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This article excerpted from Lewis B. Smedes' My God and I: A Spiritual Memoir. © 2003 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI. Used by permission; all rights reserved. To order this title, contact the publisher at 800.253.7521 or visit www.eerdmans.com.

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My God and I and Sing Me to Heaven are this month's selections for CT's Editor's Bookshelf. Elsewhere on our site, you can:

Read the extended review by David Neff

Read an interview with the author of Sing Me to Heaven.

Read an excerpt from Sing Me to Heaven.

Buy Sing Me to Heaven and My God and I online.

Previous Christianity Today articles by or about Lewis B. Smedes include:

Lewis Smedes Dead at 81 | Theologian and ethicist noted for his writings on forgiveness. (December 20, 2002)

Hurt, Hate, and Healing | A 1985 interview with Lewis Smedes. (Dec. 20, 2002)

How to Deal With Criminals | Is there a biblical principle behind the punishment of those who break the law? (July 8, 2002)

Keys to Forgiving | How do you know that you have truly forgiven someone? (Dec. 3, 2001)

Who Are We to Judge? | Did Jesus forbid us from judging others? (Oct. 8, 2001)

Can God Reach the Mentally Disabled? | Are mentally challenged adults whose intellectual age is probably that of a 1-year-old sheltered under God's salvation? (March 21, 2001)

The Forgiveness Factor | Social scientists like Robert Enright are discovering the healing power of a Christian virtue. (Jan. 10, 2000)

Is Suicide Unforgivable? | What is the biblical hope and comfort we can offer a suicide victim's family and friends? (July 6, 2000)

Forgiveness—The Power to Change the Past | To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. (Jan. 7, 1983)

Arguments in Favor of Abortion Are Strong … | … if you accept one all-important assumption. (July 15, 1983)

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