NavPress Book Review

This is a review of a book that I got for free through the "NavPress Blogger Review Program." It is another great program if you have a blog. Like the Thomas Nelson program, you apply, and if you are accepted, you have the choice of several products. Once they send it to you, you have to watch/read it/listen to it, write a 200-word review and post it on Amazon.com and your blog. Then, the product is yours to keep! Go here for more information.

The Grad's Guide to Time With God by NavPress was a disappointing devotional book for me. I was hoping to find a book that would be written in a young and interesting way to students, but in such a way that would challenge them to think. What I found instead, was a book that seemed too casual, and even seemed a little "dumbed down" and apologetic in some of the devotionals.

Maybe one of the problems is that many of the devotionals in this book are written by a college-age student. Perhaps that is why the book doesn't seem to "go deeper." The back of the book says, "Spending time with God has never been easier. Change your life in seven minutes a day." I think the reason it only takes seven minutes a day is the shallowness of many of the entries.

This 10-week devotional did have some positives. It does have some interesting suggestions on ways to carry out the various Biblical truths that it covers. It encourages reflection on the passages, prayer, a "fasting" from the sin that you were convicted about, and a journaling section.

Overall, I would probably not recommend this book to anyone. I think if you can get past the lack of structure/casualness of this book, you will find some gems that were unpacked in the Scriptures they covered, however, you may have to really dig!