If I were unemployed, this is the book I would want.  I like it so much I’m going to give a copy to everyone who comes to the Job Seekers group at Corinth June 14.  In addition to the practical helps for the unemployed, Richard Bolles gives his readers a surprise gift at the end.

I think I like this book on spiritual intimacy because I’m not very good at it.  I’m good at busyness, I’m good at tasks, I’m good at keeping human machinery running.  I’m not good at intimacy.
I’ll blame it on ADD. 

Whatever else you might think about Rob Bell’s latest book, he certainly knows marketing.  That’s an interesting statement to make since his megachurch in Grand Rapids intentionally eschews marketing.  When we went there two years ago, we weren’t even sure we had found Mars Hill Church – there were no signs at the converted mall [...]

               I wish this book weren’t so necessary.  The subtitle is “Hope and Healing After Infidelity,” and I am currently trying to help several couples where this is their present reality.  I went looking for some resources to pass on to them, and found this book.

If you’re trying to write a book, and you read a book that says what you wanted to say, only better, is that a good thing or a bad thing?  It happened to me last night.