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Off the Bookshelf {May}

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Off the Bookshelf {May}

For the Kids . . .  For the Mom . . .  So what are you (or your kids) reading these days? See more Off the Bookshelf. SHARE Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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Off the Bookshelf: April 2010

Monday, April 19, 2010

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Off the Bookshelf: April 2010

I am going to start a new series here at Life Overseas called, “Off the Bookshelf.”  Essentially, since reading is such a major factor in our kids’ homeschooling and adult lives, I thought I would pause every now and again and write about the books we are reading in our home.  If I had the [...]

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“Heavenly Man” on Success

Sunday, February 7, 2010

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“Heavenly Man” on Success

I am finishing up the account of a Chinese Christian, Brother Yun, whose story of faith under intense torture and persecution by his own government during the 90′s is riveting.  Yun was a house church leader and refused to denounce his belief in Jesus and would not give over the names of other leaders in the Chinese underground [...]

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The Soul and the American Dream

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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“Perhaps many dreams have been fulfilled–a move to a larger house, to vice president, to a condo after the kids have finally moved out–but the soul has become like a boarded-up discount store in an empty parking lot with weeds rising up out of the pavement cracks.” -David Goetz, Death by Suburb “And what do [...]

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Storytime Answers

Sunday, December 7, 2008

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My last few days as a mom have been . . . brutal, disappointing, exhausting. My attitude has started off poorly with my kids and just gotten worse throughout the day. I was easily frustrated and impatient and harsh and negative. I felt so discouraged at their behavior and overwhelmed at the amount of mess [...]

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Blue Like Jazz

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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I have skimmed back over Donald Miller’s book Blue Like Jazz (“Nonreligious thoughts on Christian spiriutality” is the byline). I love how he writes and what he says. The final quote is probably my favorite in the whole book. “The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is a story about [...]

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Faith and Politics

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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I must admit, I do not claim to be a super political person. I honestly thought until about a year ago that “global warming” just meant that the temperature would get “warmer globally,” which I didn’t mind so much since we live in the mountains where the winters are long and cold. I know, I [...]

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Quotes from Red Letter Christians

Monday, September 29, 2008

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“By calling ourselves ‘Red Letter Christians’, we are alluding to those old versions of the Bible wherein the words of Jesus are printed in red. In adopting the name, we are saying that we are committed to living out the things that Jesus taught. The message in those red letters is radical, to say the [...]

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