Book Review – Fires in the Dark
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. A fascinating book that explores healing and healers of trauma and mental illness.
Book Review – Educated
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. A collection of life stories and memories of a young woman in her experiences of the transformational power of education, friendships, and choosing self to escape the entrapments of poverty, isolation, and a dysfunctional, abusive family system.
Book Review – Spurgeon’s Sorrows
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. A helpful book that is both enlightening and lyrical in its exploration of depression through the life and sermons of Charles Spurgeon.
Book Review – Get Out of That Pit
Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A Christian book that contains humorous reflections and general advice on dealing with difficult life situations.
Book Review – God Longs to Heal You
Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A wide-ranging book with Christian spiritual perspectives on aspects of trauma and negative life events.
Book Review – Living Beyond the Limits
Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A book containing inspirational stories on servanthood from a Christian perspective that mostly relate to the author’s charity, Samaritan’s Purse.
Book Review – The Hole in Our Gospel
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. A Christian book that describes a gospel message that includes helping the global poor and calls for action from Christians to embrace a faith that is more authentic, demanding, and attractive.
Book Review – The Soul of Desire
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A good but complex book on aspects of desire and beauty from a Christian spiritual perspective.
Book Review – Man's Search for Meaning
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. Man’s Search for Meaning, while written 75 years ago, is startlingly relevant to the world we live in today. It is a superb look at surviving, forgiving and finding meaning and is a reminder and warning of atrocities that we collectively must oppose.