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Chase: Bible Study Review

April 4, 2013 by 6 Comments
Chase: Bible Study Review

What are you chasing? Jennie Allen asks that loaded question in her Bible study Chase. When her publicist contacted and asked me to review this study, I never hesitated.  I already knew I loved Jennie and her raw, honest writing, the way she shares her life, both the good and bad things, with her readers. I already reviewed her book Anything and it resonated so strongly in my heart that I wrote a two part review - Part 1 and Part 2.  I could not wait to get my hands on this study. Jennie says, "One of the greatest fears of my life is that I would get to the end of my life and … [Read more...]

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Whatcha Readin’? – Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie

January 13, 2013 by 16 Comments
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I go to the library all the time.  Sometimes I go with a list in my hand or a specific book in my head.  Other times I peruse the aisles, picking up this book or that.  Once in a while, when I know I'll be there for a good long while, I collect a stack of books on decorating and cooking and then I settle into a chair and take over an entire round table.  These are usually the days my kids are taking part in a program or just hanging in the kid's section. This past week, I went to the library with and without a purpose.  I knew I wanted a certain book and I had already checked their … [Read more...]

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Book Review – Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

November 15, 2012 by 8 Comments
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When I began reading Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole, I had no idea what this book was about, but it didn't take long before I realized I knew the author. I didn't "know" her in a personal way, but I recognized her voice, the way she writes.  I flipped to the back of the book and read all the inside pages near the flaps (the ones we all ignore), and I realized Angie Smith writes Bring The Rain, a blog I read long ago. When my last computer crashed, I lost all  my bookmarks, and unfortunately, Bring The Rain was one of them. Then it hit me, she wrote What Women Fear.  I read … [Read more...]

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Book Review – One Thousand Gifts Devotional

November 4, 2012 by 6 Comments
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If you are not familiar with Ann Voskamp, you need click right over to her blog and fall in love with her writing. Ann is so much more than a sentence can describe.  She is a farmer's wife, a mother, a homeschooler, a writer, a follower of Jesus, and a giver of thanks.  She took us all on her journey of counting One Thousand Gifts and finding joy in the ordinary happenings of everyday.  You can read my review HERE. Now she has written a One Thousand Gifts Devotional.  This book takes all the principles from One Thousand Gifts and gives them to us in a practical way.  Each day, Ann … [Read more...]

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anything, part two

June 19, 2012 by 7 Comments

To read anything, part one click HERE. _____________________________________________________ In her book, Anything: The Prayer that Unlocked my God and my Soul, Jennie Allen tells of the time she and her husband prayed anything.  They offered themselves, their possessions, and their family up to God for His service.  Their decision wasn't made lightly, and did not come without fear and opposition from loving family and friends; however, when they offered God anything, He took them up on that offer.  Sometime the very thing God wants does not make sense to us or our loved ones, but God … [Read more...]

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anything, part one

June 18, 2012 by 10 Comments
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What if you told God you would do anything - and He took you up on it? That's the question Jennie Allen asks in her book Anything: The Prayer that Unlocked my God and my Soul. I don't do many book reviews on my blog.  I love to read, but I'm sort of finicky.  I want to read what I want to read when I want to read it.  So when I get an email from a publicist or a publishing company asking me to review a book, I usually say no.  This time I said yes.  I don't know why, but I suspect God was moving in me and it was more His decision than mine. Jennie Allen's words hooked me from the … [Read more...]

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The secret is in the…

April 13, 2011 by 20 Comments
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~Thanks~ "How I want to see the weight of glory break my thick scales, the weight of glory smash the chains of desperate materialism, split the numbing shell of deadening entertainment, bust up the ice of catatonic hearts.  I want to see God..." (p. 110) These are the words of Ann Voskamp in her book One Thousand Gifts: A dare to LIVE FULLY right where you are. Those words, they resonate with me. It's what I want in my quest for an abundant life - more than just the ordinary, the daily, the empty.  I long for meaning in the ordinary, purpose in the daily, fullness in place of the … [Read more...]

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Still Alice

January 20, 2009 by 16 Comments
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Still Alice is a remarkable love story not only between a man and woman, but also between a mother and her children. Dr. Alice Howland, a Harvard professor of psychology, develops early-onset Alzheimer's disease while she is at the pinnacle of her career.  Slowly Alice watches her mind unravel and she loses lifelong connections with her colleagues, family, and friends. This book is unique because Alice tells her own story from the perspective of an Alzheimer's patient. Lisa Genova, the author of Still Alice, holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Harvard University.  Her mastery of the … [Read more...]

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