Book Review: Living in the Zone by Kyle Rote Jr. and Dr. Joe Pettigrew

I loved this book—and I’m a woman!  This book is written by and for men—in particular sports orientated men—but most importantly—married men!  However, women may find it interesting too!

Here’s a line I thought was interesting:

“Often what you see in your wife as a weakness are really her strengths that have been taken to an extreme.”

Oh, and this one gave me a chuckle:

“It’s easy to find fault in your wives…and if the food tastes terrible, doesn’t she expect total honesty out of you?

Your answer will reveal how long you have been married!”

I might add to this—And your answer may indicate how long you STAY married, too!

I don’t think men have enough spiritual, leadership, and relationship books like this one and I greatly encourage more books like this to be written!  Please hurry!  I think this book is excellent!  We all have a story to tell.  Telling a story and listening to a story is the best way to teach, learn and relate with others.

These stories are not second-hand from a counselor and then the counselor’s comments; these stories are first-hand from the “players” point of view. I think this book has a good ratio of stories and bible thoughts and supporting verses, but it’s not overwhelming.  The 40-Day reading plan is very manageable: There are only 5-6 pages per day.  As you can already tell—I give this book a very high rating and I would definitely recommend it to any man to read individually or as a men’s bible study group! Thank you!

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Book Review: Your Money God’s Way By Amie Streater

Amie’s 7 Money Myths are basically personality types and how each one views money, spends money, as well as saves money—or not. If you’re looking for a detailed, step-by-step how to get out of debt plan, this book is really not it. However, this book does take a close look at how most people get into debt in the first place—basically, reckless spending. This book is more of a “change your stinking thinking about money” type book. I did enjoy reading the countless entertaining stories of how people have gotten themselves deeply into debt—including hers. Now, don’t take that the wrong way; maybe I should rephrase that. I think Amie has counseled a lot of people and has a lot of interesting stories to tell. More importantly though Amie provides Christian based principles about how to deal with money and debt. At the end of the book Amie provides a short chapter of some tables and solid recommended budgeting strategies to get out of debt. I’ve read so many books though that I’ve read it before, so what really made this book enjoyable for me is her writing style.

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