring side. There was a lot of repetitiveness about the book as well; which kind of got annoying after the first few chapters. Each time, there was "God"'s answer, other important people in the Bible answered, sometimes "Jesus", ect. This was probably my biggest issue with the book. I suppose one should have assumed that would be the way it was written by the title; but I was expecting something else.

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3084693
IT DID NOT HOLD MY ATTENTION. I THOUGHT IT WAS A CONTINUATION OF A SUNDAY'S
SERMON. I WAS VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED  IN THIS READ.
37239
What a gteat surprise.  This is an acutual story about God speaking to someone and they have trained theri mind and ears to hear him and have the ablity to respond to what God is saying.
What a great story.  Speak Lord for your servant is listening.
1527222
This was NOT at all what I was hoping for!! The Bible print was NOT LARGE print at all, in fact much smaller than I anticipated small than abnormal size font. Had to return it sadly
872738
Was not was I expected. Too many scripture inserts and so I was looking for an explaination, not so much that the Holy Spirit exists.
2165141
It is my own fault for not reading the full description of this book.  I did not expect it to be so entwined with religion.
4114948
I was looking for more spiritual insights, not rambling on about her personal life.
I see I am in the minority of giving the book only one star, I was expecting much more than what the book offered - which appeared to be an autobiography,  I bought the book after hearing about it on the Catholic Channel.
2829651
The title on this one drew me in, but I was disappointed by how it mislead me. As someone who struggles to find a place where I fit inside the institution (although I believe it is important!), I was excited for a book that invited a conversation about Gods people acting like the church outside of a buildings walls. I was picturing a book that unpacked the reality of church outside of the institution. HOWEVER, this book was not that book. Instead, this was a book to engage or re-engage church members into active church participation, assuming that the reason they aren't happy or thriving at church is because they are only watching from the sidelines. This book calls such people to action. While I think this could be a helpful book for some, I probably wouldnt have picked it up if I hadnt been distracted by the title and had known what it was actually about. B- for me.

*I received a copy of this book from the publisher. My opinions are my own.
4620524
I liked the poetry but I thought the title was misleading.  I would have likesdto have more about being Episcopalian.  Maybe I missed the point.
3143925
I read the reviews and honestly don't see how this book got such rave reviews. It is basically like a very short poem. I am all about praising God but this was not what I expected.
1704369
Didn't expect this to be entirely geared towards a religious outlook, which it was. I wish authors could write books without preaching their religion!
2067196
Right off the bat, I noticed a few biblical references, which took me by surprise since there was no indicator that this would be a faith based book, but it actually is.  Many mentions of God, importance of church, biblical stories, etc.  I'm not Christian so this bothers me some.  Normally, I don't mind a couple, but when it has nothing to do with the reason I bought it, there was no hint that it was religious, and it can be said without it, and it gets to be a lot more than just a couple examples, it does start to bother me.  I didn't buy this for religious reasons.  Just a heads up for any non-faith buyers out there.

The other thing I noticed were the insane old fashioned gender stereotypes.  Boys like roughhousing to show love, girls like sitting quietly together for tea parties, etc.  Just no.

I'm returning this book because after a specific quote, I was so horrified I will not continue reading it.  It said to give loving touches even if they act as if they don't want them, because they actually do want them and need them, and encourages you to have other family and caregivers do the same.  Um.  WHAT?!  Hello, rape culture!  No way will I ever force affection on my children if they clearly do not want it.  It doesn't matter what kind of affection I think they need and I have no right to make them accept physical affection.  I'm teaching my kids the importance of consent and bodily autonomy.

The love languages themselves are good, though seemed a little more like common sense to me, so that was disappointing as well.  I did like the emphasis of remembering that not all people/kids have the same love language and we need to find out what their's is in order to help them feel our love vs just knowing we love them.
2416087
The title of this book is actually quite misleading. I guess I was expecting another pro-life polemic from a man who is famous for his single-minded (some say narrow-minded) devotion for protecting the unborn.  What I found was not a training manual for pro-life activism, but rather a  biblical handbook for Christians who desire to be ACTIVE for God, but who  are held back by a series of "numbing theological narcotics"  which dominate evangelical thinking today.
This umbrella of false  doctrine conveniently declares off limits those parts of God's Word that  have the most to say about our duties outside the home and Church. Once  established, it opens wide the door to the numerous ancillary false  doctrines which are so common today. They range from "You can't  legislate morality" to "God likes pluralism" to "All we  need to do is preach" to "All we need to do is pray" to  "Jesus is going to rapture us out of this mess."
The subtitle  of the book should be the title: How Theological Escapism and Cultural  Retreatism Has Led to the Demise of America!