Easter Books

This book of big quotations utilizes the power of words to motivate and remind us of our inner strengths, abilities, and capabilities. Readers are encouraged to set goals, envision positive outcomes and grasp the brass ring, to improve personal situations and achieve unlimited success.

Easter's fascination with quotations was fueled when she realized, while teaching career development courses at a local college, that students looked forward to their 'pearl' each day. She feels everyone can use a push from time to time, to keep them striving for personal and professional fulfillment.

THE LITTLE BOOK OF BIG QUOTATIONS will help fuel your success.

Reviewed by aNN
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers

My 4-year-old son LOVES the Maisy sticker books, and he loves to paint with water colors. So I thought this would be lot of fun for him. And it was. But I was a little disappointed because the pages are glossy, making it hard for the paint to stick. It didn't seem to discourage him much, though. So depending how picky your child is (or you are!) you might do fine with this book. Just so you know what you're getting.

My kids didnt bother with this much. (ages 4 and 7 at the time)Its cute, but turned out to be a waste of money. Thought it would be a good easter basket filler, but...oh well...Maybe your kids will like it better

I did this book many years ago in an attempt to be helpful to younger preachers who needed some resources for Lent and Easter. I have no idea why the book is still in print, but if you want to read a feeble attempt to be helpful read this book. I don't get paid either for the book or the reviews. Just having fun. It is fun seeing the stars by my name, feel like a belated movie star.

This author cites various examples from across the Earth of homogeneous and otherwise unexplained deposits laid down over large areas. He then takes a leap and partially describes a zany, interdimensional phenomenon for which he provides neither documentation nor quantification. A comet isn't really there, don't you know? It's yet another attempt to have catastrophism without the mess, to show that catastrophes happen, but we're all nice and safe.

The title warrants three stars for its much more conventional and interesting discussion of the Cities of Cibola, which occupies the author for the first half of the book. Petersen seems to have solved the problem of their location, alas too late for much to be done, even if this part of the work were to receive a wider audience.

The Anglican priest Hugh Wybrew has long been fascinated by Orthodox Christianity and is interested in giving Western Christians a better understanding of this little-known tradition. In ORTHODOX LENT, HOLY WEEK, AND EASTER, Wybrew describes the elaborate traditions of this crucial period of the year in Orthodoxy, and how it differs from the traditions Anglicans are familiar with.

Wybrew begins his work by tracing the development of a Lenten tradition through history and how this tradition was further elaborated in the Orthodox Church after the schism which sadly separated East and West. The main part of the book is a discussion of each Sunday (and occasionally weekdays) of this period when Christians are called to remember certain themes during the Liturgy. Salient extracts from Vespers and Matins are provided, and the historical context of the days is presented.

The book is, however, somewhat incomplete. For example, only small extracts are provided from the Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete and Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos instead of the complete texts. Discussions of history, such as the debate over hesychasm and St Gregory Palamas' role, are too brief and insubstantial.

Still, the book is at least something to familiarise Westerners with the Orthodox calendar. As a catechumen in the Orthodox Church, I was in need of a book to accompany me through my first Lent, Holy Week, and Eastern in the Church, and Wybrew's work was a good aid. Those looking for a more substantial explanation of Orthodox liturgics for Anglicans are advised to pick up Wybrew's THE ORTHODOX LITURGY as well.

The book is cute but the title is misspelled. If the Easter belongs to patches then it's Patches's Easter. If the Easter belongs to multiples of patch only then is it Patches' Easter - see Strunk and White Rule 1. For goodness sake the author's name is Hans, you'd think he could handle a singular name with an s ending: this isn't Hans' book, now is it? No, it's Hans's book.

A good book for children, the story is not much of a story, but there's lots of great easter things to do, and it tells a bit about the easter symbols and their meanings.

Not as information filled and helpful as I had hoped it would be. More like an enlarged pamphlet, really, giving some theological background to Lent, Advent, and Christmas, and to their liturgical celebration/observation.

Being a Catholic book, it's very heavy on the Catholic as well. Understandably so, but I hadn't considered that before I bought it, so I offer this as a informational tidbit to anyone considering buying it.

Maybe if I were Catholic I would have enjoyed this more, but I don't think so - it just feels thin, and not very meaty at all. It's a quick overview with little in-depth. And for a book for pastors, I expected something more involved. I knew the book was short, but I thought it would be a very dense short, not a somewhat superficial short.

Judging from the title and the description, I was expecting a book that looked at physics and theology. I thought there would be science in there somewhere, and deep discussions of Life, The Universe, and Everything.
Nope. This is a pleasant enough Lenten study, but there isn't any physics in it.
That is not an intrinsic flaw in the book; I just felt that you should be warned.