Joyce Meyer

Battlefield of the Mind For Teens

Im reading the book called Battlefield of the Mind By: Joyce Meyer's. She is one of the worlds leading practical bible teachers. Also a #1 New York Times bestselling author according to the book Battlefield of the mind. She has written over more than 70 inspirational books. She was born on June 4, 1943 in st. Louis, Missouri. When she was born her father left to go fight in World War II. In some interviews she talks about growing up and being sexually abused by her father. She graduated from John O'Fallon Technical High School. Then right after Hight school she married. But soon after she got a divorce because her husband was cheating and took money from some of the people that worked for him. The marriage only lasted for five years. After her marriage she was usually at a bar until she met her husband Dave Meyer in January 7, 1967. According to Wikki it states Joyce Meyer said "..I didn't have any knowledge. I didn't go to church. And I had a lot of problems, and I needed somebody to kind of help me along. And I think sometimes even people who want to serve God, if they have got so many problems that they don't think right and they don't act right and they don't behave right, they almost need somebody to take them by the hand and help lead them through the early years...". Joyce now has her own serious on television called Enjoying everyday life where she does inspirational speaking. I picked this book to read because my mom reads her and we both watch her. She is a wonderful speaker and has really made a really large impact on people including me.

A Short video of her teaching :D

Confessions By: Kanae Minato

                       



                    During the summer I read the book Confessions by: Kanae Minato. This book has many themes portrayed in the book. But the main theme that stuck with me was: revenge is never the answer to settle controversy and it will never fulfill the happiness that you lost. Through the book Yūko is planning revenge to two of the students that have murdered her daughter. Through out the chapter book each chapter is a different character showing there side of the story or there perspective. They also show what they been going through and there thought's. But all of the chapters are leading up to Yūko's big revenge with killing the boys. The theme started later on in the book when you start to realize that revenge was never going to help anything get better. A quote that shows the theme states, " He said I knew I might never forgive him, but that it was wrong to repay evil with evil, and revenge would never make me feel any better. Even more importantly, he was convinced that you boys could be rehabilitated, made whole again, and he wanted me to believe it, too. He said I had to believe if I was ever to be whole again myself " (Minato, 227).



Confessions Article 
This article is about the main idea in this book. It's summarizing what is mainly going on. It gives you an idea how the book will be, and it shows and describe some main things in this book that will be a big twist in the book. So read this book to find out.

Confessions video (reenacting the first page)
This video is a class that reenacted the first page in the book.