Touched With Instructions

Eyana Adah McMillan. Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, 2011. 220 pp. (Paperback).

“Don’t waste God’s touch,” cautions writer Eyana McMillan. Instead of just emotional experiences during a worship service or a devotional time, the author explains, God’s touch comes with “creation, healing, freedom — and instruction.” Looking beyond the fact of the touch to the reason behind it and what we should do about it will deepen our relationship with the Lord.

Good counsel — sound teaching. But the author falls short of the promise of the book.

The book is full of snippets of wise teaching backed up with Scripture but is largely unfocused and difficult to follow. A stronger organizational structure would have helped the author get her message across more clearly; instead, the reader is left to go back and re-read, circle around and thumb back to the Table of Contents to try to understand where the narrative is heading.