Lucado (senior minister, Oak Hills Church, San Antonio; Outlive Your Life: You Were Made To Make a Difference) here turns his attention to what amounts to reader mail, offering the faithful startlingly Dear Abby-like advice on subjects ranging from terrorism to sex to the afterlife. Lucado's stance has always been conservative but not paleo-conservative, an important distinction in today's Protestant landscape; his counsel stresses God's openness and love. VERDICT This Lucado-lite Q&A will prove useful and comforting to many individuals and is well suited to the needs of church reading groups.

Author and preacher Max Lucado is back with a question-and-answer session in his latest work. Those who ask the questions are a myriad of different men and women, an approach that gives the production the sounds of a live presentation. Wayne Shepherd takes the part of the author delivering the answers. In essence, Lucado covers most of the basic questions on life and Christianity. Shepherd does a decent job reading Lucado’s answers though he doesn’t project much personality. For example, he delivers a lighthearted response in the same tone as a serious one. Since this book uses a Q&A format, it may serve the listener better to have a print copy for quicker reference to specific questions. T.D. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine