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Blessed Are the Merciful
https://tinyurl.com/baymercyIn episode 5 of the 8-part podcast series based on my Book Blessed Are You: Finding Inspiration from Our Sisters in Faith, I reflect on “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 57, NRSV). I also share inspiration from Blessed Elizabeth Canori Mora.
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If it hadn’t been for my friend Bill’s recommendation, I would have never read this book. Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered was so political and ham-handed that it put me off the woman who had been one of my favorite contemporary authors. But I trusted ...more |
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| Where to begin this review? I guess with the disclaimer. Priscilla and I met at the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in 2024. We were both first timers. We became buddies, and have stayed in touch via email. I was a beta reader for a sto ...more | |
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It turns out there really is an unincorporated hamlet in northeast Tennessee called Bitter End, and what a perfect setting for this masterful work by one of my favorite Christian novelists, Amanda Cox. Cox has a gift for slowly unpeeling the layers of ...more |
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"4.5 stars only because I think the many many plot and movie synopses were unnecessary; other than that, this was a fascinating study, amazingly researched, about Desi and Lucy's careers, relationship, and contributions to the television industry. I w"
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I bought this book because I knew nothing about Desi Arnaz beyond that he was Cuban and well, loved Lucy. I found the first five chapters fascinating, especially about his aristocratic youth in Cuba and his arrival in the United States basically penni ...more |
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