"Every Body Matters" Blog Tour: Sign Up to Review New Book by Gary Thomas

 

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Hey Bloggers, we're giving away copies of Gary Thomas' new book Every Body Matters: Strengthening Your Body to Strengthen Your Soul to bloggers for review.

Every Body Matters explores how becoming proactive about our physical health can lead to "a fortified soul" that's better able to serve and love others. Thomas includes ways to fight health-related temptation, and how we can pursue transormation from "heads without bodies" into whole-bodied servants of God.

I've included an excerpt from Every Body Matters below about "faithful fitness" so you can get a better feel for Thomas' approach. If you're interested in reviewing Every Body Matters on your blog, please sign up below!

 

How to Participate in the Every Body Matters Blog Tour

1. Sign up below by Thursday, Dec. 1. If your blog is selected, we will ship a  copy of Every Body Matters to you.
2. Please post your review on your blog during the week of 1/16 or 1/23. Leave a comment here with a link to your review, because we're interested in your thoughts on the book!
3. In your post, please mention that Zondervan provided you with the book free of charge, for the purpose of review.
4. Finally, publish your review on another book website such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or LibraryThing.

 

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An Excerpt from Every Body Matters

If swimming laps or doing Pilates won't substitute for regular study, prayer, and spiritual devotions, but taking off the shackles of laziness, overeating, and the physical debilitation brought about by ignoring our physical fitness can set our souls on a course of pursuing God with a renewed vigor, earnestness, and delight. Christianity Today columnist Carolyn Arends writes of feeling convicted about "spiritualizing" her inclination toward avoiding physical fitness by focusing on "soul things" instead of "body things." A wake-up call provided by her parents' bout with ill health led to a significant life change, after which Carolyn concludes the following: Jesus called us to love God with our hearts, souls, minds, and strength. Just as his words disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed, they call the overactive to stillness and activate the overly still. They restore the soul to those who overemphasize the body, and redeem the body for those who focus only on the soul...   For your own health and vitality, your own spirituality, your own family, and your own personal satisfaction — will you consider [the idea of 'faithful fitness']? Not as a diet. Not as a fad. But as a life change, birthed as a spiritual exercise, a part of your worship, a new way of surrendering to God's presence in your life... I pointed out to [my son] once how, though exercise and staying in shape require a lot of work and even regular pain, not being in shape requires its own pains and labors. If I'm going to hurt in this fallen world — and everyone of us will — I'd rather hurt and be sore getting in shape than hurt and be sore because my body isn't fit. By God's design, we are a people with souls who desperately yearn for intimacy with God — people whose souls reside in bodies that can hinder or help this pursuit. Which will it be?

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Comments

[Sviatoslav Bouz]

I highly enjoyed this book. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to review it!

http://thegodofmyexistance.blogspot.com/2012/01/every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas.html

I also posted on Amazon, and Christianbook.com

[tiffany]

Liked the book- it's an important one. I reviewed at amazon.com. here's a link to my post: http://tiffanymalloy.com/2012/01/29/fitness-why-it-matters-as-it-relates-to-our-souls/

[sandy]

Thank you for the opportunity to review such a worthwhile book. Here is a link to my review: http://sandy-thoughtsandcreations.blogspot.com/p/reviews.html. I will also be posting a review at Amazon.com

[Sandra]

Here is my review...Thank you Zondervan I really needed this book.

[Haneefah]

Here is a link to my review for Every Body Matters. I have also posted a review on Amazon.com. Thank you for the opportunity to review this book.

Every Body Matters http://wp.me/p1XUK7-kb

[Sandra]

Here is the Link to my review. I also posted a review on Amazon
http://mykidslovebooks.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html

[Thomas Feller]

My Review is posted - thanks for letting me participate in the tour!

http://thomasrfellerjr.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/book-review-every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas-blog-tour/

[Lee Merrill]

Excellent book! Here's my link! I posted the review on Amazon and B&N, too. :)

http://prayergifts.net/2012/02/01/a-review-of-every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas/

[Nithin Thompson]

This was a fantastic book. I just finished buying running shoes after reading it. Here's the rest of my review:

http://sojournintoexile.blogspot.com/2012/02/every-body-matters-review.html

[Carly Kendall]

Here is the link to my review on my blog: http://carlybirdshome.blogspot.com/2012/02/every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas.html

I also posted my review on Amazon. thank you!

[Suzi Ryan]

This book was probably the kick in the butt I needed. My review: http://ataleoftwosuzies.blogspot.com/2012/02/every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas-book.html

[Andrea Schultz]

What an impactful book! I posted my review on my blog + Amazon:

http://bit.ly/EveryBodyPost

[Brenda]

What a wonderful book, it has inspired me to dust of my treadmill and get back on track. Thanks so much for allowing me to read and review this book. Here is my link:
http://www.kittycrochettwo.blogspot.com/2012/02/every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas.html

This review was also posted to Amazon, Goodreads, Librarything,and Shelfari.

[Katrina]

Here is the book review on my blog:

http://ksinift.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/book-review-every-body-matters/

I also did a review on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NL8BKAG2A9RG/ref=cm_pdp_rev_title_1?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview#RQN2CGH9NKGXK

Thanks!

[Kate {The Parchment Girl}]

Thanks for the opportunity to review this book! I really enjoyed it.
http://parchmentgirl.com/book-reviews/every-body-matters-gary-thomas/

[Kara @ Home With Purpose]

A very thought-provoking book! My review is here:
http://homewithpurpose.blogspot.com/2012/02/everybody-matters-strengthening-your.html
and will be on Amazon shortly.

Thanks for the opportunity to participate!

[Amy]

My review is posted! You can see it here and at CBD: http://anestintherocks.blogspot.com/2012/02/every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas.html

Thank you - this is a wonderful resource!

[Mathew Sims]

Here's my review:

http://grace4sinners.blogspot.com/2012/02/book-review-every-body-matters.html

[Becky W.]

LOVED this book!! It made a lasting impression on me! Thank you for the opportunity to review it and I apologize for the lateness of my post. You can read my full review here: http://thisamazingjourneycalledlife.blogspot.com/2012/02/every-body-matters-by-gary-thomas.html

[Adam Forrest (Zondervan Blog)]

Just received a link to Laura V. Hilton's review: http://lighthouse-academy.blogspot.com/2012/03/every-body-matters.html