A while back, I wrote a review about YWAM's series of biographies of Christian Heroes from history. Last week, I had the chance to read one of the books from their Heroes of History series. I liked it, but I liked it even better with the corresponding Unit Study guide. I'd like to tell you about it and how I felt as I read the book. I read the biography of Alan Shepard: Higher and Faster by Janet and Geoff Benge. I realized as I read how little I knew about the development of Aviation and aeronautical history. I learned so much! It was quite interesting to me. As I read the story of his life, I was struck early on by how competitive this man was. I was also struck, as a wife and mom, by how much of his life he was absent from his family. I struggled with these two facets of his life as I read through the book, but I pressed on. I discovered that after he retired from the Navy and NASA, he went on to pursue philanthropic eff...