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“Across the spectrum, from conservatives to liberals, Marxists to fascists, believers to atheists, very little serious criticism of the entwined myths of progress, growth and materialism will ever be heard in the public sphere. Ultimately, most of us accede to our sovereign, happily or otherwise.”

Why is this book so long grrrr

I knew it.

I have been waiting for these answers since the last book and I AM STILL WAITING

Part I ✅ I love this world…but a slow start with all the background to keep up with. But finally, I feel like I’m in it.

Reading this book so far has brought back memories of my imagination in childhood that I have not thought of in years… Memories of being the maiden gallivanting on my trusty steed (my bike) through the wooded lands not far from the castle (the roads in my neighborhood), a princess pretending to be a servant in her father’s kingdom. This writing feels just as whimsical and fun and imaginative as that.

I am definitely reading too many books and need to finish this audiobook, but I’m dragging the LOTR listen-to out as much as possible because finishing a good book is sometimes just too much of a heartbreak to handle right away.

✅ The Gospels

“So here we have terrible suffering—the slaughter of the Son of God—in the mind and plan of God before the foundation of the world. …Why? Because *the aim of God in creation and providence is to provide the fullest, clearest, surest display of the greatness of the glory of grace. And that display would be the slaughter of the best being in the universe in the place of millions of undeserving sinners.”

Not reading this as fast as I thought and needed to save my place for the e-book from the library. So far…decent but not my favorite.

I just need to remind you that I *just* said goodbye to Tom Bombadil. This book is so much longer than the movies advertise, and I had forgotten.

✅ OLD TESTAMENT. Feels like a big deal! Haven’t read through the whole Bible in quite some time, so I’m excited to do that this year.

Feeling accomplished that I’m 1/7 of the way through a book like this 🤣

Hearing about Betty’s faith in so much darkness or so much ordinary life and facing it with a heart always pressing forward to the prize set before us…so helpful.

Enjoying dwelling on art, in little concentrated blips on pieces.

This book is like a journal, pastoral guidance, the psalms, and a conversation with a grieving friend all wrapped into one.

a reread…already. Forgot how much this book is a massage to a weary, grieving soul.

Getting really good. Lots of adventure and spiritual warfare.

✅Obadiah, Jonah, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Lamentations, 1&2 Kings, 1&2 Chronicles, Isaiah, Jeremiah, & Hosea

zombies??

Already remembering that this one just wasn’t as good

✅ Song of Songs
✅ Proverbs
✅ Ecclesiastes

Actually really love so far!

Okay I have to read more of these