About the Book
Book: Considering OthersAuthor: Jungu Olobia
Genre: RELIGION / Christian Living / Personal Growth
Release Date: March 4, 2019
Good manners and etiquette begin in the home, or wherever a child is taught or mentored. From an early age, children learn how to behave, and as they grow, how to interact in their relationships at school, church, and in their communities. Though etiquette varies between cultures, practicing good manners is a kindness that extends across cultures, because the way we treat one another matters.
We want to raise and train our children in safe, healthy environments, but the daily encounters of a fallen world make it challenging. Much has been written on good etiquette, but this practical, captivating book points readers to Jesus Christ as the Lord and the Holy Spirit as the Teacher of good manners, clearly illustrating that the Bible is the Life Manual for good behavior that comes from God’s heart.
From biblical examples to personal examples, reflection verses and practical steps, and prayers and Scriptures to pray over children, Considering Others: Good Manners to Glorify God will help parents, teachers, and mentors shape and develop godly character and good manners in children so they may lead healthy, successful adult lives in their sphere of influence around the world. And there’s plenty of takeaways for adults too!
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My Review
This book is an interesting and somewhat unique combination of memoir and etiquette instruction. She writes about growing up in Kenya, attending a Catholic school, and colonialism and its effects. Her mother practiced Transcendental Meditation and Olobia includes quite a bit about it. I am not sure of the significance of the memoir aspect of the book on manners and etiquette. There are chapters on manners and etiquette, often containing lists of appropriate behavior.
My rating: 4/5 stars.
Click here to get your copy!
My Review
This book is an interesting and somewhat unique combination of memoir and etiquette instruction. She writes about growing up in Kenya, attending a Catholic school, and colonialism and its effects. Her mother practiced Transcendental Meditation and Olobia includes quite a bit about it. I am not sure of the significance of the memoir aspect of the book on manners and etiquette. There are chapters on manners and etiquette, often containing lists of appropriate behavior.
Olobia
writes that the Word of God is the manual for etiquette and good
manners. She uses several stories from the Bible to illustrate
appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Much of her teaching on
manners must come from nonbiblical sources, however. I don't recall
anything in the Bible about how children are to answer the phone
(don't unless it is your grandparents) or how to shake hands (palm to
palm, thumb up, do not squeeze fingers) or how to tip (don't in
Japan).
This
is a book for parents to use in training their children in manners
and etiquette and setting a good example themselves. I like how
Olobia emphasizes the impact parents' behavior has as an example to
children. This book would be especially useful for families unaware
of western traditions of manners and etiquette.
My rating: 4/5 stars.
About the Author
Jungu Olobia is a wife and mother, with two More from Jungu
As parents and guardians, we want to raise and train our children in safe, healthy environments, but the daily encounters of a fallen world make it very challenging. Much has been written on good etiquette, but how many books point to Jesus Christ as the Lord and the Holy Spirit as the Teacher of good manners? After almost two decades serving and teaching as a Sunday school teacher, about a decade working in an IT position at a College, and with much encouragement from my beloved pastors and family, I wrote Considering Others: Good Manners to Glorify God. Thank you so much for joining me today! It has been such a privilege and honor to be with you. We all love and care for our children very much, so thank you for allowing me to talk about my book, Considering Others: Good Manners to Glorify God. Writing my first book has been a walk of faith that has been both painful and joyous as I found out a lot more about my family history and how much I needed to pray! Thank God, however, for His love and gift of His son, our Lord Jesus.
Here is a question for us: What legacy do we want to leave our children? Proverbs 13:22 tells us that good people leave an inheritance to their descendants. That scripture speaks to more than a financial or natural inheritance. It also speaks to passing on virtues that build character.
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Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Jungu is giving away a copy of Considering Others to two winners!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book through Celebrate Lit. My comments are an independent and honest review. The rest of the copy of this post was provided by Celebrate Lit.
