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The Chapel Quotes
“Joy is not really dependent on our circumstances, it is a perpetual attitude of blessedness because we have Jesus in our lives. How is your joy? Has it increased? There is a tremendous amount of spiritual warfare going on in our lives. Acceptance and achievement is bankrupt if it’s only through lineage and accolades. Our lineage and accolades are only as good as they lead us and others to know Christ more.”
“God may not be asking you to change your occupation, but maybe He’s asking you to look at how you can get people to more know who Jesus is. It may take a sacrifice, and it may take a risk. Being in Christ means when it comes to our careers, our aspirations, our efforts, we re-orient our value in what we do in relation to knowing Jesus. Are you willing to do whatever you do for the glory of God, to see the total victory of it being for people to know Jesus? Do an audit of your career and ask ‘what are you trying to prove’ and ‘for whom are you doing this’.”
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“Christian Stylings In Ivory” by composer-musician Don Krueger
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Devotion 05/18/2025
Our Devotion, “Great Responsibility” is by Stephanie Warner, a professional writing major at Taylor University and a freelance writer for Church Libraries, Christian Book Previews, and WBCL radio.
“With great power comes great responsibility” is the advice Uncle Ben gives to Peter Parker. Being Spiderman, Peter takes this wisdom to the next level. Even in the face of great adversity, he does not back down. He rises to his identity and to the responsibility it gives him as a superhero. He defends the helpless and restores hope to the fearful.
As followers of Christ, we are called to rise to our identity in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:15 reads, “And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again.” Through the great price Jesus paid to reclaim us from our sin, we have been raised to live in Him.
When Peter Parker chooses to embrace his identity as Spiderman, he decides that living an ordinary life is not an option. When we choose to embrace our identity as Christians, we, too, decide that living an ordinary life is not acceptable. How are you rising to your identity?
Book Review 05/21/2025
This Book Review is by Elizabeth Winebrenner, a professional writing major at Taylor University Fort Wayne.
In Siri L. Mitchell’s book Moon Over Tokyo, the author explores answered prayers, stubbornness, and developing love in the life of Allie O’Conner. Allie finds herself in Tokyo without an English speaking friend. She prays for one and gets more than she expected. She is confused about how to respond to her new friend Eric. Her prayer was answered differently from what she had expected.
Moon Over Tokyo is written from the perspective of Allie in later years. She is looking back over this part in her life. The relationship between Allie and Eric starts out as friendship but quickly moves into something else. Allie thinks that she loves Eric but refuses to kiss or be kissed by him, in the fear that the relationship will be ruined if she does. The most memorable part in this book is when Eric begins to ask Allie a series of questions as they sit on a beach in the moonlight. He asks if she thinks he is handsome, and Allie says, “Yes.” She instantly regrets having said it, so she gets up and runs across the beach. Another memorable scene occurs much later in the book when Allie and Eric quote an old saying together, “If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.” This is a good representation of Allie and Eric’s relationship.
Allie O’Conner works for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, but she really wants to write a novel. She is living in Tokyo with only one gal pal who speaks English. It is when this one friend Gina decides to move back to Australia, leaving Allie alone, that Allie asks God for a new friend who will speak English. She doesn’t get what she expected, obviously, and finds that hard to deal with. Along with this new confusing relationship with Eric, Allie is frantically trying to write her book, and both challenges are combining as the bane of her existence.
Allie has a lot of personal conflicts. This is more evident by the fact that the story is revealed from the perspective of an older Allie. The reader is able to see all of the indecision and personal arguments inside of Allie. This makes her genuine, very real. The reader is able to identify with her because we have all had little arguments with ourselves. Allie has made a promise to herself not to kiss anyone for a whole year, then Eric comes into her life and begins to challenge her resolve. Siri creates pathos for Eric because the reader sees that Allie loves Eric, but her refusal to kiss him or let him into her world annoys the reader as much as it does Eric. All of Allie’s interactions and relationships with the other characters are believable and fit with her personality. Siri does a very good job of making all the characters believable and three dimensional. The reader can almost imagine running into any of them in real life.
Overall, the book was very well thought out and written. There were a few chapters toward the end that, although essential to the story and development of the characters, slowed the plot. They made it harder to get to the much anticipated end. Other than that the book and characters were solid. Like the haiku that begins each chapter, the sections are short and sweet, making the book fast to read. Each haiku gives a hint as to the content of the chapter, and all are extremely well written. They are clever and entertaining. Siri draws the reader in and never lets go until the end. Anyone who likes movies such as “When Harry Met Sally” would like this book. Anyone who likes romance novels that deal with a lot of personal turmoil and life changing choices also would enjoy this book. I have it on my shelf, and a year from now on some rainy day, I’m going to take it down and enjoy reading it again.
Review used by permission of Evangelical Church Library Association (ECLA)
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