Abbie Miller
Last Friday, a giveaway happened here.
Well, a chance to enter a giveaway happened here. And last night, the winner was selected at random. That’s right folks! My trusty paper-slip drawing method has revealed the winner to be…..
Hey everyone!
Thanks to the lovely Annie Downs, of Wednesday’s interview, we’re having a giveaway of her book, From Head to Foot!
In case you’re wondering what exactly the book’s about, here’s a little synopsis:
By RTF Staff Writer Matthew VanTryon
Matthew: You’ve been blogging since 2006, now you’ve written a book…what is it about writing that you enjoy so much? What or who first got you interested in writing?
Annie: Here is the truth- I love to talk. I love telling stories. I love entertaining people. I find it to be very challenging to do that well in written form and I like that challenge. Something about a well written paragraph, or sentence even, can take my breath away. I think it is just something that the Lord put in my heart from a young age.
Lynn, a mom to a teen, read my book “Real Issues, Real Teens: What Every Parent Needs to Know“. In it a teen shares that if she could tell her mom anything, she would tell her about all the times she struggled with a guy who was physically abusing her and was making her feel like her life didn’t count.
I shared with parents how important it was to listen — all the way to the end. Without lectures, or “in my day” stories, and without freaking out, and gave practical helps to reconnect with their teen and to really hear what they were saying.
A mom named Lynn read that story and that chapter and had a great talk with her teen son–one she didn’t expect and one that was amazing to her. This is what she had to say: (more…)
Making It Real: Whose Faith Is It Anyway?
By T. Suzanne Eller
Kregel, 2007, 162 pp., $11.99, www.kregel.com
From YouthWorker Journal, Review by Adam Griffin
What youth worker has not been frustrated by students whose faith waxes or wanes based on whether or not they can feel God right now? Who hasn’t dealt with kids who live by “borrowed convictions”? Whether they got them from their parents or their youth pastor, kids tend to grasp belief systems that they have been “raised in” without taking faith seriously and making it personal. Through six short, surprisingly deep and probing sections and their coordinating five daily devotions, Making It Real attempts to lead its teenage audience to a personal and living faith.
Completing 30 daily devotions may be an unrealistic expectation for many students, but then again, the goal of Christ-likeness requires a serious effort. Suzanne Eller consistently refuses to water down that commitment. Using a variety of scripture and thought provoking questions, she offers teens much more than another philosophy. She presents a faith worth living for.
Excerpted from Real Teens, Real Stories, Real Life
Have you ever noticed that people tend to put a higher value on objects owned or worn by a famous person? Worn-out guitars used by rock stars or desks used by past presidents are auctioned for thousands, even millions, of dollars. We often make the same judgements about people, but God doesn’t do this. In the eyes of God, we are all valuable. ~ David R., Age 18
The Cross by Lawrana M., 14
(Excerpted from Real Teens, Real Stories, Real Life)
The cross that hangs from my neck
is a symbol of who I am
What I hold close to my heart
some people will never understand
He died for them, too,
not just for me
If they knew someone died
on Calvary
Would they wear this cross
like me?
Or is this a secret that everyone knows
and chooses not to believe
Not comprehending it comes with love
and forgiveness for eternity
Real Teens, Real Stories, Real Life by T. Suzanne Eller is #1 on Amazon Book’s Bestsellers List for Drug & Alcohol Abuse: Teens.
If you have a friend who is struggling with addiction and who wonders if God cares, please order this book and send it to them. If you want Suzie to autograph it for them and to send it personally, e-mail RTF for the details ($12 cost of book and $3.00 shipping/packaging/media mail.)