Book Review – Atomic Habits
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An excellent book on developing positive habits and eliminating negative ones.
Book Review – Free Range Kids
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. A refreshing, counter-cultural book on promoting independence in children.
Book Review – Together
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An eye-opening book on the harmful impact of loneliness and the power of connection to heal its wounds.
Book Review – How to Dad
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. A fun and informative book for first-time fathers.
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 – From Strength to Strength
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An exceptional book and guide on navigating and thriving in the second half of life.
Book Review – Raising Good Humans Every Day
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A helpful parenting book on using mindfulness strategies in parenting children.
Book Review – When Worry Works
Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A good book that addresses the maladaptive patterns that parents can experience when reacting to anxiety over their adolescent’s academic achievement.
Book Review – The Gardens of Democracy
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A well-written book on politics and society in the US that makes a persuasive argument for nudging our country slightly to the left while calling for the government not to grow as the provider of services and programs.
Book Review – Hermann Rorschach’s Psychodiagnostics
Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. A superb translation of Rorschach’s original text, Psychodiagnostics.
Book Review – Let It Go
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. An excellent self-help book on effectively downsizing, decluttering, and dealing with the emotions stirred up in the process.
Book Review – The Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life
Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A self-help book on healthy living, written in 1996 from a Christian perspective.
Book Review – Mental Health and the Church
Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A book that focuses on reducing mental health stigma in the church and improving church worship environments, primarily for families of children with special needs.
Book Review – I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die
Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A first-person account of experiencing and overcoming depression and suicidality as a Christian.
Book Review – The Gift of Empathy
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A helpful book on developing empathy skills and considering opportunities to express empathy to others.
Book Review – Gunfight
Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A book that is both a memoir and an exposé on the gun industry in America.
Book Review – Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. A challenging and convicting book on Christian faith and living a life of servanthood and sacrifice, which is counter to mainstream American church culture.
Book Review – The Best 5 Books for Christians with Depression
The best 5 books on depression for Christians.
Book Review – A New Kind of Christian
Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A work of fiction about two friends who are growing their faith in Jesus beyond mainstream beliefs and practices.
Book Review – There Is No Box
Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A book that explains how to develop a flexible, relatable approach to leading others and shaping your identity as a leader.