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  1. oregonmomofmany
    Oregon
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Lots to chew on...
    November 26, 2011
    oregonmomofmany
    Oregon
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 4
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    just posted the following with a link to this book on my FB page...

    Just finished reading 'Craving Grace' ~ took a bit to get into but then I could not put it down. Now that I am done, a lot to ponder.

    Grace, so simple and so complicated all at the same time.
  2. BlogfulOfBooks
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Inspiring
    July 16, 2011
    BlogfulOfBooks
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Craving Grace appealed to me, someone who does not often read memoirs, because of the author who wrote it. Years ago I read Saving My First Kiss, and the news about Craving Grace mostly circulated around the fact that she didn't save her first kiss as she had promised to. I wanted to know why; not because I was upset about it, but because I wanted to know what changed the girl who had passionately written about saving her first kiss. What had happened in her life to cause a need to discover grace once again?

    Lisa Velthouse delves into the details of her life pre kiss book and post kiss book, discussing and dissecting her emotions and feelings and, most importantly, her perception of God. It's an interesting account filled with moments of hilarity, passion, sadness, and confusion. It's real life, and time after time I stopped mid-chapter to sigh and consider how similarly I've felt in my own walk with Christ.

    It is only through much heartache and turmoil that Lisa discovers what grace is really about, and what the God who gives it freely is really like. It's a touching, inspiring story, and even if you're not big into memoirs, I'd give this one a shot anyway.
  3. The Phantom Paragrapher
    Tauranga, New Zealand
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Inspirational Read for all Females :)
    May 7, 2011
    The Phantom Paragrapher
    Tauranga, New Zealand
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Review: Craving Grace - Lisa Velthouse - April 2011

    Reading Craving Grace by Lisa Velthouse made me go "WOW" there's somebody I can relate too, as being the oldest in a family where the middle child is about to have a baby and has had like countless boyfriends and the youngest at this stage has had his fair share of girlfriends, I start to feel a bit like a black sheep, though I tend to call myself the technicolour sheep as I like to dye my hair bright and funky colours. I have always seen myself to wait for "the One" , the perfect guy that God has picked out for me and I know he's out there somewhere. Many people call me fussy or weird as I don't date - well not very often compared to the average Joe, It's not that I'm odd it's just that I know exactly what I want and I can tell in the first couple of minutes or on the first date whether he is what I'm looking for. Though , in personal opinion I'm not like Lisa exactly as kissing a guy wasn't that big of a deal for me , but the final base is.

    For myself personally, I actually congratulate Lisa as I think that her tale is an inspiring one , that all should look up to and as I read her memoir Craving Grace , there were bits and pieces that I could relate too and reading the waking up next to a groomsmen, I could imagine the pain that it caused Lisa as when you make a vow towards God and you break it , it's like breaking a promise and it can make you feel like a big fat failure. That's a Grade F for Never Been Kissed.

    Craving Grace takes readers on a journey into Lisa's life as we discuss her up's and downs , her triumphs and failures . For Lisa, she had been brought up in a christian home and had the sermons go through her ears Sunday after Sundays . At the age of nineteen , whilst walking down her dorm's corridor with a hot chocolate in hand , she decided to make a vow to God - to hold off kissing until she met the "perfect one" , the one that God had chosen for her in her life. The vow was going well until after twenty years , Lisa decided that she wasn't really getting anywhere with God and that her faith in him was slipping and for somebody who knew God the way Lisa did, this scared her . So Lisa turned to do what many Christians do when they want to get back on track with God and move closer to them , she decided to fast and give up her favourite indulgences of sweets and chocolate. This was going well for Lisa until she was invited to her younger sister's wedding and the next morning, she awoke next to one of the groomsmen - who at that moment , Lisa shared not only her first kiss with him but also her second. At this shock, Lisa's faith in God starts to crumble drastically as all the hard work she had put in for him , with just one morning had crumbled, destroyed for nothing. What followed is the result of Craving Grace by Lisa Velthouse as she decided to put her bitterness and lack of faith in God to a bigger purpose and to help herself rediscover the Grace within herself , something that by focusing on her vow along the way she had misplaced.

    Craving Grace is an inspiring Christian Memoir about One Woman's journey to find the Grace in her life after one broken promise lead to a bitter heart.
  4. Organic Shoes
    Oklahoma City, OK
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    Captivating
    August 20, 2011
    Organic Shoes
    Oklahoma City, OK
    Age: 25-34
    Gender: female
    Quality: 4
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 3
    Craving Grace by Lisa Velthouse was not what I expected. I am not sure what I was expecting, it may have been from my oversite on the cover of not seeing the fact this book was a memoir. The writing in this book is captivating and pulls you into the story, many of these instances any of us can relate too. Admittedly I struggle to get into this book in the beginning, where I wanted more information I was not finding it, and in other cases I did not want to continue but the more I read the more I wanted to know about how the fast turned out. By the end of the book I did not want to finish the story. Velthouse brings an insight on topics I had never considered, and being one of those people that always tries to follow the rules I easily related to her. By the last two chapters I did not want the story to end, and when it did I craved to know more, I hope for another book to come about the communal fasting of the members on the farm and to hear from not just Velthouse but also those accompanying her on the fast and their experiences.

    Craving Grace is exactly what the cover claims 'a story of

    faith, failure, and my search for sweetness' many times we forget to look at the sweetness of grace that God has granted us. Craving Grace has opened up that idea and pushed me to wanting to understand that grace more fully and instead of attempting to always do what I am supposed to but to remember the grace that God gives us.
  5. berg
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    savouring sweetness ~
    August 19, 2011
    berg
    Quality: 3
    Value: 3
    Meets Expectations: 3
    how do we move from knowing about God to knowing God? by more diligence, more duty, more effort? or might it be by spending time together pursuing relationship?

    are we craving God - craving God as Grace?

    or are we pursuing performance - our own?

    savour the sweetness of 'Craving Grace' as Lisa Velthouse invites us on her spiritual journey into flavourful tastes of new ways of living...
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