Drawing readers in with clever opening lines, Patricia Sawyer uses anecdotes and stories as parables to exemplify the points she makes about how to get the desires of one’s heart. New Dreams may be a book aimed at mothers with adult children, but the ideas expressed in it can easily be applied to anyone wishing to get more out of his or her faith.

This book provides little bits of insight to stir one’s thoughts about God as incorporated in our lives as Christians. The author makes fleeting references to Scripture within each devotion, each reading being short enough to fit into a busy daily schedule. Dennis Whitmore writes simply, but clearly, conveying comprehensible and meaningful messages of hope, endurance, strength, and love. He likes to refer to nature, sports, friends, family, hobbies, and books.