High-powered executive Steven Kerner is living the dream in southern California. But when his bottled pain ignites in anger one night, his wife kic...
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May 23, 2011
Jeff
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When reading this book Bo's Cafe, I found myself asking for a while "where is Christ"? Not till you really get into the book does it even feel like I was reading a Christian God Inspired Book. While I realize there is a "movement" going around for "everyone" to be "real and organic", one Can find that in the Institutional Church Today. And if you "feel" its not at your Church, then "You" be the difference, pray, and let God make it star
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Feb 08, 2010
Sheila
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I really enjoyed Paul Young’s The Shack so when I realized Windblown Media had finally brought out another book I was very keen to read it. Bo’s Café is certainly an interesting book; very different from the Shack, but with a similar grace-filled message. While the Shack starts with solid real-world tragedy then slides into mystery, Bo’s Café opens with a mysteriously meaningful encounter, only to slide its way into everyday pain.
The main character, Steven, is a person that many men mi More...
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Nov 06, 2009
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Steven Kerner and his wife live the good life, but things sometimes get edgy, and one night his anger explodes. His wife, Lindsey, kicks him out, and he retreats to a hotel. Then Andy Monroe extends a hand of friendship, but Steven is not trusting of that friendship, and carries a massive chip on his shoulder.
Lindsey does not accept Steven's apology. She just doesn't feel that he will be able to change on a deep enough level wit More...
Steven Kerner and his wife live the good life, but things sometimes get edgy, and one night his anger explodes. His wife, Lindsey, kicks him out, and he retreats to a hotel. Then Andy Monroe extends a hand of friendship, but Steven is not trusting of that friendship, and carries a massive chip on his shoulder.
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Nov 28, 2009
Mark
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I just want to know when these guys were privy to my life! Okay, I am not a high-powered executive on the fast track to corporate superstar, but the life experiences and situations described could easily be mine. This was a powerful look, in non-threatening novel form, at the role of grace and how it can transform our lives when we understand just how much we are loved. This was about shame and how it can manifest in destructive behaviors that can threaten our marriages, our careers and our very
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Apr 06, 2010
Judy
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This book's relevance to everyday life astonishes me. Fortunately, it doesn't embrace the preachy, knock-you-over-the-head style of so much Christian fiction. Jam-packed with grace, this book offers a realistic look at relationships and how shame drives wedges between us and others.
I loved the way hope was slathered all over the pages, but yet there was no "fix-it" mentality or promises that if you follow these 3 steps the problems will go away.
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I loved the way hope was slathered all over the pages, but yet there was no "fix-it" mentality or promises that if you follow these 3 steps the problems will go away.
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Dec 08, 2010
Locarvey64
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I really enjoyed this book. While it is fiction, it mirrored what many of us from the Overcomers group at our church experienced in community. I listened to it a second time, just to determine if I missed something that might be relevant or applicable to my journey.
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Sep 04, 2009
Keiki
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"A safe place isn’t a soft place.”
Have some unresolved conflict in your life messing up all your relationships? Feeling exasperated because you give it your best to fix the stuff you carry around but it never really gets resolved?
You might identify with Steven Kerner, the main character in Bruce McNicol, Bill Thrall, and John Lynch’s new novel “Bo’s Cafe’“.
Steven Kerner’s living the dream with his executive level job, beautiful wife and daughter, and even More...
Have some unresolved conflict in your life messing up all your relationships? Feeling exasperated because you give it your best to fix the stuff you carry around but it never really gets resolved?
You might identify with Steven Kerner, the main character in Bruce McNicol, Bill Thrall, and John Lynch’s new novel “Bo’s Cafe’“.
Steven Kerner’s living the dream with his executive level job, beautiful wife and daughter, and even More...
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Oct 15, 2009
Nora
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After reading the last page of this book I’m speechless, pondering all that I had read. Where do I begin to tell you the hope this book released in my heart, mind and emotions. The thing I LOVE about Christian Fiction is the fact that it can take you places you’d never go on your own. It can help you explain things that are just unexplainable, and put you in situations where you can see GRACE and LOVE in a very real way.
The opening scene read like the movie Mr. Destiny, where a dist More...
The opening scene read like the movie Mr. Destiny, where a dist More...
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Oct 01, 2009
Julie
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High-powered executive Steven Kerner is living the dream in southern California. But when his bottled pain ignites in anger one night, his wife kicks him out. Then an eccentric mystery man named Andy Monroe befriends Steven and begins unravelling his tightly wound world. Andy leads Steven through a series of frustrating and revealing encounters to repair his life through genuine friendship and the grace and love of a God who has been waiting for him to accept it. A story to challenge and encoura
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May 09, 2010
Sue
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Steven bumps into an older guy called Andy, who turns out to have been a friend of his father's. They get chatting, and while Andy seems rather odd, Steven reckons he's worth getting to know. This seems a little unlikely given that Steven's having marriage difficulties and is - naturally - a bit suspicious of Andy, but it's how the book starts.
Andy takes him to an eclectic, informal gathering at a cafe, where Steven gets to know some rather unlikely people and learns about God's g More...
Andy takes him to an eclectic, informal gathering at a cafe, where Steven gets to know some rather unlikely people and learns about God's g More...
May 13, 2010
Debbie
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This novel featured one-dimensional characters, was too talky, and I hated the chapter titles--nope. Good intentions, but it read like a book written by committee. Too bad, as Bill Thrall's nonfiction "The Ascent of a Leader" is excellent. However, the fiction format just didn't work here.
Nov 02, 2011
Sean
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Fantastic Read! Buy this book and it will reveal that the problems in your life, might be closer than you think!
Jan 03, 2010
Floyd
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Oh - SO much.
The book is dialoguing what goes on in my life at a gut level.
And - it's just such a blessing.
The book is dialoguing what goes on in my life at a gut level.
And - it's just such a blessing.
Apr 23, 2010
Donald A
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An interesting novel about searching for meaning in life. I believe 'The Shack' was more meaningful to me.
Aug 12, 2009
Vicki
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I actually had the book, not the audio version, but it wasn't listed. I stopped at about p.30. It was a story about a not-very-likable main character, and how he's befriended by a mystery man who will help "lead him to a grace and love of God he has never known." If you know me, you know why I stopped--just can't stomach hit-you-over-the-head religious messages. I'm sure it's a perfectly fine book if this is your genre, so no offense intended to the authors.
Aug 03, 2011
Patrik
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Re-reading this gem that has become foundational in our ministry (I first read itbin December 2009) a lot of new things stood out. Also listening to it as an audio book change my perspective the characters of Stephen and Lindsey became more real.
Still I wonder how we are to become true protectors and create that community of grace when so few seem interested in truth or grace for that matter.
Still I wonder how we are to become true protectors and create that community of grace when so few seem interested in truth or grace for that matter.
Aug 16, 2010
Shanna
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A great novel that depicts how people should really related to one another in a transparent, loving, humble way.
Dec 03, 2009
Tim
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An excellent book! Truly living out grace might be the most difficult challenge a follower of Jesus (and a church) faces. Among the pitfalls we find that our own self-protection and fear to truly let ourselves be known frequently sabotage the process and keep us from truly receiving and giving grace the way we want to. These authors are among the best out there at helping others live as authentic people, and this lively and entertaining novel does a great job of putting their insights into a
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