Kathi Lipp

This book was a blast to listen to! Read by the author, it is obvious that she really has taken to homesteading. She didn’t start out to live in a remote area in California, but it has turned to be a wonderful experience for her and her husband. She gives advice on what to stockpile, what to do without, when to do certain chores, how to plan for the infrequent shopping trips, and so much more. Listening to her talk about “her girls,” that is, her chickens, was a hoot. She gives practical advice on day-to-day living as well as season-to-season. She talked about the retreats she and her husband hosts, and about having friends over for get-togethers. She even made the hard work, and yes, some of it IS hard, sound like fun. You may never want to homestead, but there is probably something in this memoir that nearly everyone could incorporate into their lives. Well worth the read.… (more)

This book came into my life at a great time - but then God's timing is always the best for all things. Kathi Lipp has written an excellent book on prayer for busy woman. Finding time to pray seems so difficult when a mother rolls out of bed to the cries of an infant and a "to-do" list that seems to never end. It seems when she steps out of bed the automatic thing to do is begin looking at the check list: fix breakfast, clean the kitchen, dress the kids for the day, pick up the house, run errands, cook lunch, clean the kitchen, laundry, cleaning, fix dinner, clean the kitchen, baths, homework, bedtime - and the list goes on and on.

I was impressed with how personal this author was in relating to the real-world woman and mom. She acknowledges the unique challenges women face in trying to be disciplined in their prayer lives. I really enjoyed her suggestions of how to set aside that time and keep it protected.

The other challenge to effective prayer time is the fact that many of us approach the Lord with a laundry list of things: we pray for others, we pray for sickness, we pray for needs but so often we fail to pray His Word back to Him. Kathi Lipp not only helps by giving ideas on how to develop prayer time but she also gives an entire list of specific things to pray for. The topics include things like relationships, worries, mistakes, faith and so much more. Kathi teaches the reader how to pray God's word by giving different scriptures and examples of prayer.

I think this book is a great book to read daily and work through.

Thanks to Revell for this review copy.… (more)

This is one of those books that makes a great gift for any woman - especially a newly wed or soon to be wed.

Kathi Lipp has provided an excellent resource and jump start for your prayer life in regards to your husband. Often we struggle as women to find adequate scriptures to prayer in regards to our husbands. Of course there are the obvious about their health and well being and their stress and provisions. But there is so much more that we need to pray over our husbands.

As a Pastor's wife I think that prayer over husbands is often a neglected area of prayer. As women we automatically pray through out the day for our children and we stock up on books about praying scripture over them and blessing them. We may even buy devotional books to work on with our husbands but still we neglect that one on one prayer time where we focus all our prayer resources just on them. I believe if we were more aware of the need for this specific prayer time for our husband we may see a revival across the nation.

Men need our spiritual support in the form of prayer. They need us to spend time focused on them in our prayer life - praying over their lives, walks, struggles. They need our prayer support.

This book is an excellent resource just for that. Pick up a copy at your local Christian bookstore and be prepared to be refreshed.

Thanks to the publisher, Revel for this review copy.… (more)