Never Say DietWritten by: Chantel Hobbs223 pagesPublisher: WaterBrook PressThis book has done something for me that no other book has been able to do. It has motivated me to consistently exercise. Chantel Hobbs once weighed 349 pounds at the young age of 29. She was married to a man who never belittled her for her heaviness but he didn’t have to – Chantel beat herself up over it. She hated looking at herself in the mirror and she worried that her kids would have no mother because she would die young. It wasn’t until she became totally miserable that she chose to do something about it. One night while driving…

A Life That Says WelcomeWritten by: Karen Ehman235 pagesPublisher: Revell For many people offering hospitality is a daunting prospect. There are many excuses offered such as, “I don’t know how to cook,” My house is too small,” or “My husband and I are not extroverts. What would we talk about?” Hospitality is a Biblical mandate though and one that we must learn to embrace with joy. In the book A Life That Says Welcome Karen takes a look at what hospitality means and gives examples from the Bible of those who displayed a welcoming heart. “A Life That Says Welcome helps you make others feel refreshed, rather than impressed, in…

Ten P’s in a Pod : A Million-Mile Journal of the Arnold Pent Family Written by: Arnold Pent, Jr. 198 pages Publisher: The Vision Forum, Inc.     Tea P’s in a Pod, written by Arnold Pent, Jr. at the age of 17, is about a family with 8 children who crisscrossed the United States, as well as made travels to Canada, in an effort to tell others about Jesus Christ. Arnold Jr.’s dad, whose name is also Arnold, was a somewhat unusual man who would let nothing discourage him or stand in his way if he felt that God had called him to go somewhere or do something. Like…