Book Review – Broken Minds
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A good book on personal accounts of depression from a Christian perspective.
Book Review – Get Out of Your Head
Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A book written for Christian women about addressing negative thoughts by using the strategy of thought replacement.
Book Review – Spiritual Depression
Len's Star Rating: 1 out of 10. A book that is most useful as a historical example of literature that worsens mental health stigma among Christians.
Book Review – On Purpose Leadership
Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A book that focuses on the role of personal development in enhancing leadership primarily in business settings.
Book Review – Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A book that provides the backstory, rationale, and research that supports the X3, a muscle-building variable resistance system.
Book Review – Eight Dates
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. One of the best books on marriage and partnership.
Book Review – Flirting with Darkness
Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A book that provides a personal account of depression from a Christian viewpoint.
Book Review – The Overload Syndrome
Len's Star Rating: 5 out of 10. A Christian book that looks at the problems of overconsumption and unrealistic expectations from several different viewpoints and continues to explore the theme of overload and margin that the author introduced in his earlier book Margin.
Book Review – Depression: looking up from the stubborn darkness
Len's Star Rating: 2 out of 10. A nonscientific book with spiritual viewpoints on depression and emotions.
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 – You’ll Get Through This
Len's Star Rating: 3 out of 10. A Christian book that contains reflections on how a person could gain encouragement and insight into their difficulties through the ups and downs of the life of Joseph.
Book Review – Blue Like Jazz
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An unconventional and entertaining book on Christian living that confronts American Christian culture and challenges the reader to authentically pursue a relationship with Jesus.
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 – The Last Arrow
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. A challenging, countercultural book on Christian living that focuses on breaking through mediocrity, living for the future, and leaving no effort undone.
Book Review – I Declare War
Len's Star Rating: 5 out of 10. A book on Christian living with a growth-oriented focus on addressing insecurity and working to develop mindfulness skills.
Book Review – Hope for a Hopeless Day
Len's Star Rating: 2 out of 10. A book that addresses the temporary emotion of hopelessness through the events of Christ on the cross.
Book Review – Drops Like Stars
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A helpful book containing reflections on suffering and adversity from a Christian perspective.
Book Review – Straight Talk on Depression
Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A Christian book on depression that mainly presents depression as a spiritual issue.
Book Review – Blame It on the Brain?
Len's Star Rating: 1 out of 10. A book with spiritual viewpoints on mental health conditions that contradict medicine and science.