Archive for the 'books' Category
Twilight Mania
I think I witnessed a cultural phenomenon last night. I went to watch Twilight: New Moon at midnight with about 15 other women. There were five showings starting at midnight at the theater we went to – they were all sold out. When we stumbled out of the theater at 2 a.m., there was a [...]
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The “Valley of Vision” Bandwagon
I have jumped on it. Halim had told me about this book a while back and recently I’ve heard others mention it and my friend, Becca, has been blogging about it. Valley of Vision is a collection of Puritan prayers. I thought it would be good to pick it up as an encouragement during this [...]
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Prayer Cards
I blogged recently about the book, “A Praying Life” that has made a big impact on me. One of the strategies that the author, Paul Miller, recommended was to create prayer cards. Paul is totally speaking my language: give me notecards, categories, a mechanical pencil and an index card box and I am a happy [...]
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A Praying Life
I read this book for two reasons: 1) I want to have a praying life and 2) Halim was reading it and I seem to enjoy taking books he is reading and finishing them before he can and then telling him all about them. I doubt he enjoys this as much as I do.
I highly [...]
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Together for Adoption
We attended the Together for Adoption conference in Tennessee this weekend. We listened to a lot of speakers, attended several breakout sessions, heard a lot of statistics and received more information than I know what to do with. But I just want to share one main take-away.
If you at all feel that the Lord may [...]
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