Good for Goodness’ Sake

Good for Goodness’ Sake

Gary Fenton. Birmingham: New Hope Publishers, 2006. 240 pp. (Hardback).

In this authentic and relevant production, readers will discover seven values that lead to midlife character — relationships, personal discipline, serenity, gratitude, forgiveness, humility and celebration.

Gary Fenton is the successful and popular pastor of Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, a 7,000-member church in Birmingham.

Midlife, he claims, can be a very productive time of life — a time to develop true character and acquire the virtue of goodness.

Consider Fenton’s assertion as he brings this production to a conclusion: "While our character does not redeem humanity, our lives are to continally announce there is a Redeemer who has broken through the end of the tunnel for all people."

Quite frankly, reading this work has informed and challenged this reviewer as few books have.