Jazz, Java & Jesus: Christian Devotions to Soothe Your Soul

by Aleysha R. Proctor

From the author of With Style & Amazing Grace and He's the Keeper of My Soul, comes Jazz, Java & Jesus. A book of Christian devotions to soothe the weary soul. Along with crossword, word search and word scramble puzzles. As the author has shown us in previous books, Jazz, Java & Jesus reaffirms that you are important to the Lord!

Genres: Christian

108 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2009

About the author

Aleysha Proctor is a Christian Inspirational Author, Speaker, Lifestyle Blogger and award-winning entrepreneur.

In 2007, Aleysha won the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Black MBA Association, Inc. And in 2008, she won Aspicomm Media’s Best Spiritual/Inspirational Book award for her first title, “With Style & Amazing Grace”.

In 2010, she was featured in CRAVE Washington, DC: The Urban Girl’s Manifesto book of 100 DC area entre-preneurs, and Writer's Digest gave her third book, "Jazz, Java & Jesus" 5 stars.

Aleysha has authored five inspirational books (all non-fiction):
 With Style & Amazing Grace, 2007
 He’s the Keeper of My Soul, 2008
 Jazz, Java & Jesus, 2010
 Inspired To Move Forward, 2013
Good News In a Bad News World, 2013

She’s been quoted and/or featured in the following publications on topics such as business, image & lifestyle;
 Black Enterprise
 Lucky
 Prince George’s County Suite
 Washingtonian
 Onyx Woman
 Empowering Women
 Empowering Everyday Women
 Booking Matters
 The Washington Post
 The Baltimore Sun

Aleysha holds a Bachelors degree in Management and Leadership, and a Masters of Business Administration degree in Marketing. She’s a member of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden Maryland.

Her passion in life is encouraging others to live their best life now, and to have faith in the Word of God in the midst of their problems and disappointments. Aleysha resides in the Washington, DC metro area.

Her blog, Aleysha’s Lifestyle Café, can be found at www.AleyshaProctor.com.

Reviews

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

With a catchy name like "Jazz, Java & Jesus", how can one not resist picking this book up? Because of that title, I decided to have a look at this book. I'm not a big one for devotionals - they seem all "fluff" and a quick thought of just getting that Bible reading in for the day with no real substance. Yes, I'm a real hard sell when it comes to this category of book.

"Jazz, Java & Jesus", although listed as a devotional, is so much more. I found Ms. Proctor's writing style engaging and personal. She starts with a forward that explains how the title of the book came about, and then settles down to deliver a nice message with each entry. Each entry is thought provoking with quite a bit of scripture, and will start you off to want to continue on studying your Bible. At the end of each section is a place for notes - a very nice addition to the book!! One of my favorite sections concentrates on the names of Jesus and I'm planning on spending a lot of time on that section. Another nice bonus are the puzzles at the end of the book. Unfortunately, the printer didn't do as good of a job on them as I'd like to see. They are a bit fuzzy and not crisp like the print in the rest of the book and look more like they had inserted a scan.

This is a wonderful book and I will be using it a lot in the future. Unlike other devotionals that I've tried that sit around on my shelf collecting dust, this one will be written in, creased, and will probably find a coffee stain or two before I'm done using it.

Note: I cannot find what version is used for scripture - nothing is noted. I only found a couple of places where a credit to a particular version is used. I have compared this to my King James Bible, and the scripture wording is different.

[Adrienna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finished this book in a hour or so, could not put it down. What a blessings! This book came out when my "Desire at Will" did in December 2009. It was a great desire and pleasure to read this book to help us through our trials, tests, and to continue to sing praises to God and trust He'll bring us through.

I will have the pleasure to speak to her on Sept. 12, 2010 on Dream4More Radio: www.blogtalkradio.com/Dream4More at 5pm CST.

[Dream 4 More Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dream 4 More Radio has Aleysha Proctor on September 12, 2010 at 5pm CST, www.blogtalkradio.com/Dream4More

This was a delightful read and finished in one sitting. This is to help us believers of Christ to keep pressing, believing, and trusting God through it all!

Received from author for interview on radio show.

Dream 4 More,
Adrienna!

[Wanda Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed Jazz-Java-Jesus. The short devotionals contained just enough "meat" without choking the reader and the activities at the end were relaxing. Two thumbs up to Ms. Proctor for effectively combining three powerful concepts.