Culture

By Wendy Keller Wildcat Canyon Press, Berkeley, CA, 2001 RRP $21.95 Reviewed by Marian Zaunbrecher, Associate General Secretary for the Queensland Synod. Ms Keller uses personal anecdotes as well as stories from single mothers she knows to illustrate what she calls the “Joys of Being a Single Mother”. The issues she covers are the myth of the perfect mother, setting ...

By Tracey Leonard HiddenSpring, 1999 RRP $27.95 Reviewed by Karyl Davison. Last month I read Where the Hell is God? by Richard Leonard. He begins the book by recounting some of the comments made to his sister who, while working in a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory, received catastrophic injuries in a car accident. How could people suggest ...

By Sheila Cassidy, Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd., London, 2010, RRP $34.95 Reviewed by Marian Zauchenbrecher, Queensland Synod Associate General Secretary. I HAVE been a fan of Sheila Cassidy since I read her first book, Audacity to Believe. Ms Cassidy is a Roman Catholic laywoman, who was raised in Australia, trained and worked as a doctor in the UK and ...

By Martin Roth,Ark House, 2010, RRP $19.95 Reviewed by John Rhule. HOT ROCK Dreaming is a further instalment in the Johnny Ravine detective series by Martin Roth. Set in Alice Springs and surrounding remote Aboriginal communities Hot Rock Dreaming follows the trail of a murder mystery. The book invites you to join private investigator Johnny Ravine as he sets out ...

Abingdon 2006,RRP  $34.95 Reviewed by Barbara Bailey. THIS WELL-presented hardcover Children’s Bible has a massive 1500 pages plus colour plates and maps. While it is difficult to guess at what age a child could appreciate this I suggest children from the age of six to adults would value this volume. There are two full colour sections, positioned before the Old ...

By Sarah Hart,hippArt Music / Sarah Hart Music, RRP $22.95 Reviewed by Tara Burton, Journey community liaison officer. LISTENING TO the music of Sarah Hart is truly an enriching and inspiring experience. Drawing from her religious background and passion for women’s ministry, her songs are compassionate and heartfelt. Her new release The Give and Keep is her tenth album. It ...

By Owen F. Cummings Paulist Press 2010 RRP $6.95 Linda Hanson worships at Pomona Uniting Church and enjoys the liturgical seasons of Advent and Christmas. Living the Days of Advent and the Christmas Season is a lovely little book. Each page is one day in the season between the first Sunday in Advent and the Baptism of Jesus. Each page ...

By Andrew McDonough Lost Sheep Resources, 2008 RRP $7.95 Linda Hanson worships at Pomona Uniting Church and is always looking for good children’s books to use in worship. Dave the Donkey is one of best Christian children’s books I have read for a while and it is one children and adults alike will enjoy. The plot is simple, but effective ...

By William Bradley Roberts Church Publishing, NY, 2009 RRP $29.95 Reviewed by Rev Dr Lew Born, a retired Minister, ex-Moderator and Director Dept of Christian Ed and life-long advocate of culturally relevant worship. He is part of the Robina Congregation. Required reading for all involved in leading worship. The author’s agenda is to assist towards a greater appreciation of the ...

Kevin O’Gorman The Columbia Press, 2010 RRP $35.95 Reviewed by John Ruhle Being a self confessed sports nut I thought this would be a great book for me. I am not quite sure what I was hoping to get out of the book but I do know that I was disappointed. Saving Sport is a well researched kaleidoscope of religious ...