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The Daniel Prayer: Prayer That Moves Heaven and Changes Nations | Anne Graham Lotz

Am I willing to lay everything on the line and trust Him? Am I truly living a surrendered life? #faith #surrender

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Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion | Greg Boyle

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#OffMyShelf “Out of your comfort zone”
#14Books14Weeks

A good friend gave me this book, it‘s very much not what I usually read. But I‘m glad I did. There are no easy fixes or answers. Boyle asks only that we have compassion for our fellow humans.

“The strategy of Jesus is not centered in taking the right stand on issues, but rather in standing in the right place-with the outcast and those relegated to the margins.”

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wanderinglynn Awesome! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5d

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Mere Christianity | C. S. Lewis

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Lewis truly had a gift to break down complex issues into bit-size understandable chunks.

Looking into the what, the how and the Who behind some questions everyone asks themselves at one point in their lives; and explaining in a sensible manner the why behind Christianity

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#NonFiction
#Classic

Texreader On my tbr a long time. Nice to read your review 1w

Desha Such a good book one of my favorites! Should probably do a reread…😂♥️ 1w

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Ruthiella

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion | Gregory Boyle

#whereReyoumonday

Reading very much out of my comfort zone, I‘m in East Los Angeles in the current century with Pastor Gregory Boyle and the congregants and residents of the area in this nonfiction account of Boyle‘s outreach efforts.

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BarbaraJean Ohhh, I want to read this! Greg Boyle has been referenced a LOT in my spiritual direction studies this year. 2w

Ruthiella @BarbaraJean I think you will get a lot out of it given your interests. I appreciate what Boyle is saying a lot about humanity. (edited) 2w

Deblovestoread Loved this book! 2w

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Ruthiella @Deblovestoread Glad to hear it! 😃 2w

Christine I have to get to this one. I‘m just finishing a semester of teaching incarcerated folks, many of whom grew up in SoCal gang life. They are remarkably thoughtful and diligent students. I wish they‘d met Boyle and been offered a different path. 2w

Ruthiella @Christine That‘s wonderful that you are teaching people who are incarcerated. Education is such a game changer. One of the things Boyle underscores in this book is that it‘s never too late to change one‘s path. 2w

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BooksandCoffee4Me

Learning to Walk in the Dark: Because God often shows up at night | Barbara Brown Taylor

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dabbe A WH😭AH one. 🖤🐝🖤 3w

TheSpineView So sad. Children are the true innocents in war. 3w

AnnCrystal 🐝😢🙏🏼🐝. 3w

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Eggs 😔😩😢 3w

JenlovesJT47 The world is such a scary place 💛🖤💛 3w

Reggie My friend today told me she doesn‘t want to go to Pride this next month for fear of getting shot. It is scary out there. 3w

DebinHawaii Wow—this one is sobering. I love the “walk each other home” 🖤🐝🖤 3w

bellabella Beautiful. It's a good thing Jesus walks beside us, leading us home ❤ 2w

BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella Oh yes! 💛💛💛 2w

lil1inblue 💔 💔 💔 Sobering, but poignant! 2w

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TheAromaofBooks

Rich Mullins | James Bryan Smith

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Rich Mullins was a Christian musician in the 80s/90s, who died in a car accident in 1997. This book, written by a good friend of his a few years later, is an odd sort of biography. It doesn't really outline his life or career, but rather looks at key aspects of Rich's faith and beliefs through his lyrics and writing. I grew up on Rich's music and it definitely has shaped the way I view God and His love; Rich's lyrics still can hit me sideways ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) sometimes. I've read this book before, but it had been several years. Taking time to read it during an especially busy and stressful time in my life was so beneficial. Smith does a great job of not portraying Rich as some kind of hero or saint. This book encourages readers not to follow Rich and his teachings, but rather Jesus and His, with Rich's lyrics as a tool that sometimes illuminate some aspect of them.

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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) book that won't appeal to everyone, but for me it's an incredibly grounding and encouraging read.

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#GottaCatchEmAll - Band/Musical Group @PuddleJumper
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Desha I have always loved Rich Mullins…he‘s one of my favorite Christian artists! 1mo

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BarbaraJean I had never heard of this book and now I want to track it down! An approach to Rich‘s life through his faith and his writing—pointing to Jesus above all—sounds like such a Rich Mullins approach. Rich Mullins‘ music was so meaningful for me in high school and college (still is) and I was devastated when he died. That year I had a campus radio show with a friend and the week Rich Mullins died, we just played his music for the full hour. 💔 1mo

DieAReader 💖💖💖 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @Desha - His music has always meant so much to me!! 1mo

TheAromaofBooks @BarbaraJean - I definitely recommend picking this one up if you enjoy Rich's music. I was a teen when he passed, and it devastated our whole family. My parents and I got to see him in concert shortly before that, when he was traveling with Mitch McVicker. 1mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I just found the audiobook on Hoopla! 1mo

julieclair Great review. I‘m not familiar with Rich Mullins‘ music, but will definitely listen now! 1mo

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SqueakyChu

Have a Little Faith: A True Story | Mitch Albom

This book was given to me years ago as a gift from a fellow LibraryThing member. It‘s not until now that I started reading this memoir, but reading about Reb Albert Lewis is turning into a comfort read for me during these turbulent times.

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Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board | Bethany Hamilton

“I don‘t need easy, I just need possible.” Bethany Hamilton

#Wave #PoetryMatters

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Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence | Diana Butler Bass

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Bass reflects on the many facets of Jesus as she shares bits from her own spiritual life. Sort of a combination of memoir, theology, and mysticism. It focuses on those experiential ways that Jesus interacts with us and guides us, leading to a more encompassing view of Jesus.

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