Book Review: A Time to Dance

A Time to Dance by Karen Kingsbury


Karen Kingsbury is a well-known Christian fiction and children’s book author. Her Baxter family series were incredibly popular and it seems these books in the Women of Faith series will be just as wonderful. A Time to Dance takes the reader on an emotional journey of a husband and wife who are trying to reclaim their once vibrant and certain love for eachother.

Karen Kingsbury is my all-time favorite author. Her books, although fictional, give insight into troubles that many of us face during our lives and provide scriptural truths on how to deal with them. This book was definitely an emotional roller coaster the entire way through. I went from laughing to crying and ended with a certain peace in my heart that if you listen to Him, He will lead you down the right path. Don’t read this book unless you are prepared to stay up all night because you can’t put the book down. You’ll also need some tissues!

Cellfire Cyber Monday Special

In celebration of Cyber Monday (November 29) Cellfire is planning another promotion where you can potentially win $5 off your next shopping trip at Kroger and Kroger-owned stores. The promotion will run for 5 hours from Noon (Pacific) to 5PM. When you login to Cellfire through THIS LINK, you just may win 1 of 1,000 $5 coupons. The coupons will be distributed randomly during that 5 hour period—and each member gets only one chance on their first login to see if they won.

BEWARE! Clairol $2 Coupon DOESN'T WORK for Herbal Essence

Have you seen people posting about this deal where they say to use the $2/1 Clairol product coupon from the 10/31 PG on Herbal Essence products?  Well, tried it today and the coupon beeps.  It may be technically correct that the coupon should work, but the reality is that it does not.  To make matters harder to argue in the store (not that I would....I pick my battles), the only pictures on the coupon are for the hair color boxes.

If you get a cashier that overrides....lucky day for you!

Book Review: The Treasure of God's Word

The Treasure of God's Word: Celebrating 400 Years of the King James Bible by Jack Countryman


This book is bound in what feels like leather and has gold edged pages to give it a more collectible feel than just another book to read. I consider this book to be a devotional or quick scripture reference. There are 45 distinct topics that are covered and provide the entire referenced scripture verse. Some of the topics range from God’s grace to humility.

I enjoyed the short opening which gave the history of how the King James Version came into existence; it was very enlightening and provided historical reference that I had not found in any other book I have read. The content of the book was well organized and provided the entire verse instead of just a portion and a reference back to the original verse in the Bible. I really don’t think that other than the opening few pages with the historical references, that this book seemed any different than other devotions or topical books of its kind. I wasn’t much of a fan of the “old” look and feel of the book; it seems strangely out of place when compared to other reference or devotional books. The pages are nice and well suited to a devotional gift book, however.

Book Review: The Grace of God

The Grace of God by Andy Stanley


The Grace of God is a book that seeks to explain the hard issues people have with understanding grace. Stanley explains how the God of the Old Testament is not any different than the God of the New Testament, but that our perception is that God is different because of the way He uses His grace. Stanley also points out God’s grace in various Bible stories that we don’t often look at in the light of grace.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it changed my outlook on life. The main message I got out of the book is that grace is not fair, it is not deserved, and there is nothing we can do (or not do) to obtain grace (or lose it). Grace is God’s gift and He can dispense it as He sees fit. When you look at grace in this light, you realize that sometimes bad people get a break or forgiveness when we think they don’t deserve it…maybe that’s God’s grace. Who are we to judge what is fair for God to do and what is not…HE IS GOD, WE ARE NOT.

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Starting today, you can go to Cellfire, save 10 coupons and automatically be awarded a $1 off anything at Kroger (or any of their other banner stores we support). The $1 will appear in your account on Tuesday, November 16 when the promotion is over. Promotion ends on 11/15/10!  To be eligible, you must be a fully registered member.

Walgreen Candy Clearance

The Wags on 419/221 has their candy on clearance 75% off!  The big bags of $5.99 candy are just $1.49 now.  There are also clearanced butterfinger, nestle crunch, and lifesaver gummies bags...there are coupons available for these....I think $1/2.