Category: reads

  • Daily Strength for Daily Needs

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    I have developed a bit of a habit of beginning my work day with just a few minutes of quiet. The more difficult my work, the more consistent I seem to be. Hm. Anyway, the few minutes of quiet are usually composed of something like read-praying, or pray-reading. (I’m not sure which.) I find myself…

  • 2017 book reviews, part III

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    KIDS // PARENTING // SABBATH IX. Kids’ Books The Peculiar Miss Pickett, Nancy R. Julian. 1972, 91 pages ***   Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars, Ellen MacGregor. 1951, 94 pages ***   Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis. ***** This summer my boys were 7, 5, and 2. As soon as school was out, we…

  • 2017 book reviews, part II

    2017 book reviews, part II

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    ART // JOURNALS // FICTION // OTHER V. On Art and being an Artist The War of Art, Steven Pressfield, 2002, 165 pages ***   Beate Not the Poore Desk, Walter Wangerin, Jr. 2016, 141 pages ***   The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron. 1992, 217 pages ***** Julia invites one into the community of artists…

  • 2017 book reviews, part I

    2017 book reviews, part I

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    SPIRITUAL FORMATION // NEW AUTHOR // EUGENE // ENNEAGRAM   Happy year’s end! It is time for my annual book reviews posts. This year I read a lot, at least for my still-have-young-kids-who-interrupt-me-practically-every-forty-seven-seconds self. So, I’ll give you my full list and give each a 0-5* rating, but I’m only going to comment on the…

  • The Passions of Christ’s Advent, a devotional.

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    One year ago, at Christmastime, a dear friend of mine gave me a devotional for the season of advent. It was beautiful and inspiring: a series of printed cards that I displayed on a garland in my home, along with a paragraph of thoughts for each day. Fast forward to a couple of months ago.…

  • Born to Run: Book Review

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    This summer I read Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. My sister told me to read it, and I was looking for inspiration to get running again after having a baby. My one word review: inspiring. Best quote: “…the thing they loved most could bring them the most misery and confusion.” I feel this reality…