Discerning Reader Editorial Review of Sacred Friendships

Discerning Reader Editorial Review of Sacred Friendships

Many people in Evangelical circles are familiar with the name Tim Challies because of his insightful book reviews (http://www.challies.com/).

A number of years ago, Tim decided to expand his reviewing influence by starting a second book review site, Discerning Readers (http://discerningreader.com/). At DR, Tim has over a dozen other reviewers working with him under the excellent leadership of Mark Tubbs. About three months ago I started doing reviews for Tim and Mark at DR and have truly enjoyed my connection with these men.

Tim Challies' site along with Discerning Reader are the two most visited blogs for Evangelical book reviews.

Today, one of the long-time DR reviewers, Leslie Wiggins, shares her views on Sacred Friendships in stop number 17 on the Sacred Friendships Blog Tour. DR has made Leslie's review of Sacred Friendships their featured review for the week.

Leslie begins her review with these words:

In the writings of early church history, women’s voices have gone underrepresented. This realization began Dr. Robert Kellemen’s desire for writing Sacred Friendships. In addition to his work in biblical counseling, his personal passion is to empower “those who have been robbed of their voice.” Like the women they profile in their book, co-author Susan Ellis’ passion lies in ministering to women and seeing God work in their lives. Kellemen and Ellis combined their passions in order to write the stories of more than fifty remarkable Christian women who offered care and direction for the souls of men and women throughout church history.

Leslie concludes her review with this recommendation:

I am happy to recommend Sacred Friendships to Christian women, counselors and mentors, and women in ministry. It’s a perfect book for a women’s book club or small group; the discussion questions are quite thought-provoking and would lend themselves to an edifying small group discussion. Read it with your mentor or use it to begin your own sacred friendship.

But that's just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. To enjoy Leslie's entire review, please visit her Discerning Reader review at: http://bit.ly/1EzTcf.

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