Book Review on “The Very Best, Hands-on, Kinda Dangerous Family Devotions” by Tim Shoemaker

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in order to give an honest review.

While I like the concept of the devotional, I am not really fond of the fact that it seems to this overprotective mama that the term “kinda dangerous” should really say “dangerous” for several of the devotionals in this book. There are also a couple that say the child should be 12+ years old. I was really looking forward to getting the devotional to review because I have a daughter that I would love to be able to do fun biblical lessons with when she gets older; however, I think that I would be too nervous to do some of them with her. Now there are some out there that aren’t as much of a worrier as me and will love this devotional which is why I won’t get it lower than three out of five stars. I will say my only other thing that I wasn’t fond of with this devotional either is that it requires someone to go out and buy some specific things for some of the devotionals. I wish that it didn’t require that because then I think it would be appealing to more people.

Thoughts on Keep Showing Up by Karen Ehman

I recently started reading the book Keep Showing Up: How to Stay Crazy in Love When Your Love Drives You Crazy by Karen Ehman.  I am currently on page 176.  However, I thought I would write some of my thoughts for the book so far.  I started reading it because I am participating in the Proverbs 31 Online Bible Study based on this book.  It is a refreshing book on marriage.  Karen Ehman not only talks about what you can do to work on your marriage, but she also talks about her own marriage in order to provide examples.  I have found that this book can not only be applied to my relationship to my husband but also to other relationships in my life.  I love how she gives activities that you can do in order to “keep showing up” in marriage.  I would definitely recommend this book!