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Recent acquisitions from San Antonio:

📖 Welcome to the Book of Common Prayer by Vicki K. Black
📖 Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul by John Philip Newell

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Recent acquisitions:

📖 The Book of Common Prayer (1662 version, Everyman's Library) by Thomas Cranmer
📖 The Joy of the Saints: Spiritual Readings Throughout the Year by Robert Llewelyn
📖 Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World by John Foxe

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This title is "Included in Premium" on Spotify, so I listened while driving. The subtitle sums up the book, examining the practices of the modern charismatic movement through the lens of Scripture. The narrator, Maurice England, was an excellent choice. Quoted in the appendix, Spurgeon reminds us: "The work of the Holy Spirit, by which men are quickened from their death in sin, is not inferior to the power which made men speak with tongues.”

This is a great devotional for the 40 days from Advent through Epiphany. The daily readings and prayers are very helpful for focusing on the coming of Christ. This also helped to remember the hope we have in Christ's second Advent. I also feel I learned a lot more about church history through this journey. Sometimes modern Evangelicals shy away from terms like "liturgy" and even "Advent" and "Epiphany," quite possibly to our detriment.

Good short little book about living into an encouraged life of faith. It had good things to think about. It was an easy and enjoyable read.

Recent acquisitions:

📖 Welcome to the Episcopal Church: An Introduction to Its History, Faith, and Worship by Christopher L. Webber
📖 Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices by Scott Gunn and Melody Wilson Shobe
📖 My Faith My Life: A Teen's Guide to the Episcopal Church by Jennifer Gambler

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I MISS YOU GUYS. Finally been able to carve out some reading time in the chaos of working two jobs and raising a rascal toddler and it feels so good. My current read is tagged and I've attached a picture of my little reader as tax. #raisingreaders

This is the second book of poetry I‘ve read by Malcolm Guite—I discovered his poetry in 2020, through a series of sonnets he wrote on the Psalms, which spoke to me so deeply during that time. This collection is likewise full of well-crafted sonnets, these corresponding to the liturgical calendar. There is a series for the Stations of the Cross and one for Advent that were particularly meaningful to me. I‘ll be going back to these again and again.