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“How much have you thrown away in your lifetime already? Do you ever think about it? Where does this plethora of leavings come from?

Cast Away: Poems for Out Time by Naomi Shihab Nye

October 23, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve always appreciated poetry as an art form and when I had to study them in class it was a nice change of pace from fiction. It’s interesting to see how different poets use words to create images and feelings that break the rules of standard grammar and syntax. Sometimes a poem, without all the rules, just hits harder than a book covering the same topic. I have my […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Naomi Shihab Nye, poetry

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: Naomi Shihab Nye, poetry ·
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A Loss of Innocence

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

October 23, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Our Town by Thornton Wilder My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Our Town” is one of those plays that takes you by surprise. I first read it in my master’s program in an “Modern American Drama” class. I had heard of the play but never read it. From the beginning, Wilder establishes that this play is unlike others of its time. The Stagemaster (narrator) constantly breaks the fourth wall but also interacts with the characters in the play. There’s audience participation (they’re plants from the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: drama, Our Town, Thornton WIlder

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: drama, Our Town, Thornton WIlder ·
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“The Bible becomes a confusing mess when we expect it to function as a rulebook for faith. But when we allow the Bible to determine our expectations, we see that Wisdom, not answers, is the Bible’s true subject matter.”

How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers--and Why That's Great News by Peter Enns

October 11, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News by Peter Enns My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first heard of Peter “Pete” Enns on the “Bible for Normal People” podcast and greatly appreciated not only his own commentary but also the guests and discussions that he hosts on each episode. This lead me to hearing that he had written a book. So I went out […]

Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: #Bible, Christianity, How the Bible Actually Works, Peter Enns

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Religion · Tags: #Bible, Christianity, How the Bible Actually Works, Peter Enns ·
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Pilgrim’s Progress, Or Why It’s Important to Follow Directions

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

October 11, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Growing up in a Christian faith-community, I had heard off and on of “Pilgrim’s Progress”. No one I knew had actually read it, but the gist of the story was passed around. I’ve been trying to revamp my British literature course and my Enlightenment/Interregnum period needs some work. This book happens to fall into that period and since I teach at a Christian private school I figured it might be a good fit. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Religion Tagged With: allegory, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Religion · Tags: allegory, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress ·
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“True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.”

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

October 11, 2022 by The Chancellor 2 Comments

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown My rating: 4 of 5 stars In response to all the tension in the U.S. of which the 2016 election became a lightening rod, Brené Brown went to her research to find what it takes to bring people back together so that individuals and society can keep moving forward together rather than apart. She develops an acronym BRAVING that describes the types of traits individuals need to have […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: braving the wilderness, Brené Brown, Conflict

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: braving the wilderness, Brené Brown, Conflict ·
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Preparing for Easter

Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings from C.S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis

October 11, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings from C. S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Preparing for Easter” by C.S. Lewis is a thought-a-day for Lent. There’s a theme for each week and each selection from Lewis’s works ties in to this theme. When I first picked up the book, I thought it was actually written by C.S. Lewis. It does not take long to realize that this is not the case. Instead, the publishers have taken short pieces from the […]

Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: C.S. Lewis, Easter, Lent

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Religion · Tags: C.S. Lewis, Easter, Lent ·
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