Here are 5 things I learned reading, Sweet and Low: A Family Story, By: Rich Cohen (Amazon)

1. Everyone has a crazy aunt.

2. Things that happened long ago can be incredibly important.

3. Helping out, even with the best of intentions, can end in tragedy.

4. It is hard for a rich man to raise kids that are not “rich-man’s-kids.”

5. I will never look at a pink Sweet’N Low packet the same.

Here are 5 things I learned reading, No Wonder They Call Him Savior, By: Max Lucado (Amazon)

1. “Your value is inborn.”

2. A deep love is built on common mission and sacrifice.

3. No matter who you are or where you are from, grace is hard to accept.

4. Great loyalty does not come from airtight theologies or foolproof philosophies. It comes from friendships; stubborn, selfless, joyful friendships.

5. “Faith is at its best, not in three-piece suits on Sunday mornings or at V.B.S. on summer days, but at hospital bedsides, cancer wards, and cemeteries.”