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Mystics, Mavericks & Miracle Workers: A 30-Day Journey with Some Saints

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This book has helped me with the everyday issues that can cloud up life and get us on a dreary path of mere existance, instead of the clear and concise path of knowing God's will for us and doing it. Eric and Jason have done an excellent job of extracting fundamental truths from some of the most faithful and devoted saints in history. I didn't think there was so much to learn from these people who lived so long ago, in a very different time and culture than ours. Every point was exactly what I needed to hear and it challenges me to make every minute matter for God, no matter what hard times I may be facing. This book spoke right into my life... for today.

The authors give a compulsory overview of six saints without getting bogged down in unnecessary details. The purpose of this book (according to page 90) is to "learn from their journey and find strength and insight from our own journey." The devotionals are thought-provoking and relevant. Each day gives thoughts from an ancient saint, a thought from Scripture, thoughts of others, and thoughts from one of the authors. The authors, in their transparency, succeeded in stimulating my thinking and in pushing me to consider my own love for Christ. The "thoughts of others" section in each day's devotional seemed forced and dated; if the quotes from men like Donald Trump, Malcom X, or Oracle (from the Matrix movies) had been omitted, this would've been a perfect book.