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Love Wins by Rob Bell

April 22, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

“A staggering number of people have been taught that a select few Christians will spend forever in a peaceful, joyous place called heaven, while the rest of humanity spends forever in torment and punishment in hell with no chance for anything better. It’s been clearly communicated to many that this belief is a central truth of the Christian faith and to reject it is, in essence, to reject Jesus. This is misguided and toxic and ultimately subverts the contagious spread of Jesus’s message of love, […]

Appreciate and Appreciate More

Super Attractor by Gabrielle Bernstein

April 18, 2020 by randirock Leave a Comment

My relationship with religion and spirituality is complicated at best. Despite growing up in a Catholic household, attending Catholic school, and ensuring I was in my pew every Sunday at Mass, I often felt that I was at the surface level of a connection with God. In fact, the thought of God often gave me a great deal of anxiety. Throughout college, I went through a process of deconstruction. I rejected a notion of God altogether and lived most of my young adult life without […]

A Modern Day Epic

Love Warrior: A Memoir by Glennon Doyle

January 19, 2020 by randirock 1 Comment

“Her ability to put words to her feelings and experiences is absolutely incredible,” I told my husband. “She truly has a gift.” Love Warrior is an epic, and just like the ancient oral traditions, it reads like a poem retelling Glennon Doyle’s battle through bulimia, alcoholism, sexual abuse, and infidelity. I couldn’t put it down. I could pull hundreds of quotes from the book that popped from the page screaming, “Remember me!” This will be a book I reread numerous times. In times of despair, Doyle […]

“I am a part of all that I have met.” – Lord Tennyson

Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman

May 29, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman is a spiritual look at how all things are connected. When the Mouse asks Carl, the Worm, why does he do the things he does, Carl does not know. So off he goes to ask the other animals what his purpose is, until one day there is no one left as they have all left. The answer to why everyone has left, gives Carl the answer he was looking for. Freedman pairs the text with some fun, soft, […]

Was the son of a preacher man

July 19, 2015 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

A good friend and I have become book pen pans: we read things, then mail them to each other. It pretty much rules. This book was one she sent to me, with the caveat that it was pretty sad. I struggled through it and put it down many times, but by the time I was done, it was like swallowing unpleasant medicine: good for you in the long run, though a bit hard to get down. This is a quiet novel about life and death […]

A pleasant surprise of a book!

December 29, 2014 by AamilTheCamel Leave a Comment

Forty-second book reviewed as part of the 130 Challenge. Oh my god! What a beautiful story! Poignant, sweet and for some reason, makes one nostalgic too. I did not believe that a spiritual allegory like this one could move me so much. But it has: through its simple stories with so much depth, it has made me wonder about life and happiness; some of the most difficult questions that we face. I guess that is how it is, sometimes, the most difficult questions have the […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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