The Lost Heart of Discipline

I was drawn to your book and its subject matter - definitely a worthy topic. I enjoy your writing style very much and can tell that you're a gifted teacher. You're also very adept at synthesizing a lot of material from a number of sources and condensing it down into digestible parts. I have a couple of suggestions: I think you use a few too many examples and could use a little more "meat" to hold everything together. I'd love to see more of your original thoughts and fewer quotes and examples - you've got such a wonderful way of thinking and are willing to tackle such a challenging topic at a deep level. I'd like to see more of you and less of others - even if the others are such wonderful sources as CS Lewis (one of my favs) and Chesterton.

I would be very interested to see more chapters in this book to see where you're taking it and how you conclude. I'd also appreciate it if you could take a look at my Bible study "A Walk With Miriam." I'd particularly be interested in your view on the study since with your pastoral experience.

Blessings!

I enjoyed reading through the first few chapters and love all the authors that you quote from! I hope you keep writing; we all could benefit from more discourse on the subject of discipline.

You have great potential here, and you have hit one of the areas that many Christians lack in growth. May God's blessings be with you as you continue to write for Him. Please take time to read December Gold, a Christian historical fiction novel. I would appreciate your comments.

I am interested in your book and am putting it on my watchlist. I will be reading parts of it as soon as I can. In that it is related to the Bible, it perhaps bears some similarity to my own book, which, if you are a Christian, potential Christian, or a thoughtful and objective skeptic in this regard, you might enjoy. Its title is "Things Are Not as They Seem."

Well written Ryan. I'm curious to read the rest.

Dear Ryan so true. I need to read more. This is an important message for all. regards David

Great read! Can't wait until it is published. It brought tears to my eyes.

Fantastic. I would buy this book for sure.

I enjoyed your book, and I was taken by your easy flow style. This is a great testimonial. Best of luck with your future writing. Please remember December Gold in your reading, commenting, and backing. It would be most appreciated. Blessings.
-author of December Gold

The last time I enjoyed Christian literature this much, was the last time I read CS Lewis.
This is incredible stuff.

It's been on my bookshelf for a week now - and every few days I come back to read some more. It cannot be absorbed in one quick read. And it cannot be dismissed as "OK, it's good, I've backed it, now let's move on."
Other books have come and gone, but this one's a keeper. I'd be spending money with Bookdepository tomorrow if this was on the market.

I tell you what. Next time you plan querying an agent, drop me a mail, and I'll email them to ask them to please consider your book. I don't know it that will help - but at least they'll know you're not the only one who likes your book.

Ashton

This has and awesome message. C W

Dear Ryan, I love that you are writing this book on living for Jesus. :) Wonderful wording & illustrations. :) And of course, scriptures & quotes. :) Your story is a good read because you create interest by having short paragraphs & lots of dialogue which makes me want to keep reading & reading to find out what you are going to say next. God says, "Job well done, Ryan." :) Yes, & a smile face. Somewhere in your future chapters, I hope you'll mention Rom. 8 of living in the Spirit instead of the flesh & Ps 119:11, the key is to hide God's Word in our hearts, of course. May you write many more books on how we can please God & make Him smile on us. I'm backing your book. :) Please take a moment to BACK my TWO Books, ... "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not" ... and the UNEDITED version? ... "Tell Me True Love Stories" Thanks you, Susie :)

I like the message throughout this book. As an 80 year old who lives by his christian principles, its a shame that more people don't live by the word. I am backing this book because I want to see it rise to the top. Take a look at mine, Three Stayed Home a WW2 adventure and love story. I hope you enjoy it and may possibly back it as it needs a lot of help. JohnJ

The Lost Heart of Discipline may be Christian-based, the book makes many fascinating points and inspires one to be a better person. It's one of the best Christian/spirituality books I have had the opportunity to read to date. On my shelf and Today's Pick I Like for 3/25/10: http://newandgoodreading.blogspot.com/2010/03/todays-pick-i-like-32510.html

L. Anne Carrington, "The Cruiserweight"

Digging under it all to get to the source - the heart. This is a fine well-written book that tells intelligently what the Bible premise on the subject. Honestly. Backed.

Catherine (The Golden Thread)

Beautifully written! Reading this has given me more of a desire to want to re-examine the way that I live my own life! Blessings to you and good luck on your journey as an author!

Mary Scanlon
The Life I Lost

Beautiful cover. I am glad I found this book. This is an interesting book. Great start and writing style is beautiful. I'd to invite you to check out Bamboo Promise, if you have the time. Backed.

I whole heartedly agree that the more experiences you include the better this will be. It is a very important message that you are sharing and you have done a good job with it. Blessings! Pam

A great start -- the more personal experiences you include, the better, because lengthy passages of philosophizing are not going to attract the person who really needs to read your message. I think as long as you intersperse your interpretations with plenty of grounded experience, you'll go somewhere with this book.
Backed.
Marianne (Saint Paddy and the Sundial)