Posts Tagged ‘book review’
Pastrix (A Review)
A few weeks ago a kind friend sent me a copy of Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint (by Nadia Bolz-Weber), and I devoured it. I don’t read as many books as I should, but this was one I couldn’t put down. I found it to be both hilarious and moving. I wanted…
Read MoreWhen We Were on Fire (A Review)
“We were homesick for something we could not name, but we were slipping. The structure of the evangelical church service was not big enough to accommodate the deep questions of our hearts.” It’s been a week now since I read When We Were on Fire, and I still haven’t come up with a good way…
Read MoreAn Anthology of Madness (A Review)
“Grace is the most magnificent force on the planet, and it is not to be reckoned with. It is intangible, yet smothering. It is the only thing which must first drown us before it can rescue us.” Max is not kind to language. While some of us smoothly layer sentences into pleasing paragraphs, Max brutally…
Read MorePrototype (An Illustrated Review)
“I believe that somewhere, somehow, you’ve heard the music. Distant or close, you’ve heard the song of your belovedness. It’s a song of unrestrained joy, a song of hope and belonging. A song that calls you into the future. Can you even imagine what it would be like to dance the dance of children, the…
Read MorePursuing Justice ( A Review )
“The truth is, we are all giving our lives away…” Pursuing Justice showed up in my mailbox sometime before Christmas, and then sat on the workbench in my garage for a few months. I’m not sure why I put off reading it for so long – maybe because the idea of reading and reviewing books…
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