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Adult Nonfiction

Thoughts on A Long Obedience: Chapter One: “Discipleship”

March 6, 2019 by Amy Leave a Comment

I’m reading the devotional classic A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene H. Peterson, and I thought it would be useful for me to blog my way through it as a way to return to regular blogging. I remember the books I write about. It’s as simple as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction, Books Tagged: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Christian living, discipleship, Eugene Peterson, Reflections in Progress, Thoughts on a Long Obedience

Resilient by Rick Hanson, Ph. D.

March 5, 2019 by Amy Leave a Comment

I’m always on the look out for nonfiction that is engaging and instructive. Self-help and accessible psychology are two of my favorite topics, especially around mental health issues that are applicable to my family. I read a recommendation for Resilient by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., on a thread on the Chat Board on the Well-Trained Mind … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction, Books, Uncategorized Tagged: Adult Nonfiction, awesome adulting, enneagram, enneagram four, psychology, self-help

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

June 30, 2016 by Amy 2 Comments

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman is a book I picked off a display at the library marked “Books To Be Made Into Movies in 2017.”  I’m not a big movie watcher and thus would’ve probably avoided the shelf altogether, but the subtitle of the book caught my eye:  A War Story.  It turns out … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction, Books

The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill

May 6, 2016 by Amy 6 Comments

First Anne, now Corrie.  This is the year for me to share with my girls some of the books–both fiction and non–that I hold dearest to my heart.  April brought us to World War II in our history studies, and because I first read The Hiding Place myself when I was about the age of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction, Books Tagged: Best Books, holocaust, Read Aloud Thursday, World War II

Own Your Life by Sally Clarkson

February 8, 2016 by Amy 3 Comments

My sweet husband bought me Sally Clarkson’s (now) next-to-latest book just after it came out last year on a day when I needed some encouragement.  I’m a little embarrassed by how long it has taken me to read Own Your Life, but I finally picked it up right after Christmas while Steady Eddie was off work … [Read more…]

Posted in: Adult Nonfiction, Books Tagged: In Step with the Spirit
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
News of the World
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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