Saturday, July 26, 2008
Books I Like

Pat Gaudette

While the majority of books that are sent to me to review deal with relationship issues, I also enjoy fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of topics.

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A Man Worth Waiting For

A Man Worth Waiting ForA Man Worth Waiting For: How to Avoid a Bozo by Jackie Kendall is a dating book based on the biblical account of Ruth that teaches how to look for a Boaz not a Bozo. Kendall uses real-life stories to explain how to avoid dating mistakes and includes questions at the end of chapters that would make for good group discussions.

BOOK EXCERPT - Chapter 1 The Original MWWF: Boaz

Before Tristan and Isolde, before Romeo and Juliet, and even before Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth of Pride and Prejudice, there were Boaz and Ruth. Their love story, dating from approximately 1000 BC, is still powerfully relevant in the twenty-first century.

Boaz, the leading man in the Hebrew book of Ruth, enters this short love story in chapter 2. This book is the story of a young widow named Ruth, whose heart had been broken by her husband’s death yet healed by faith in the God of Israel. Having touched God’s heart, she also touched the heart of one of God’s champion followers­–Boaz. The intersection of their lives becomes not only the framework of an earthly love story but also the foreshadowing of the greatest love story, God’s love for the world through Jesus­–Himself a descendant of the union of Boaz and Ruth. Read more… >>