Friday, December 30, 2011

Nearing Home: Life, Faith and Finishing Well By Billy Graham



Nearing Home, is a guide on how to handle growing old as a Christian, asking the tough questions like, "what is the purpose for these years, and how can we align our lives with it?"
 It is practical guide that prepares both young and old for the future.  How to have joy and strength for the finish line, all the while, taking the steps necessary to finish this life well.

This book won't disappoint.  The practical side covers, retirement, will and estate planning, how to handle our grief when our loved ones die, and then it moves into the spiritual side and covers such topics as how to leave roots and a lasting legacy for your children and grand children. 

There is great hope and an underlying peacefulness about this book. You will find it is the most refreshing book on death and dying one could possible hope to read.  If you want to do things differently for your kids and grand kids in your old age, it is not to late to consider this book as a manual you can go to again and again to lead you home: complete with an alter call to make sure you arrive at the destination intended!

Billy Graham's book is one of his most concise, honest, hope filled books, he has written to date and if anyone has the authority to tell us how to grow old with grace and hope, I think 93 year old Billy Graham is that person.  This book is truly a gift for anyone still this side of heaven.



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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

We Be Big: "The Mostly True Story of How Two Kids from Calhoun Cou

The "mostly" true story of Rick and Bubba and their rise to fame in the radio world and the faith that got them there.

I had never heard of Rick or Bubba before this book. Now I feel like I know them. This story was so vividly portrayed that I found myself finishing this book in one sitting. A true insiders view of the radio world. I laughed, I cried, and I could relate to the honest way that God was allowed to work in their  life.  They came from humble beginnings, worked hard to pursue their dream in radio and struggled to balances that with family life, finances and their faith. I was not poignant, honest, retelling of their very personal struggles it took to pursue their dream, made this book a must read and recommend for me.


Disclosure of Material  Connection:I received this book free of charge from the publisher through BookSneeze.com. <http://BookSneeze®.com>book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review, this review reflects my own personal opinion.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision's 16 CFR, Part 255  <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html>: "Guides Concerning the Ue of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."