Books

Encouraging women to walk deeper with God at Kristi Woods (.net) via Christian fiction and nonfiction books — reviews, studies, and more.

4 Ways to Model Your Marriage According to the Master Plan

4 Ways to Model Your Marriage According to the Master Plan

by Liz Giertz, guest blogger/writer I don’t know about you, but the longer I’m married, the more I see and hear stories of messy marriages and notice the missteps in my own. Maybe our depraved culture is to blame. It’s possible feminism is the problem. Perhaps, a societal lack of commitment is crippling the covenant….

Here’s a Powerful Book That will Deepen Our Faith

Here’s a Powerful Book That will Deepen Our Faith

A powerful new book of faith hit bookstore shelves this month. It’s one that’ll deepen the faith of readers or at least cause them to pause in the powerful presence of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit-Led Heart: Living a Life of Love and Faith without Borders by Suzanne Eller shines boldly on bookstore shelves now, awaiting…

Words You Never Want to Hear – “It’s Cancer” {Guest Post by Micah Maddox}

Words You Never Want to Hear – “It’s Cancer” {Guest Post by Micah Maddox}

(Excerpt taken from Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World by Micah Maddox.)  They prepped my adoptive dad for surgery and we waited. Just weeks before we had received news that no one ever wants to hear—“It’s cancer.” There are so many emotions that bombard your heart when you hear these words….

Deepen Your Faith with These 5 Easy Summer Reads

Deepen Your Faith with These 5 Easy Summer Reads

Ready for some summer reads? Maybe you’re a Christian fiction reader? I wasn’t–until recently. How did I not realize this missing piece of life’s puzzle?! Fiction jetted away some time ago on a 15-year vacation. Desire to dive into her words waned – she was gone! Non-fiction remained, and I clung dearly to many reads…

What the Boogie Man, Fear, and a Little Life Hiccup Have in Common

What the Boogie Man, Fear, and a Little Life Hiccup Have in Common

  Welcome to 2017! This post is a wee bit earlier than the Jan. 9 promised return. I hope you don’t mind if we start the year early with a story and a review, a book too good to keep under wraps. Welcome to 2017, treasured one.  This post may contain affiliate links. It arrived late. Little…

Hope Prevails: Insights from a Doctor’s Personal Journey through Depression {Book Review}

Hope Prevails: Insights from a Doctor’s Personal Journey through Depression {Book Review}

I don’t talk about it too much. But when I do, others often nod their heads in understanding. They nod because they’ve been there. They’ve felt the dark, dreary pit void of hope. They’ve sat on a cold, dark, careless floor, staring at a rung-less ladder. They’ve experienced depression. My dance with depression, undiagnosed clinically but…