fitting to read this for Holy Week ✝️ I opened this on a whim and I’m glad I was able to digest (heh) slowly over Holy Week. “To be sure, food keeps us alive, but that is only its smallest and most temporary work. Its eternal purpose is to furnish our sensibilities against the dayContinue reading “The Supper of the Lamb”
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march 2021 in books
March round up! I read more than I thought I would this month 📖I listened to two audiobooks, and re-read two books. I read 14 books for 5,835 pages, bringing my year’s total to 40. I read 8 fiction books, including one on audiobook. I read 2 non-fiction books, including one on audiobook. I readContinue reading “march 2021 in books”
The Peacemaker: growing as an Enneagram 9
I really enjoyed this 60 day journey to explore more about my Enneagram number! it’s an ongoing process, much like life itselfEnneagram is not the be all, end all, bit it has been very helpful for me. this book explores a great deal about being a 9, including gut feelings, merging, moving towards anxiety inContinue reading “The Peacemaker: growing as an Enneagram 9”
The Gilded Ones
I 1000% proudly admit that I bought The Gilded Ones, by Namina Forna, solely for the cover: I was completely drawn in by the complex possibilities of this warrior woman! not merely a YA, this book tugs you deep into the world. I loved how intricate the history, theology, and orthopraxy of this world isContinue reading “The Gilded Ones”
hidden treasure
Jon’s spent most of the last few weekends slowly pulling all the bushes out of our back yard in the first of approximately 1,273 steps in our ongoing quest towards a garden. I am totally on board with this because since we moved in last July, the idea of having a bunch of poorly groomedContinue reading “hidden treasure”
begin again; again, again
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”― J.R.R. Tolkien when we begin again, to practice again, to take up again, we are setting out on a dangerous business. when we start againContinue reading “begin again; again, again”
perhaps the greater 