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Our homes are training grounds for how to work through conflict and build relational maturity, so as parents, we need to teach them to care about others and show them how to do it.

I’ve never read an author who can develop characters so well.

“Let Him help you find a perspective beyond your own” (268).

Love all the characters

When doubts take root, depend on God!

Revelation 22 two tells us the tree of life on new Earth will have a fresh crop each month. That will be exciting to try!

“Don’t second guess what God is doing. Rather, look for ways to dig deeper into His Word, His character, and His faithfulness in this time” (202).

Chad is going to live this book as much as me! Backman knows character development!!

The foundation we give our kids should be Jesus, not a specific church, not the Christian way of living, not a specific program like Awana, but Jesus, so that no matter where they are in life or what they’re experiencing, they know who to turn to!

I love how life keeps interrupting Ove’s plans! It makes me think about how our regular interactions might just be saving people. I also really like how Backman describes the woman’s laughter on page 60: as if it’s carbonated and someone has poured it too fast and it’s bubbling over in all directions.

“God uses our imperfections and our willingness to share our mistakes to reach the hearts of the lost” (195).

Great character! Love a good curmudgeon!

Fun to read again. Read it with kids when they were little.

Graphic novel I was mailed. Good!

Funny

“Train your kids to instinctively run to the Word for comfort from the Spirit. . . . [Train] them to center their very lives around Him” (82). Best parenting book I’ve ever read, and I’ve read lots of them!