Learning how to listen to the Holy Spirit is a contemplative practice. Listening to God takes practice, and it is often learned in the hard season of life. Toward the end of the year, contemplative books fit the mood. If you want to reflect on the past, practice gratitude during the holiday season, and plan …
Daily, ordinary life is mundane and a slog for many people. There is a lot of encouragement out there to live your best life and aspire to greatness. But the building blocks of greatness are mundane, and well, ordinary. Or maybe you don’t want a great life, but you do want to be content in …
Blessed Are the Nones: Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community By Kielsmeier-Cook, Stina I needed this book from Stina. I needed her honesty, her courage, and her ongoing admission that this story is not over yet. I needed it because after 10 years of marriage certain things about my husband have come to …
This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers By Ramsey, K.J. There are a lot of questions that people are asking right now. Questions about how to handle difficult and frustrating circumstances. I think that K.J. is releasing her book at a truly opportune moment. The first sentence of her summary is “This is …
