Letters from a Skeptic

I don't know about you, but I like to read a couple of books at one time. Usually I do a non-fiction and a fiction depending on my mood any part of the day. This one I'm not entirely finished with but I'm going to review it now as I'm thinking it will only get better and better.
The book is written by Dr. Gregory Boyd a husband and father, and his father, a gentleman in his, I believe, 70's. Dr. Boyd, the younger, a once unbeliever, went on to study and teach theology and become a believer in Christ. His father does not believe thus the "older" Boyd is the skeptic. The letters are written back and forth between father and son with the father asking various questions about God and the son answering. The father's questions are posed rather simply but at times the son gets a little deep in his answers....never fear tho, the father says exactly what I would have said and tells his son he is getting a little too technical and to put his explanations in simple language...I love that part....and he does. The questions the father asks are very simple everyday questions such as "why does God let bad things happen?", etc. By the end of the book and through the letters, the father becomes a believer. This is a true story and the letters are real...maybe just a little re-worded for better understanding to the reader. It's a fairly quick read and great no matter where you are in your beliefs.
This is yet another in a list of books my Pastor plans on loaning me for my personal edification as I requested from him....and, like "What's So Amazing About Grace" I definately plan on getting this one for my own library....definately a re-reader! Till next time....

Bubbles Unbound.....

If you have never read a Bubbles book, you truly don't know what you are missing! Mystery and comedy rolled up in one great big ball of fun!!! I stumbled on Sarah Strohmeyer's "Bubble" series after reading a article in our local paper...seems she was going to be at a local mystery book store and I believe, if memory serves me correct, she grew up somewhere in Pennsylvania. I love to read books where the scene is in my home state or even very near me and this is where the setting begins....beautiful Lehigh Pennsylvania...well, maybe across the state from me but still in good ole PA. Bubbles Yablonsky (Polish no doubt....another reason I love her so much!) is this crazy blonde hairdresser, dressed in her hot pants and tube top, and a recent graduate of Two Guys community college, who loves to solve murder mysteries....of course her hair must be done and she can't break a nail....ya gotta love her!!! She's sorta like the Lucille Ball of mysteries. Being her and I are both of the same or close to the same background, so many things that go on with her crazy relatives I can identify with....except for the shoplifting mother...that's another story! So so much fun! Trust me, you will never cry when reading a Bubbles book.....but you will laugh out loud! Each book is a mystery in itself while at the same time she has her own little romance thing going on with photographer, Steve Stilletto. You don't have to go in the series as the author always gives you some background in each book. So, if you are ready for a light funny...make that hilarious read.....take Bubbles for a spin.....you'll never know where you might end up!