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Book Review: Be Kind to Yourself
Book Review: Be Kind to Yourself by Cindy Bunch The other day was yet another exercise in mental self-flagellation for me. My mind raced with questions about why I had made certain choices in certain times, why I had not become “awake” in issues around me sooner, etc. It is a regular occurrence in my life. This particular time I…
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Book launch day — get this one!
I had the privilege of interviewing Marlena Graves along with Dennis Edwards on another subject a few weeks ago. Today Marlena is launching her latest book: The Way Up is Down. Get this book! She is a fresh, powerful voice needed in this generation. I WILL BE GIVING AWAY ONE COPY OF HER BOOK. HERE ARE THE RULES: Share this…
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A book worth your time
There has been a LOT of reading in this time of coronavirus. I was glad to be able to get an advance copy of Marlena Graves’ new book The Way Up is Down. In this section she talks about the need for confession in our lives to deal with our sin and dwell humbly before the Lord. She makes the…
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Two books
There are two books to finish this year. They both challenge me in issues of judicial injustice and racial justice.
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Top reads for 2019
I tracked my reading on Goodreads to see how I would do. I also counted audible books because I drive a lot and it’s my favorite way to consume fiction. Looking back, here are some books I really enjoyed (that word also means “challenged by” for me), and not in any particular order:
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A haunting read — Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a moving book about the injustices done to the Osage tribe in Oklahoma in the 1920s. It is a fascinating story about the rise of the FBI and how they used the investigation of one…
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The journey to Troas — Listening Prayer
I have two main problems with Mark Batterson. Correction. I have ONE main problem with him and then I have a major problem with his current book, Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God. (Now that I typed out that title, make it two main problems.)
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Podcast — Public Faith in Action
Thoughts on Volf’s new book: “Public Faith in Action”
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The Ten Book Project
The time in which we live gives us far more accessibility to truly great writing. It also gives us access to truly bad writing as well. Yesterday I was reflecting on life in the 1800s in the United States and thinking of how few books there were. Abraham Lincoln had limited access to books growing up, but he read deeply.…
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