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Showing posts with label Mark Griffiths. Show all posts

Friday, 19 February 2010

2010 Reading Challenge - week 7

7 books this week! Now that makes a dent in my target. That takes me to 31 out of 160. And for those who like percentages, that puts me at 19%!

So this week I finished:

  • A Place Called Home by Lori Wick
  • A Song for Silas by Lori Wick
  • The Long Road Home by Lori Wick
  • A Gathering of Memories by Lori Wick
  • Don't Tell Cute Stories - Change Lives! by Mark Griffiths
  • Gingham Bride by Jillian Hart
  • Look to the East by Maureen Lang

And I'm reading:

  • More Precious Than Silver by Joni Eareckson Tada
  • Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado
  • Too Small to Ignore by Wess Stafford
  • Menu for Romance by Kaye Dacus

I've also got a few Interior design books that I'm reading, but they don't count in this challenge.

Friday, 5 February 2010

2010 Reading Challenge - week 5

I've done really well this week - 6 books!

One of those was really 3 in one, but I'll just count it as 1.

So here we are:

  • The Heirloom by MaryAnn Minatra
  • The Marriage Wish by Dee Henderson
  • God's Gift by Dee Henderson
  • Texas Brides by Cathy Marie Hake (3 books - To Love Mercy, To Walk Humbly, To Do Justice)
  • Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark
  • The Hero Next Door by Irene Hannon

And I'm reading:

  • More Precious Than Silver by Joni Eareckson Tada
  • Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado
  • Don't Tell Cute Stories - Change Lives! by Mark Griffiths
  • Battles of Destiny Vol 3 (book 1 - Joy From Ashes) by Al Lacy

So that takes me up to a total of 20!

140 to go! And according to Shelfari, I'm on target to do it!

Friday, 29 January 2010

2010 Reading Challenge - week 4

Well, I've been making a big dent on the books needed for my other reading challenge - in fact I could finish it within another month, well before the 31 December deadline.

As for this challenge, I read 3 books. I've been pretty busy and was away over the weekend, so that's why I didn't finish so many. Of course, one of them is actually 3 books in 1 volume, but I'll only count it as one.

So ...

  • New Mexico by Janet Lee Barton
  • The Tapestry (Alcott Legacy book 1) by MaryAnn Minatra
  • The Masterpiece (Alcott Legacy book 2) by MaryAnn Minatra

... are the ones I finished.

Currently reading:

  • The Heirloom (Alcott Legacy book 3) by MaryAnn Minatra
  • More Precious Than Silver by Joni Eareckson Tada
  • Cure For the Common Life by Max Lucado
  • Don't Tell Cute Stories - Change Lives! by Mark Griffiths

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Teaser Tuesdays - January 26





Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

  • Grab your current read

  • Open to a random page

  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

'Don't Tell Cute Stories - Change Lives!' by Mark Griffiths

'Children's ministry stands at the top of the cliff with arms wide. It is about building strong children, making them secure, introducing them to a God who loves them, showing them a godly example and convincing them that they have a destiny that God set apart for them even before he began to put the universe together.'

I am involved in the children's ministry of the church that I attend. Every year I like to pick up a new book, for inspiration, to learn new skills, or just to read someone else's perspective. I am still reading this book, but right from the start is has challenged me. I started it on Friday - just as we started our planning weekend for the year ahead. It was good timing.

For those of you who have been following my blog, you may remember that I talked about not knowing the direction my life is to take next. I have realised that I am passionate about children and believe I should do something along those lines. What that role will look like, I don't know. Childcare, teaching and the medical field are not ways I want to go, so it is baffling to know what else to do. If you are a praying person, please pray that I will be open to God's leading and that He will clearly show me the path to take.

And for those of you involved in children's ministry, I highly recommend this book.