Death By Suburb- Book Review

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Death by Suburb by Dave L. Goetz has been a buzz book in Christian circles for awhile now. It has long been sitting on my stack waiting to be read. Often, I feel let down by the “buzz book” in Christian circles so I suppose I was 1/2 curious and 1/2 jaded toward reading it.

What a pleasant surprise. I found it hard to put down! I absolutely love that Dave has spent much time reading some of the older Christian classic texts… the ones that most suburbanites (or anyone) will go near. He took those books that are full or rich morsels of wisdom and translated them into modern day speak in a way many could relate too.

The readability of Death by Suburb in no way waters it down or shallows it out. It maintains depth while still holding it’s relevance. It could be considered the entertaining version of cliff notes for the classics of the Christian faith.

What I thought would be a major Christian guilt trip on living amongst suburbia was nothing of the sort. Instead Dave comes against the idea that you can not live a deeply spiritual life in the midst of the suburbs, but rather that the “thicker” life needs to be pursued in spite of that. It can be found in the suburbs! What an encouragement!

If you, like me, are a Christian, drive a minivan, know what it means to be off sides in soccer, have fretted over your child’s costume for an activity…. If your life whatsoever resembles suburbia… read this book.

Jan

28

Hinds Feet on High Places

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I just finished re-reading one of my favorite books, Hinds Feet on High Places. In this allegory, Hannah Hunard’s character “much afraid”, experiences many of the hurdles we go through on our own journey as Christians. Her unique gift to tell a fictional story that is entertaining and hard to put down, while still maintaining deep parallels has made this book timeless. I would say this would rank among my “must reads” for Christians.

Jan

27

Baby-How.com

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If you haven’t heard of Baby-how.com head over there right now. A reader wrote me about it and I was really impressed with how easy to navigate it was, how clean and simple, but useful. It is a site that would come in handy most for those of you that don’t have a lot of mommy peers in real life. It is somewhere you can go to ask your questions and also put in your own 2 cents.

Check it out.

Oct

9

WFMW- Word World

Filed Under Children, Featured, Review, Works for Me Wednesday | 14 Comments

Have you seen this kids show on PBS Kids yet? My husband happened upon it a couple of weeks ago and the boys were transfixed. I know I know, TV is not exactly something we want our children transfixed on, but this one is so perfect for Owen’s age. Between the rhyming,word association, and recognition I love them watching it. Owen has already picked up so much from it.

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