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So What's the Difference?
$16.99
If you have ever wondered what are the differences but didn't want to take the time to study each religion here is the important and easy to understand basic differences. It really is a must when you are surrounded by many different religions. I highly recommend this book. I purchased one and have since ordered 3 or 4 more for friends and family.

The Difference Wealth-Building Journal: Discover How You Can Prosper in Even the Toughest Times
$14.95
Lots of Good Common sense in uncertain times. Provides additional food for thought to make better decisions. Her examples of common folk make good decisions for financial security reassures all of us that we do not have to be behind financial 8 balls unless we choose to.

What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing
$16.99
It's a tough call--but I think I appreciated this second book by Ron Hall and Denver Moore even more than their first book, Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together. For example, here's some savvy wisdom from Denver (who grew up in virtual slavery, picking cotton and then surviving on the streets before he met Hall): "One day, I asked Mr. Ron, `Mr. Ron, all these white folks be invitin us to their Bible studies. How come none of `em's invitin us to their Bible doins?'"

Another book, Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church (J-B Leadership Network Series), says it's high time the church focuses on "doing" versus just more preaching or studying. Ditto Denver. This second book is appropriately titled, "What Difference Do It Make?" Hall, the Dallas art dealer, and Moore, now a volunteer at the Fort Worth Union Gospel Mission, share poignant updates since their best selling book started an under-the-radar movement of mercy across America.

Their true, page-turning stories will astonish you: lunch at the White House, Ron's reconciliation with his dying father, visits to more than 200 shelters and rescue missions, and a gutsy talk in one notable city to 1,700 dignitaries and potential donors (including the governor's wife), calling that city's shelter "the worst in America we've seen."

Three things touched my head and my heart:
1) The co-authors have mixed in 11 short stories of hope and healing from others who have been touched by the first book. Astounding stories! There's seven-year-old Lucy, who inspired neighbors and classmates to get involved. There's Michael, who brought a homeless man to church (it didn't go well with church members). A friend suggested that maybe "the homeless fella was Jesus in disguise." Perhaps the proof of the pudding for any book ought to be a Book #2: "Here's how Book #1 changed me."

2) Hall calls for an insightful "Thirty-Day Plan to End Homelessness" (versus the 10-year plan popular in many cities). He's discovered that the number of homeless people in most cities is less than the number of churches and other faith congregations. "Each body of believers, whether it's fifty or a thousand strong, would assume collective responsibility for taking in one person and loving that person back into society." He gives cautions--but his idea has merit (especially if churches worked with existing rescue missions).

3) But here's the zinger question. As we donate generously to organizations that serve the poor--are we truly caring, as Jesus cares, about those in need around us? Encouragingly, many churches and small groups are now engaging people in a six week campaign (GospelQuest.com) to make poverty personal.

This is a great book to give to friends and colleagues (and donors to nonprofits). You'll inspire them to get serious about the 2,000 verses in Scripture that focus on poverty and injustice.

The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset
$19.99
I am very pleased with this product. I know I can always go to Amazon.com to find anything. I loved reading and applying this book in my life. John Maxwell is a magnificent author. But I have a friend who does not read well. He learns by audio. This will be his Christmas gift while I am praying this will touch his life.