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Read more about the article Friday Favorites: Novels, a Memoir, and Podcasts

Friday Favorites: Novels, a Memoir, and Podcasts

  • Post published:December 3, 2021
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For my Friday Favorites this week, I'm sharing two novels, one memoir, and several podcast episodes. Quick Links: All That is Secret The Whole Language Crossroads The Bible for Normal…

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Friday Favorites: What I’m Reading

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Three favorites that I'm reading this week: One inspirational interview, one novel, and one parenting book.  Quick Links: Why I Quit the Klan The Corrections The 6 Needs of Every…

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Friday Favorites: The Best of Enemies

  • Post published:October 29, 2021
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If you like true stories that are also inspirational and suggest that love really can overcome hatred and fear, you have to watch The Best of Enemies. The Best of…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 10 | Three New Books

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Ending the day without anxiety. Receiving spiritual truth and practical wisdom from another mother of a child with a disability. And entering into a story about the extravagant tenderness of…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 9 | Pleasant Surprises in Podcasts

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Last week, Peter asked us all to go around the table and list one “pleasant surprise” from our day. I talked about Ezra Klein’s interview with Nick Offerman. Nick Offerman…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 8 | So Many Good Books

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I had totally forgotten that fall is a book publishing bonanza. There are SO many good books coming out right now, I definitely can’t keep up, nor should I be…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 7 | Words of Hope

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I have both read and listened to so much thoughtful, wise, hopeful writing and conversation this week. I hope you’ll be able to enjoy some of these words of hope…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 6 | Curling Up With The Culture Wars

  • Post published:September 17, 2021
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I didn’t mean to read and listen and think about a series of controversial topics this week, but I’m passing along some of my favorite writers and podcasters who have…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 5 | School and an Article About Robert E. Lee Statue

  • Post published:September 10, 2021
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Honestly, my favorite thing about this week is that our kids all went back to school. I love their schools. They like their schools. I love getting back into a…

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A Few of My Favorite Things: Week 4 | Braiding Sweetgrass

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So yesterday, I spent the day cleaning out my parents’ basement after five feet of water rushed in and flooded all the Christmas decorations that Mom has collected over the…

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