"Make Their Day: 101 Simple, Powerful Ways to Love Others Well"--in this practical and deeply touching guide, New York Times bestselling author Karen Ehman gives you 101 doable ideas you can implement today to truly make a difference--"Make Their Day" is filled with creative ideas to connect with your family and friends on a deeper level throughout the year--see also "Reach Out, Gather in: 40 Days to Opening Your Heart and Home"--both books include recipes (see my reviews)

 

Make Their Day: 101 Simple, Powerful Ways to Love Others Well

You dream of making your presence really count in the lives of others, but you don't know where--or how--to start. You want to be remembered as a woman who scattered kindness to everyone she knew, but you feel like your busy schedule constantly gets in the way.

In this practical and deeply touching guide--inspired by her book Reach Out, Gather In--popular author Karen Ehman gives you 101 actionable ideas you can implement today to truly make a difference in the lives of other people. Make Their Day is filled with creative ideas to connect with your family and friends on a deeper level throughout the year. This book will help you develop habits of kindness, reconnect with friends and family, and make encouraging people a priority. You'll be able to put these ideas into action in real time with everyone in your life--even if hospitality doesn't come naturally to you or you don't think you have time.

This book will help you
· develop daily habits of thoughtfulness
· celebrate others with unique ideas
· reconnect with friends and family
· make the encouragement of others a priority
· sprinkle kindness in a culture of cruel

You'll be able to put these ideas into action in real time with everyone in your life--even if hospitality doesn't come naturally to you or you don't think you have time. 

MY REVIEW:  New York Times bestselling author Karen Ehman advises how to "Make Their Day: 101 Simple, Powerful Ways to Love Others Well" in a positive little volume designed to "spark some love and spur on some good deeds". Simple acts of kindness and support may be just what your family, friends, and coworkers--even strangers--are needing just at the moment that you reach out to them. Everyone needs a spiritual boost and a physical pick-me-up now and then. Acknowledging someone with a fresh cup of coffee, a sweet treat, freshly-baked bread, or a hearty pot of homemade soup provides sustenance for body and soul. Sharing the load by helping with chores, reading and discussing the Bible together, and being a good listener will help to ease someone's burden and provide a spiritual uplift. Elaborate gifts pale in comparison to the ultimate gift of your time, your consideration, and your recognition of the needs of another, especially in times of hardship. Author Karen Ehman offers 101 ways to show care and awareness for others. She also includes delicious recipes for "Homemade Pretzels", "Six Twos" (homemade ice cream), "Sourdough Bread", "Fresh Garden Salsa", "Very Veggie Alphabet Soup", and "Senate Bean Soup".

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Reach Out, Gather in: 40 Days to Opening Your Heart and Home

Like most women, you want to open up your home and connect with others. But you don't think you have the time or ability. Along comes Reach Out. Gather In.

Through devotionals and practical tips, New York Times bestselling author Karen Ehman will inspire you to put love into action in this 40-day journey of hospitality. Karen will help you with the how to and why of reaching out to others in meaningful ways. This book--part devotional, part practical handbook--will help you find loving ways to feed both the bodies and souls of the people whom God has placed in your life. In Reach Out. Gather In., Karen will share:

· some of her favorite recipes and hospitality traditions
· ideas for menu planning and themed gatherings
· sorta-from-scratch shortcuts for busy days when you need something delicious in a snap
· motivating stories and biblical inspiration
· space for answering reflective questions so you can journal your own 40-day excursion
· sidebars on decluttering and cleaning strategies

This beautiful book highlights the why of hospitality, so that your home and life will grow to be a place where the gospel is displayed, drawing others closer to Christ and making a difference for eternity.

 MY REVIEW: Hospitality can be defined as "treating strangers and friends alike--welcoming one another into our homes and lives". In "Reach Out, Gather in: 40 Days to Opening Your Heart and Home", bestselling author Karen Ehman has created a spiritually encouraging devotional journal to help readers learn how to reach out to others with confidence, compassion, and care. While including inspirational Biblical references, the author writes in a warm, personable manner that truly makes you feel welcome. Her tips for feeding body and soul also include wonderful recipes like these: "Wild Rice Chicken"; "Oatmeal Dinner Rolls"; "Farmers Market Muffins"; "Italian Stuffed Shells"; "Seven Layer Salad"; "Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars"; "Apple Crumble Pie"; "Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread"; "Vintage Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake"; and much more. The author definitely offers "food for thought", and this book will make a lovely gift to yourself and to others as well.

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REVIEWS

“Karen Ehman’s books are always delightfully full—helpful, useful, playful, meaningful. Every chapter is brimming with personal experiences, practical tips, and deliciously simple recipes. Reach Out, Gather In is an ideal source of encouragement for those of us who might not have the spiritual gift of hospitality but really want to make others welcome. Friends, this is the book we’ve been waiting for.”—Liz Curtis Higgs, bestselling author of Ruth

“Karen is masterful at inspiring us to open our homes for heartfelt hospitality as well as beautifully showing us how to do this simply and with a generous heart. This book is soul-filling and heartwarming.”—Sally Clarkson, host of the At Home With Sally podcast, author of Desperate, Own Your Life, and Awaking Wonder

“As someone who’s intimidated by hospitality, I need a guide, someone inspirational as well as practical. Karen Ehman will give you the confidence and courage you need to open your door and your heart in ways you’ve longed to but never knew how—until now.”—Holley Gerth, bestselling author of You’re Already Amazing and life coach

“We all want to make a difference in others’ lives, but so often we miss the opportunity right in front of us. Reach Out, Gather In is a compelling invitation to engage with the people who are a part of our every day and watch how God can use our simple acts of kindness to change a life! The best part? Karen Ehman has lived this way of life for years, and now she is showing us how we can too.”—Ruth Schwenk, cohost of the Rootlike Faith podcast, author of The Better Mom Devotional, and co-author of In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake

Karen Ehman

Karen Ehman is a New York Times bestselling author with Proverbs 31 Ministries as well as a writer for Encouragement for Today, an online devotional that reaches more than four million women daily. She has authored fifteen books, including Keep It Shut and Settle My Soul. You can connect with Karen at www.karenehman.com, where she helps women live their priorities and love their lives.