Here are books, podcasts, movies, shows, and essays that I enjoyed this December:
1. Episode 287: Julia Watts Belser – A Jewish Perspective on Disability.
Here’s a helpful perspective on disability in the Bible.
2. Slow Productivity by Cal Newport.
I recently finished this book by Cal Newport. It’s a self-help book that includes lots of terrific examples and stories of people who have discovered or contributed great ideas. I loved the stories, but I also felt encouraged and empowered to approach my work differently by dividing my time into projects and tasks, working on fewer things at one time, and trusting that good things will emerge from the work, even when it takes a long time.
3. The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
This small, easy-to-read book is a delightful and challenging reminder of our interdependence. Kimmerer imagines a world in which our human relationships mirror the way of nature, where we approach one another from the perspective of abundance and reciprocity and gift. (And here’s the podcast episode I shared last week about the book.)
Shows and Movies
We started A Man on the Inside as a family, and it is a sweet, easy, funny show that we all like. Peter and I are also enjoying Slow Horses, a (sometimes-gory) spy drama with intrigue and compelling character development amidst a plot that keeps us guessing.
Oh, AND, we also went to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as a family. I’m still an even bigger fan of the 1980s made-for-tv, low-budget, low-quality, 48-minute version, BUT four out of the five of us cried (I won’t tell who) in the theater, and we were glad we saw it.
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