Review of Healing Stones

Healing Stones
By: Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn
Published By : Thomas Nelson
ISBN-13: 978-0-8499-1890-2
With One Flash Of A Camera, Demi’s Private Life Becomes Public News, She Doesn’t Know It Yet, But Her Healing Has Just Begun.
Christian college professor Demitria Costanas had vowed to end her affair with a colleague. But she gives into temptation one last time…..and a lurking photographer captures her weakness for all to see. Quite literally, she’s the woman caught in adultery. And almost everyone –herself included-has a stone to throw.
Enter Sullivan Crisp, a decidedly unorthodox psychologist with his own baggage. He’s well known for his quirky sense of humor and incorporation of “game show” theology “ into his counseling sessions. And yet there’s something more he offers……hope for a fresh start.
Reluctantly the two of them begin an uplifting, uneven journey filled with healing and grace. By turns funny and touching, this story explores the ways humans hurt each other and deceive themselves. And it shows the endlessly creative means God uses to turn stones of accusation and shame into works of beauty that lead us onto the path of healing.
An auspicious debut for a candid yet tender series about pain, healing, and God’s invitation for second chances.
Review:
This story is a captivating read and free - therapy session in one well-written package. Referring to one’s emotional and spiritual growth the fictional psychologists says, “Until we’re dead, none of us is done,” and that is just one of the many great quotes in the book. Healing Stones begins with the main character dealing with guilt feelings of a sin she has been hiding. After being caught in the act the story then progresses to reveal how her sin affects everyone around her.
Hypocrisy, forgiveness, and God’s love are themes that run throughout the story. As a child who was a victim of a family members affair, I found the book on target in showing the ripple effect of that kind of mistake. The storyline also includes a firefighter and how he deals with a loss caused by the twin tower attacks.
The dynamic duo Nancy Rue and Stephen Arterburn have succeeded in writing a book with both entertaining and spiritual value.

the Will of Wisteria Review

God chose to use a written book (the Bible) and make it a living book by giving us Christ. Written words were how he chose to get his message out, and Christ was the living message that He sent with the Holy Spirit to teach, direct, and empower. There are many Christian books in our society today, and I want my blog to be used to find the truths of God's word in those books by people who have read them, enjoyed them, and been changed by them. The best Christian books, fiction or non- fiction, are the ones that point people to the living Word Jesus Christ and leads them to be more conformed to His image.

I finished the book, the Will of Wisteria, this week by Denise Hildreth. This book starts to work on your heart from the first chapter and continues to do so even after you have read the last line. It's about family, love, and never getting back those times missed out on. The key characters are four siblings that are challenged by their dead father to live a different kind of life for a year if they want to receive their wealthy inheritance. That year they learn about the spiritual bankruptcy in their life. The siblings are faced with a choice,which we all have to make,to either let God fix them or stay spiritually bankrupt. Do they all succeed at the challenge? Read the book to get that answer.

What Christian book have you read lately? What biblical truth did it teach you?