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Whitney McKendree Moore

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Born

in New York City, The United States

Website

http://www.RecoveryintheBible.com

Twitter

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Christian, Nonfiction, Spirituality

Influences

Anne Lamott, Reeve Lindbergh

Member Since

July 2015

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Whitney was born in New York City to medical parents -- her mother an R.N., her father a neurologist following the footsteps of his father. Back in those days, physicians lived under an awning of prominence. Both her father and her grandfather were treated like demi-gods at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, where the phrases “wonderful bedside manner” and “dear and glorious physician” were said aloud and a lot by her mother, who was also highly regarded as “possibly the world’s best Head Nurse.”

The young family lived directly across the street from the Hospital’s main entrance. Whitney remembers sitting in front of a big picture window on the lap of her nanny "Mrs. Marmalade," eyes riveted on the Hospital’s grand doors. Her debonaire parents Whitney was born in New York City to medical parents -- her mother an R.N., her father a neurologist following the footsteps of his father. Back in those days, physicians lived under an awning of prominence. Both her father and her grandfather were treated like demi-gods at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, where the phrases “wonderful bedside manner” and “dear and glorious physician” were said aloud and a lot by her mother, who was also highly regarded as “possibly the world’s best Head Nurse.”

The young family lived directly across the street from the Hospital’s main entrance. Whitney remembers sitting in front of a big picture window on the lap of her nanny "Mrs. Marmalade," eyes riveted on the Hospital’s grand doors. Her debonaire parents would emerge together each night, hands joined and arms swinging as if they were dancing across the street. Occasionally, when her father was detained, Whitney knew to watch a different set of doors -- the doors of The Psychiatric Institute, which she called "The So-Quacky-Quacky." This malapropism greatly amused her parents.

By 1954, the top-notch medical team had deteriorated into a constantly argumentative couple. “No, we are not fighting” they would retort when asked, then one of them would hasten to add, “We are having a discussion.” Whitney remembers practically vibrating when she read The Emperor’s New Clothes in which the Emperor never realizes he isn’t wearing a stitch. He listens to the concerns expressed, but he never accepts them. Whitney identified completely. She discovered she was heard if she was singing. Her mother wrote in her baby book “At age three, Whitney memorizes songs exceptionally well and sings constantly.” She also discovered that vocabulary (along the lines of "Mrs. Marmalade" and "The So-Quacky Quacky") helped catch her parents’ attention.

Voice and pen became Whitney’s personal ways to be heard. After she married in 1971, she published an article every year as she pursued her professional career and she continued to “sing constantly.” A turning point for Whitney came in 1989, when she found her way into Twelve-Step recovery. There, people were sharing “dirty laundry” and seeking God’s guidance to overcome. Now her writing is focused on encouraging others that God is still in the miracle-making business. Her books are categorized as “inspirational” and her style has been described as “a rather rollicking read.” Whitney calls them "Stories of Divine Reversal." Whether singing or writing, Whitney’s niche audience is anyone who wants to make serious changes in their life. She says, “People in recovery are used to rigorous honesty like those who faced the truth when the Emperor did not. They are my Tribe."
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Average rating: 4.81 · 62 ratings · 19 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Whit's End: The Biography of a Breakdown 4.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Did It Take?: The Story of Anna Louise James 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BS-Busters: Breakthrough Bible Studies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contemporary Psalms: A Daily Reader it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Downloads from God it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kind of Salt You Can't Shake: One Long Lineage of Boatmen by Whitney McKendree Moore (Goodreads Author), Captain Earl E. Maxfield Jr. (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Conductor Said it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night School: Dreams for Children of All Ages (Dilly Dreams, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventurous Dreams of a Girl Named Matilda (Dilly Dreams, #1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Can!: Parables and Proofs 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Whitney Moore rated a book liked it Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World by Lee Strobel	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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On the glidepath into America’s 2024 Presidential election, I am recommending this daily reader with a quotation from it that I hope will show why. It is this: “There is no alternative. It is Christ or chaos. He rules or we ruin. If love will not rul ...more
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“Love and let live.”
― Whitney McKendree Moore, Night School: Dreams for Children of All Ages

tags: inspirational

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Whitney’s Quotes

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: life-lessons

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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

tags: poetry

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“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

tags: books-vacation

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“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
― Mary Austin

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“Forever is composed of nows.”
― Emily Dickinson

tags: carpe-diem, live-in-the-moment

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