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Gratitude: The Best Medicine For “The Blues”

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

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The Gratitude Book Project: Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude “The Blues” can be like those nasty sticker bushes you sometimes encounter when you’re out taking a walk…they grab you and cling to you… and they hurt! Holidays often play tricks on us…they should be happy times, and often they are, but “the blues” can creep […]

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Book Review: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

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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 know […]

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Book Review: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John Maxwell

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

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When you focus on adding value to others, your own success and happiness will flow naturally. Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What The Most Effective People Do Differently by John C. Maxwell Reviewed by Elizabeth H. Cottrell 4 stars out of 5 John Maxwell is a great communicator–especially as a public speaker–so when this intriguing title […]

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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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Book Review: Still Alice by Lisa Genova: Connection through Compassion

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

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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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Book Review: A Praying Life by Paul Miller

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

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“Learning to pray doesn’t offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart. In the midst of outer busyness, we can develop an inner quiet.” ~ Paul Miller   A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller Reviewed by Elizabeth H. Cottrell5 stars out of […]

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

By Elizabeth H. Cottrell

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I read The Pursuit of God on my Kindle, and my 14 pages of highlights and notes are a 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 […]

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