Book Review: In Between

Written by Jenny B. Jones  
Review by Michelle Sutton  

Unlike most kids, teenage Katie Parker never got a fair shot at a normal life. With a mother in jail and a missing-in-action dad, she's never known what it's like to truly be loved. Low on options and family members, she's soon shipped off to a foster home. Now in an unfamiliar town, Katie's rebellious attitude is at odds with her new family, school, and classmates. And after falling in with all the wrong people at school, things go from bad to really bad after she takes the blame for vandalizing the local performing arts theater. But in the midst of a dark situation, Katie finds light in the most unexpected places: through her new friendship with an eccentric senior, the commitment of her foster family, and a tragic secret that changed them forever. And as she inches closer to acceptance and forgiveness, she finds that God has been there all along.
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Book Review: All the Voices of the Wind

Book written by Donald James Parker  
Review from  Christian Review of Books (CRoB)  

All the Voices of the Wind is a delightfully believable and realistic love story from beginning to end. It follows the life of high school student Jeremy Dillon as he begins a promising senior year. Jeremy’s life is predictably derailed when fate places the beautiful Maria Masterson near him on his first day in school.
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Book Review: The Shack By William (Paul) Young

By Donald James Parker  

There is a phenomenon sweeping the planet in the form of a little book with the picture of a dilapidated building on the cover. The Shack is number one in three categories (including Christian fiction) on the Amazon sales charts, number two at Barnes and Noble, and number fourteen on the USA Today list of books.  Not too shabby. The book, which today is number eleven overall on the Yahoo sales chart, wasn't even written for publication but rather was created by a dad for his kids to read. How it ended up as the talk of a big chunk of the populace without Oprah's recommendation is a fairly significant mystery. Over 300,000 copies have been sold already and nobody I know has even heard of the book.
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Jesus Online

By Matt Van Zyl  

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit – Matthew 28:19 (NKJV)

The Great Commission. So, do we see it as this far-off, grainy Ben Hur type deal? Hardy, weather-beaten missionaries with thousand-yard stares on dusty travels, with smelly camels and smellier translators? Does it seem this distant idea, something far removed from the ring tones and concrete of our cities and ‘burbs?
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Movie Review: The Climb

By Donald James Parker   

Afraid of heights?  Don't feel like the Lone Ranger.  I'm just grateful I'm a man and don't have to wear high heels and challenge my acrophobia in order to be fashionable.  So, why would I buy a movie about mountain climbing?   I was looking for Christian entertainment to share with all of you good folks, so since this was produced by Billy Graham's organization, I figured it must be an evangelical extravaganza.  I plopped down the hard-earned cash to check it out.  There was another movie that I was really jazzed to watch but, it hadn't arrived yet.  This one sat patiently awaiting my attention on the couch for several weeks.  The need to provide a review for TCP pushed me to step away from my computer without any police intervention and sit down in front of the TV for an hour and a half to get indoctrinated into the world of alpining.   I was glad I did.
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