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Jenna Smith

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Jenna Smith was born and raised in Montreal. She holds a masters degree in theology from Université de Montréal and was awarded the Dean's Prize for her thesis in 2011. She is the founding director of Innovation Youth, an inner city centre for teens and their families, offering education, life skills and community development services. When she’s not leaving a trail of cookbooks and yarn behind her, you can usually find her biking on her way to the community garden. ...more

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Average rating: 4.41 · 27 ratings · 7 reviews · 1 distinct work

A Way: The story of a long walk
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Gordon MacDonald (Contributor)

4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions

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The virtue of mistakes

I have made a few mistakes lately.

Not cutesy-oh-she-got the-wrong-haircut-left-the-burner-on mistakes. More like, “went through a stop sign and caused a car crash” mistake. And also the “made not two but three accounting errors that brought in a call from our government funding agency and threatened us with a seven year audit” mistake. You know, the colossal types.

A word about mistakes: I don’t

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Jenna Smith rated a book liked it De son oeil by Maryse Pagé	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
J’aime bien Maryse Pagé, même si ce livre n’est pas son meilleur. Les thèmes abordés (violence, admiration, malaise sociale etc) sont pertinents.
Feb 21, 2026 06:58PM · like · see review
Jenna Smith rated a book it was amazing La liturgie des heures : Tome 1, Avent-Noël, semaines 1-9 de Desclee-Mame (9 janvier 2003) Relié by A.E.L.F.	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
Terminé à temps pour le carême 😜
Feb 19, 2026 05:55PM · like · see review
Jenna Smith rated a book really liked it Forget Me Nat (Nat Enough, #2) by Maria Scrivan	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
Maria Scriven does a great job with these books. Tween themes galore. So so good.
Feb 13, 2026 05:26AM · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Forget Me Nat by Maria Scrivan. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Forget Me Nat by Maria Scrivan <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jenna Smith rated a book really liked it Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation by Adrienne Maree Brown	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
Adrienne Maree brown is a gift. Emergent strategy is definitely how I think about change and relationships as the model of transformation in systems. This was a great work with a collective of authors who share great insight. Facilitators should at l ...more
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Jenna Smith rated a book really liked it Nat for Nothing (Nat Enough #4) by Maria Scrivan	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
Tween graphic novels for the win! This is adorable; highly recommend ! (The 11 year old in my life ripped through it, I would say 8 years old and up would be a good age for the Nat series)
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Jenna Smith rated a book really liked it Sisters of Treason (The Tudor Trilogy, #2) by Elizabeth Fremantle	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 Tudor era was dark and excessively violent and Fremantle writes it beautifully. I love her historical fiction.
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Jenna Smith rated a book liked it Une vie de pierres chaudes by Aurélie Razimbaud	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
Un bon livre, écriture claire mais les personnages manquaient de profondeur.
Feb 03, 2026 05:21PM · like · see review
Jenna Smith rated a book liked it Boleyn Traitor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #11) by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)	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
I am always game for Philippa’s stories of Tudor murders and psychopathy. She writes intrigue and history really well. I don’t think her character development and voice are nearly as strong as Hillary Mantel or Elisabeth Fremantle. But I will keep co ...more
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Jenna Smith rated a book liked it The Daphne du Maurier Companion by Helen Taylor	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 good book for anyone who is obsessed with Rebecca or Du Maurier’s other stories. It’s a bit dated in its content, but one of her unpublished short stories is printed at the end, so it’s worth the read.
Jan 29, 2026 06:46AM · like · see review
Jenna Smith wants to read Katherine Parr: Opportunist, Queen, Reformer: A Theological Perspective by Don Matzat (Goodreads Author)	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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Jenna’s Quotes

“I wept because I could not believe anymore and I love to believe. I can still love passionately without believing. That means I love humanly. I wept because from now on I will weep less. I wept because I have lost my pain and I am not yet accustomed to its absence.”
― Anaïs Nin

tags: crying, sorrow

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“Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the refusal to let one’s life be defined by production and consumption and the endless pursuit of private well-being.”
― Walter Brueggemann

tags: anxiety, consumerism, peace, productivity, rest, sabbath, stress, worship

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