I’m going to be traveling quite a bit in the coming weeks, so I went looking for something I could read on my Kindle. I wanted something not too deep, but also not too “pop.” The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown with its ten guideposts for personal introspection seemed to fit the bill. While I’ve gotten… Continue reading On the Nightstand: September
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On the Nightstand: August
Last weekend, I was purging my personal library, and ran across this book by Joan Chittister. I loved two of her earlier books (In Search of Belief and Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope) and am not sure why I didn’t get around to this one, which was a gift, earlier. Chittister calls happiness “is an organ of… Continue reading On the Nightstand: August
On the Nightstand: June
It’s been hard to miss Jennifer Fulwiler and the launch of Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It. But just in case you have, here’s the story: Jennifer was raised in a happy, atheist family and converted to Christianity in a profound way a few years ago. Since her conversion,… Continue reading On the Nightstand: June
On the Nightstand: March
“I do not know you God because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.” That humble statement is on the back cover of Flannery O’Connor’s A Prayer Journal, published last year. In case you’re not familiar with this Catholic, Flannery O’Connor was a gifted short-story writer and essayist who was just… Continue reading On the Nightstand: March