Culture

A Lion Book RRP $18.95 I suspect that most readers of Journey will be involved in some way with assisting and caring for others. This so often involves relationship problems – parent-child, parent-parent, married or co-habiting couples, grandparents, sibling-sibling etc. etc. This book, I believe would be excellent for all caring people, and also especially for those contemplating or experiencing ...

Reader’s Digest Published by Ruthledge Hill Press RRP $29.95 This publication has a unique quality.  Packed with a wealth of inspirational and moving stories gathered from across the planet by Reader’s Digest, it provides readers with timeless wisdom and encouragement to live life to the fullest whatever their circumstances and challenges. The contribution at the end of each chapter by ...

Polebridge Press, Santa Rosa, California, 2002 RRP: $31.95 The title of this book certainly reflects its contents – for many this would be a very uncommon lectionary. The readings for this year-long lectionary (included in the book) are from The Didache, The Odes of Solomon, the Q Gospel (a book believed to be source material for the four Gospels in ...

Worth Press, 2007. RRP $39.95 As members of a global village, we may want to have a better understanding of our Muslim, Hindu or Scientologist neighbours. In fact, our neighbours may be Sikh, Kabbalah, Breatharian or any one of a great number of alternatives. This book encompasses virtually all belief systems, albeit briefly.  It is therefore not for the serious ...

CD Scatjazz If you’ve woken up from the dream of a White Christmas and you’re tired of wandering through a musical Winter Wonderland – Brisbane jazz band Scat’s latest offering might refresh your ears this Christmas. Scat’s We dig Christmas describes itself as “a jazzy Christmas album for the whole family to enjoy.” Their fifth album, We Dig Christmas retains ...

Jewish Lights Publications 2007 ISBN13: 978-1-58023-259-3 In early 2002, Jewish American journalist Daniel Pearl was abducted and subsequently murdered by militant extremists in Pakistan seeking to promote their cause. Nearing the end of his life, and being ‘interrogated’ by his captors, Pearl made the statement "My father’s Jewish, my mother’s Jewish, I’m Jewish!" The concept of the book, which examines ...

HarperOne Released: December 2007 RRP  $21.99 There are a lot of self-help books for churches out there, and sometimes it seems like most are from and for American mega-churches. Sometimes that makes translating into a different culture and context a challenge. What makes Christianity for the Rest of Us different from many is that here is a book that tells the ...

Monarch Books RRP – $18.95 This book is a sequel to Robinson’s earlier Nobody’s Child. Perhaps the names of each give away to some extent the essential thesis of each!  Nevertheless, this book is very motivational and centres the reader’s thoughts and imagination on the amazing power of God to transform a man’s life and then to use that same ...

Epworth Press 2006 You’ll have to search Amazon for this one When is a Book Review Not a Book Review? Well, this is not a book review in the strict sense though I certainly commend the book to anyone with a curiosity about ‘hope’. I was recently watching a TV program piece featuring two neurosurgeons one of whom had a ...

Published by: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, London RRP $45.00 This useful workbook is the third in a series from Cardiff University and Bible College. The introduction states: “…designed to help you learn about and reflect in depth on your own experience.” and is for ministers and leaders who are feeling the need for a refresher course on using the ...