30 Second Book Club

If you've ever wondered, "what is my teenage child thinking?" This book can help!  Shannon Perry talks about bullying, beauty, and self-harm in this interview about her book, Stand.

If you don't feel like you fit in at Church but still love Jesus, this is the book for you!  Brant and I talk about not "feeling" Jesus, how to actually pray if it's awkward for you, and a perspective to the age old question, "Where is God in tragedy"?

Technology has made our lives easier, but it has also made us more distracted and less connected with others.  Arlene Pellicane's book talks about 5 rules for a balanced digital life, and shares some of them on the podcast!

In a world where whoever shouts the loudest and most shocking thing wins, this is the book that could help remind us to take a moment to listen to someone else. Becky Harling gives some practical biblical advice in her book, How To Listen So People Will Talk.

If you've read about fasting and praying in the Bible and wondered if it would work for you, then this conversation will help open your eyes to the power that comes from it!  Suzanne and Wendy started a Fasting and Prayer journey together years ago and wrote a book about their ups and downs called Fast Friends: The Amazing Power if Friendship, Fasting, and Prayer.

If you are an adult and feel like you don't really have everything figured out, you may wish you had someone alongside you to help out.  Susie Davis found that her children's friends would always come to her for advice and decided to write it down so we can all learn from it!

Ben wrote this book to help ignite a fierce rebellion against hopelessness, and it has so many powerful bits of truth, this is one of those books that you can read a few minutes and find the hope you need for the day.   We dig deeper into depression, prayer, authenticity, enemies, the bible, and failure.

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There may have been moments in your life where you thought that your story was over.  That God had given up on you, so you should give up too.  I think Nikki Leonti Edgar may have felt that way after she signed a record deal and was climbing to the top of the Christian charts until she became a single mom, and felt alone.

But God didn't give up on her, and now she wants to encourage other single moms that:

"There is not a past too messy that can keep God from transforming the most hopeless situation into a beautiful story." (Back cover)

So she wanted to share her journey and insights in her devotional, All Things New, and on the 30 second book club!

The world goes out of its way to make you believe you are not good enough. In his book, Matthew West helps you discover your true identity and rip off those labels that others have wrongly put on you.

In this transparent conversation, Matthew talks about his issues with Dairy Queen, how to take off the label of regret, what to do when you are feeling insecure about your number of Instagram followers, and how life is like sitting at the Airport.

What would you do if fear no longer stood in your way?

That's the bold question that Ruth Sokup asks in her new book, Do it Scared.

We dive in to:

The most common fear archetype (and how to overcome it).

What to do if you are a rule follower.

What is a stretch goal and why should you have one?

The one thing you can control.

Why going through divorce, bankruptcy, and depression taught Ruth that there are no mistakes, only lessons.

The truth about balance.