Sunnyvale Church Library

Stop by the church library from 11:30 a.m. - Noon any Saturday for these and other great books and videos.

Still Standing

by Ken McFarland

You’re probably familiar with the name Ken McFarland. He’s well-known in denominational circles as a writer. In the main, this book covers a two-year period in McFarland’s life, though an epilogue catches up year three. In this critical two-year period the author experienced:

death of loved one
financial collapse
breakup of his marriage
a life-threatening disease
loss of job
loss of a new close relationship
depression and loneliness
a savaging of his reputation
searing physical and emotional pain

...and came through. When you come to the end of an awful, horrible, very bad, not-so-good day, read this book. You’ll be able to say, “I guess my day was pretty good after all”.

The Outer Limits of Life

by John Medina

This is a bit more than Reproduction 101, but the man is a good teacher. The questions that swirl around the beginning of a human life are acute these days. This book can provide you, in a clear, even entertaining way, facts upon which to base or bolster your position one the delicate problems.

Changes That Heal

by Dr. Henry Cloud

This book could be subtitled How to Grow Up. We have all developed ways of coping, sometimes as long ago as childhood, that really don’t work now. And yet we can be oblivious to what is wrong. This book will point out the path, compactly. It covers the ground of three or four of the usual counseling books.

Under the Spell of Mother Earth

by Berit Kjos

Since God made everything, what’s the problem with being concerned about caring for it? Environmentalism seems a good thing, but can it be carried to the point of worship of false gods? You’ll find this a fascinating book about a modern movement.

The younger family members have some vigorous books this time as well:

Return to Jerusalem

by Lois M. Parker

After the 70-year captivity in Babylon, the Jews returned, as God had promised, to Jerusalem and their homeland. Not as a great surging wave, unfortunately, but in several spurts and starts. The Bible books of Ezra and Nehemiah record part of this period. Lois Parker has taken the material from Nehemiah and created a personal story of a young girl, Rachael, and her grandfather who make the trek back to Jerusalem. She has done an excellent job of dramatizing a tumultuous dangerous period, and created people with whom the reader can be genuinely involved. She manages to insert foreign customs and rituals accurately, and with explanations, yet without bogging down the reader or slowing the story. Excellent creative writing, making the book of Nehemiah more real.

Secret In the Hayloft

by Josephine Cunnington Edwards

A collection by the master story teller, these are a mix of mission stories and stories from the home land, fairly recent and from the “olden days”. Good reading.

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