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by Janice MacLean | Sep 6, 2018 | Book Reviews, Reflections
Book Review: Credulous by Andrea L. Lingle This is an honest book. “Church and I have come to an impasse,” writes Andrea Lingle as she describes her wrestling with modern Christianity. “Something is missing,” she declares, “Things seem...
by Janice MacLean | Jun 11, 2018 | Book Reviews, Reflections
I invited Prayer Bench friends on the facebook page to offer suggestions for summertime reading. Here are their recommendations: From a Sunday Morning small group study. Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans — Trying to envision how to “pass along” the...
by Janice MacLean | Oct 26, 2017 | Book Reviews, Reflections
Book Review: A Bigger Table:Building Messy, Authentic and Hopeful Spiritual Community by John Pavlovitz John Pavlovitz’s book is a longer version of some of his blogs. I came to his work via the book and I’m glad I did. The book has a wider vision of his...
by Janice MacLean | Sep 21, 2017 | Book Reviews, Reflections
Book Review: The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness by Robert Atkinson You should read this book if …. 1. You know very little about the Baha’i Faith. The author writes from within the Baha’i tradition and quotes key...
by Janice MacLean | Feb 21, 2017 | Book Reviews, Reflections
I might not have chosen this book, Terrifying Freedom by Linda Anne Smith except I noticed the author was Canadian. There were a few worrying moments in the first part when I wondered if I was reading “just another love story.” It is. Yet a bigger Love...
by Janice MacLean | Jan 7, 2017 | Book Reviews, Reflections
Annika’s wee book, Neighbours, arrived. I love holding it in my hands. It feels inviting. It is a delight to absorb the bright pictures. Her re-telling of the story of the Good Samaritan pulls you in. I showed it to a nine-year-old who immediately sat on the...
by Janice MacLean | Oct 22, 2016 | Book Reviews, Reflections
I finished reading The Divine Dance by Richard Rohr with Mike Morrell. (2016) I received it as a ebook and about a thousand times I wished I had it as a “real” book. (I will get a print version.) It is a book for savouring pages already read and...
by Janice MacLean | Mar 11, 2016 | Book Reviews, Reflections
BOOK REVIEW (actually more of my experience with a book): Until I Needed the Song: The Story of That Time God and Jesus Took an Angel Named Abigail On a Road Trip by Steven Case Received as an ebook from Speakeasy for review. “What if God is a being of...
by Janice MacLean | Nov 11, 2015 | Book Reviews, Reflections
BOOK REVIEW (actually more of my experience with a book): Beauty as a State of Being: Mastering Mind and the Spiritual Path by Solomon Katz Received as an ebook from Speakeasy for review I like books. I don’t have oodles of time for reading so I usually choose...
