Letting our love for Christ flow out

I'm reading a book called "Outflow: Outward-Focused Living in a Self-Focused World" by Steve Sjogren and Dave Ping. It's about how to share the gift of Christ with others. I'm kind of a shy person, and so I get nervous about sharing my faith with others because I'm afraid that they will reject me.

I'm hoping that this book helps me get over that fear. After all, people deserve to know the Good News!

In essence, the book's message is to do something nice for someone, and when they ask why you did it, you say, "I wanted to share God's love with you." I'll give it a try. Here goes. . .

What would Jesus read?

The Star Tribune ran an interesting article over the weekend called "What would Jesus read?" In the article, Jeff Strickler writes about the explosive growth in sales of religious books and provides a guide to what's hot at religious bookstores.

On the list:

• "The Shack" by William P. Young
• "Dead Heat" by Joel C. Rosenberg
• "The Door Within" trilogy by Wayne Thomas Batson
• "DragonSpell" by Donita K. Paul
• "Quiet Strength" by Tony Dungy
• "Finding the Monk Within" by Edward C. Sellner
• "Thin Places" by Mary Treacy O'Keefe
• "How to Raise a Jewish Dog" by Ellis Weiner
• "unChristian" by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons
• "The Reason for God" by Timothy Keller
• "The Faith" by Charles Colson
• "Take the Risk" by Ben Carson
• "Love and Respect" by Emerson Eggerichs
• "Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris
• "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light"
• "90 Minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper