Life Creative by Wendy Speake and Kelli Stuart (Book Review!)

Life Creative:

Inspiration for Today’s Renassance Mom

by Wendy Speake and Kelli Stuart

(received in exchange for an honest review)

Genre- Religion / Christian Life / Inspirational

Published by- Kregel Publications

Copyrighted- 2016

Number of pages- 207

Age Group- Adult

Description of book- paperback, listed price- $14.99, ISBN 978-0-8254-4410-4

Are you a creative person?  Are you a mom?  Do you have problems fitting your creativity into your life as a mom?  This book can help you.

Life Creative helps creative moms fit their creativity into their day to day life.  It is a new Renaissance time.  Some of the women who are talked about are Melissa Michaels, Lisa Leonard, Angie Smith, and Ellie Holcomb.

About the Authors-

Wendy Speake has written Triggers.  She is also an actress.

Kelli Stuart has written Like a River from Its Course and 30 Days to Becoming a Writer.  She is a speaker and blogger. 

My thoughts-

This is an inspirational book.  I liked all of the definitions of words, quotes from the text, and stories about the women.  The stories about the different women helped me realize that there is a time and a place for everything.  Your creative side might have to wait until the children are older, or you might need to find a way to have child care while you are being creative.  It is just important to remember that while you are important, the care of your family is more important and that the time will come that you can unleash your creative side.  You might even be able to be creative with your family.  If you like baking, you can do it for them until you can bake full time for others.

It would have been nice if there had been questions and/or a summary at the end of each chapter.  It would have given me a lot of good ideas to do in my life.

I highly suggest that you find this book, enjoy reading and learning from it, then pass it on to other creative women that you know.

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received Life Creative, by Wendy Speake and Kelli Stuart, for free from Kregel Publications’ Blog Tour.  All links were current when posted.  I was not required to write a positive review.  The opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

Unlikely Rebel by Kelli Gotthardt (Book Review!)

Unlikely Rebel: A Church Girl’s Journey out of Shoulds and Shame

by Kelli Gotthardt

(received in exchange for an honest review)

Genre- Nonfiction / Christian Life / Women’s Issues

Published by- Kregel Publications

Copyrighted- 2015

Number of pages- 160

Age Group- Adult (women)

Description of book- paperback, listed price- $13.99, ISBN 978-0-8254-4228-5

Women struggle with many different problems.  Kelli Gotthardt shows us in this book what it was like to look like life was all together, but be filled with self-doubt and shame.  She is a pastor’s wife, so it was even harder for her to live authentically, because people expected more from her.

She wrote this book to show us how there is freedom and love that God wants us to have.

About the Author-

Kelli Gotthard has a master’s degree in spiritual formation and lives in California.  She is an international speaker, pastor’s wife, and leadership consultant.

My thoughts-

I thought Kelli Gotthardt was courageous when she wrote this book about her hard times and insecurities.  I was captivated by her writing style and it made me want to keep reading.  I wanted to learn about her journey and how it might apply to mine, even though each person’s journey is different and unique. 

I’m glad that she mentioned that this book was written as a journal, that way I knew that she was writing this in the order that they happened.  This was mentioned in the introduction, which was one of the most important parts of the book, because it set the stage.  It showed how she went from being a “good girl” to being a rebel.  It also alerted me to the physical and mental issues she had to and has to deal with.

I liked the divisions of the sections, Leaning In, Letting Go, and Living Out.

I think this was a very interesting book, one because she is a woman and two, because she is the wife of a pastor.  I enjoyed it and I hope you do too.  You might learn something about yourself you didn’t know.

Disclosure of Material Connection- I received Unlikely Rebel, by Kelli Gotthardt, for free from Kregel Publications’ Blog Tour.  All links were current when posted.  I was not required to write a positive review.  The opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.