Book of the Week: More or Less by Jeff Shinabarger
In the book More
or Less, Jeff Shinabarger asks the question, “What is enough?” We as Americans
live in a culture of luxury and excess, and Jeff challenges us to look honestly
at what we have and who we are and ask ourselves, “What is enough?” Then after
we have asked ourselves, “What is enough?” We are challenged to ask ourselves, “What
can we do to help others with the excess that we have?” Then we need to go out
and use that excess to help others. Jeff Shinabarger takes us through our
houses and our lives a chapter at a time. At the end of each chapter, he has a
section called “Enough Talk” in which he gives action steps that we take to
apply the concepts he is teaching to our lives. He also has sections throughout
the book called “Visual Moments” which gives a website address for a video
where you can see these principles put into action.
I have found that this book has been really
challenging for me to read. It is challenging because I have found myself
questioning what is excess in my life and what I can do with what I have to
help others, and I haven’t come up with any answers yet. Let’s just say that I’m
still working on it. There is a strong part of me that wants to let go of
everything, and there is strong part of me that is holding on to what I have
out of fear. I have never really thought of myself as materialistic but this
book along with some other events in my life has shown me that I can place too
much importance on things and not enough on relationships. The one drawback
that I have found to the book is that Jeff Shinabarger does not speak about his
faith in Christ, but through reading his stories, you can see his faith lived
out in action.
For more information on Jeff Shinabarger, his book and his ministries, check out his websites
To purchase the book, click on the link for my Amazon store below.
Thank you to David C. Cook Publishing for allowing me to read and review this book.
