12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Heartwarming, Nov 4 2001
By Milostarr - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sheltering Trees (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful book to read for yourself and to give as a gift to your friends. The individual stories range from long-term friendships developed as young adults, to those formed in later years of life that may have only lasted for a "season". The one thing each of these friendships have in common is a deep love and respect for each other, as well as for God. I found the stories to be touching, inspiring and in some instances incredibly humorous, just like friendships are in real life. This book gave me the opportunity to reflect back on my own friendships over the years and to see how God has moved in me to bring some incredible "sheltering trees" into my life. I highly recommend this book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Quotable quotes, interesting people, Oct 28 2001
By Paul Grimshaw - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sheltering Trees (Hardcover)
Friends are not something to be taken for granted and successful people can always testify to the importance of those few special people that motivate, comfort and inspire them to be the best they can be. In Donna Van Liere's Sheltering Trees, interviews from people like Zig Ziglar, Randy Travis and a host of Christian music movers and shakers remind us how meaningful those rare but necessary friendships are. This book is filled with short stories of those special friendships and how God works in our lives to make those connections. Sheltering Trees is also filled with inspirational quotes that help us all reflect on what it means to have a friend and more importantly, how gratifying it is to be a friend.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Inspiring!, Oct 10 2001
By Sarah - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sheltering Trees (Hardcover)
"Sheltering Trees" was bought for me as a gift from a good friend. I initially thumbed through the pages without a thought of immediately reading it, but the story about tennis great Arthur Ashe arrested my attention and compelled me to read it all in one setting. The anecdotes presented throughout the book are intriguing, heartwarming, and definitely provide insight into the complex and unselfish nature of friendship. Anyone who reads this will be blessed by tales of one of the most desperately needed relationships in life - true friendship.