My Review: Eric Kampmann takes us a little deeper than the traditional devotional book in his book, “Trail Thoughts - A Daily Companion for Your Journey of Faith.”

He includes a devotional complete with daily Bible verse for each day of the year. In the back he includes Bible verses dealing with various topics such as guilt, fear, despair, and praise. The Bible verses are taken from the Old Testament - many are from the book of Psalms. The New Testament is referred to in the text of the devotional itself. We are all on a journey. If we are Christians, our lives are a process or a journey of faith. Trail Thoughts covers many of the bumps in the road we all face in one way or another as we strive to be what Christ wants us to be.

If you are looking for a devotional which will take only a couple of minutes a day, but gives you plenty of food for thought, this might just be the one.

About the Book: Many people can pinpoint an experience in their lives that changed them forever. Some call them “defining moments.” Others refer to significant “turning points.” But Eric Kampmann calls it his “Jonah Moment.” For Kampmann, it was after emerging from a personal crisis with a new perspective that he committed himself to encountering the words of the Bible on a daily basis in order to gain an understanding of God’s Word.

In part, Trail Thoughts was inspired by Kampmann’s love of hiking the 2,185 miles of arduous, beautiful paths that comprise the Appalachian Trail. His time on the trail has taught him that we need to step out of our normal routines in order to experience firsthand the mystery and majesty of God’s universe. He wrote this reader-friendly devotional to help others who are on their own journeys, whether they have just begun the trip or they are seasoned travelers.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 12:00 am

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