"A TIME TO GATHER IN PRAYER"

No one could have been more excited to see that a new Yada Yada book was out and from the news I hear, we can expect at least one more in the future.

Once again life mostly revolves around the Baxter household and how it intermingles with mom Jodi's prayer group called Yada Yada. Jodi loves her time spent with all the different women from Yada Yada however when an opportunity arises for one of the members Stu to move into the apartment above her and her family, it takes a lot of getting used to. After all it seems no matter how good Jodi things she does something, Stu always does it better!

The group as a whole will have to learn the true meaning of forgiveness when they are given the opportunity to write reasons why they think Becky Wallace should be given an early parole from jail. It was easy enough to visit her and offer verbal support but when things go a step further, Jodi will have to take a deep look inside her heart and learn to forgive as Christ forgave us.

You'll enjoy catching up with the Baxter children as Josh needs to make some decisions about his future and Amanda prepares to celebrate her fifteen birthday in a big way. One of the wonderful things about these books is that there are so many different storylines going on and so many different folks to pray for. This new book is no exception. Once you pick it up, you'll have a hard time putting it down!

Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake. Psalm 79:9

Reviewed by Shelby Bagby
Posted April 15, 2005

Summary

The Yada Yada Prayer Group has become a national phenomenon, with thousands of women across the country joining reading groups to live and learn through their fictional sisters. Book Three finds Jodi Baxter's oasis turned upside down when her upstairs neighbors move out and her nemesis, Leslie (Stu) Stuart, moves in! Avis' middle-aged cocoon is turned inside out, too, by a beau from her past, and Chanda's future has never looked brighter. But Stu's proximity to the Baxter household will draw her secret to the surface-and no one is ready for the crisis that will follow or the question the group will have to face: Just how far does forgiveness go when it requires investing your life in the forgiven one?