Journeys That Connect: A Book Review

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Book Review of Lisa Mikitarian’s Her Safari: Snapshots Along the Way What makes good fiction? The answer, of course, is completely subjective, but the fiction I most enjoy includes one or more of the following criteria: It entertains, thrills, or fascinates. It offers unusual vividness of language or imagery. It reflects noteworthy insight into human [...]

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“Grace Notes:” A Daily Devotional

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BOOK REVIEW: Grace Notes: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim by Philip Yancey I found this daily devotional very satisfying and inspiring…reminiscent of Frederick Buechner’s work. It consists of excerpts from Yancey’s other writings, some of which I had already read…some others, I’ve added to my To Read list. To me, the strength of this [...]

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“Indelible Ink:” Life-Changing Books

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Book Review: Indelible Ink: 22 Prominent Christian Leaders Discuss Books That Shape Their Faith edited by Scott Larsen with foreword by Philip Yancey I thoroughly enjoyed this book…and for different reasons than I expected. I ordered it because the foreword is by one of my favorite Christian authors, Philip Yancey, and because the title and [...]

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“In the Likeness of God”

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Book Review: In the Likeness of God by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey I’ve been reading this in small doses for a long time, because there’s so much depth and wisdom here. This particular edition (which I read on my Kindle) was actually a special edition combining two of Brand and Yancey’s co-authored works: [...]

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“Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith”

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Book Review: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott Just reading other reviews of this book took me on an emotional roller coaster–since I agreed with much of the praise as well as the criticism–so you can imagine what reading the book did. Anne Lamott is one of the most gifted writers I’ve known, [...]

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“Everyone Communicates, Few Connect”

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Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John C. Maxwell John Maxwell is a great communicator–especially as a public speaker–so when this intriguing title crossed my radar screen, right at the time I was developing this blog about the Power of Connection, of course I checked it out. At the time, it was not yet [...]

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Mindfulness leads to Wisdom

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Book Review of Jack Kornfield’s The Wise Heart You don’t have to be a Buddhist to love The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology. In this truly wise book, clinical psychologist and Buddhist monk Jack Kornfield weaves together real-life stories with spiritual insights to show how to live with greater [...]

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Connection through Compassion

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Book Review: Still Alice by Lisa Genova “This is a phenomenal book,” my friend Kay said as she loaned it to me. “Oh, good,” I replied. “What’s it about?” “Well, it’s about a woman with early onset Alzheimer’s.” She paused, knowing how unappealing that must have sounded. “I promise you, it’s worth reading.” If ANYONE [...]

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Prayer offers a less busy heart

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BOOK REVIEW: A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller I wish I had read this book 30 years ago so that by now I would have re-read it several times. As faithful as I have tried to be to my spiritual habits, personal prayer has often eluded me [...]

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Book Review: The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer

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I read The Pursuit of God on my Kindle, and my 14 pages of highlights and notes are testament to the fact that I found it highly interesting and helpful in my understanding of how to have a personal relationship with a living God. According to the book description, Tozer was so inspired that he [...]

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A Review of The 4-Hour Work Week

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Hot and cold characterizes my reaction to The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss…I’ll hit the downside first, but there’s lots to appreciate here too. I found this author’s voice extremely annoying and cocky, and I don’t think there are many people manic enough to completely do what he says he did in terms of [...]

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