Honey: The Gourmet Medicine – Joe Traynor
This is an fascinating account of not only some of the nutritional benefits of honey, but the various medicinal uses for it as well. Putting honey on an open wound? Are they crazy? Actually, they’re not. Honey creates trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide, and as we all know, H202 is nothing short of a medical miracle. This book is a short yet highly informative read.
Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On: Trusting God in the Tough Times – Stormie Omartian
Sometimes we just don’t understand what in the world God is doing in our lives. Tragedies, set-backs, extreme pain – why does God let us experience these things? While some of her answers and anecdotes didn’t satisfy me, for the most part I thought Stormie Omartian was dead on about our need to trust in God’s character more than a specific outcome. Highly recommended!
God’s Chosen Fast – Arthur Wallis
Actually, I can thank my brother Kolby for getting me interested in this. Like most American Christians, I never really thought much about fasting in the Bible. It was something that “other” people did. You know, the people who eat locusts and hang out in itchy clothes? This book helped me better understand what fasting truly is (and more importantly, what it’s NOT.)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway – Susan Jeffers, Ph. D.
I’d heard about this book for a number of years, but I never sought it out until I found it recently at (any guesses, here?) a book fair. As I’m venturing forth toward a new phase in my life (more on this later?), I find myself feeling the fear that accompanies new growth. Actually, I felt the fear first, then after reading the book I was able to label WHY I felt the fear. She does an EXCELLENT job of deconstructing fear and its origins as well as providing practical solutions. While it’s predictably biased toward psychological solutions without pointing to any spiritual ones, its fairly easy to draw biblical parallels to what she says. Easy to read with a handful of entertaining examples, this is one book I highlighted more than I had expected to.