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The Lost Choice

The Lost Choice: A Legend of Personal Discovery

by Andy Andrews

This is a book everyone should read at least once. Andy Andrews is the author of The Traveler’s Gift and has a wonderful biography. He was orphaned by age 18 and living on his own with no money. Clearly he could have fallen into the system but by the grace of God, he didn’t. He fell into being a master storyteller.

In The Lost Choice, a man in the ancient desert of the Middle East has a possession and one son. He has chosen to live his life caring for the one son so that he will be worthy of the one possession when it comes his time. When their caravan is raided, the man ruthlessly cuts the possession into four parts, only one of which is retrieved by his son.

Fast forward to the present day.

A young boy finds a curious rock in the creek bed. His father is a police detective, his mother a reporter. His parents become enthralled by the rock. They find people who can tell them something about it. They also find others similar, one of which comes with a requirement repeated by the character Mae Mae–”Do you pledge to do somethin’ special with your life?”

Mae Mae also makes the title point of the book–”Do you think they’s some people that never make a difference in this world?” Our main characters answer yes. “And tha’s where you’d be dead wrong!” Mae Mae said as she pointed her finger. “Everybody-every single body-makes a difference! But there is a choice that determines what kinda difference you will make. Most folks don’t see how important they are…how much they matter to all of us. So they never choose to do somethin’ special wif their lives. And not makin’ a choice? That is a choice…a lost one.”

This book may make you think too much. But maybe it’s time we all thought a little more about the choices we make. Follow the Chandlers and the four pieces through time and learn about your own choices.

A free reader’s guide is available at www.AndyAndrews.com or www.ThomasNelson.com

The book is available online or in most bookstores in hardcopy.

Blue Collar God/White Collar God

Blue Collar God/White Collar God

by Terry Esau

c. 2001 Published by W Publishing Group

This is a two-sided “flip” book. One side is Blue Collar, the other White Collar with Home in the center. Altogether this is a collection of 22 “parables” giving a new meaning and depth to our relationship with God.

What if God were a garbageman who would pick up anytime you called?

What if God were a hitchhiker? On Christmas morning.

What if God joined an anonymous group? Christaholics Anonymous to be exact. Know anyone who might be a member?

What if God ran a fire factory? Built the Tomorrow Tower? Taught kites to fly?

What if God sold insurance? On the street? Out of a homeless shopping cart?

Meet God in a new way. Or at least start thinking about the scripture, “when saw we you hungry, naked, or in prison?”

This is a thought-provoking book broken into soundbites that can be used for devotions and discussions.