My dad introduced Eugene Peterson to my boys sometimes reading aloud passages from Run with The Horses during his visits to us or our visits to him. HMy dad introduced Eugene Peterson to my boys sometimes reading aloud passages from Run with The Horses during his visits to us or our visits to him. He sprinkled his conversations with references to Jeremiah the rest of his life. Later he gave us A Long Obedience. Eugene Peterson is closely linked to my dad in my mind and in fact they died the same week in October of 2018.
When I finished reading the Vaughn bios of Elisabeth Elliot, Audible suggested this biography too and I could not resist. Eugene’s attitude toward ministry and fame resonated deeply with me. He was always his “authentic” self and he had the humility to prove it.
I could spend this review splitting theological hairs but that would be to miss the point that it is God who works in us giving us a life. Eugene and my dad, two men who let God add it all up. ...more
This book was such a nice surprise. I always felt so badly about “Warnie’s” life after his brother died but this gives a more cheerful side. Blanche BThis book was such a nice surprise. I always felt so badly about “Warnie’s” life after his brother died but this gives a more cheerful side. Blanche Biggs and Warren are both authentic and likable in these letters even though we can read between the lines of Warren’s true illness and even wonder what the Miller caretakers were really up to. ...more
Absolutely loved the last essay on the graphic monthly Smash! Just the kind of thing my boys would have loved and me too! Thanks again, Slightly FoxedAbsolutely loved the last essay on the graphic monthly Smash! Just the kind of thing my boys would have loved and me too! Thanks again, Slightly Foxed! ...more
For me this was a bit cringey and overdone. Everyone quotes Shakespeare even the bad guys. Cameron Winter just doesn’t track and his therapy sessions For me this was a bit cringey and overdone. Everyone quotes Shakespeare even the bad guys. Cameron Winter just doesn’t track and his therapy sessions are kind of a cheap trick of storytelling. I probably agree with lots of the author’s opinions but that didn’t rescue this book. Don’t get me started on the sex scenes or Winter’s apparent lust for every woman. Angel in the house, much? Cringe! ...more
I gave this series another chance after watching the Alfred Molina TV series. This was better than the first and I also read another one written laterI gave this series another chance after watching the Alfred Molina TV series. This was better than the first and I also read another one written later which I liked even more. So I will probably read this series periodically. ...more
This is a strange little book and you can see that the reviews are mixed. It is not a straight narrative and I realized early on that it needed to be This is a strange little book and you can see that the reviews are mixed. It is not a straight narrative and I realized early on that it needed to be read as a devotional and not as a story. In that way it is full of meat, strong, convicting meat. It is a chance to breathe the air of a different time, a time when death to self was not continually mocked or misunderstood. It is a book that can strip you bare one moment and bind up your wounds with balm the next. It is a strange little volume indeed. ...more
This is just a tiny booklet and I wouldn’t have added it to Goodreads if Elisabeth Elliot had not described exactly what I am going through with my moThis is just a tiny booklet and I wouldn’t have added it to Goodreads if Elisabeth Elliot had not described exactly what I am going through with my mother who is in memory care. These conversations are almost word for word the ones I have with my mother. Eventually Elisabeth too faced dementia and I have to admit while part of me is deeply saddened for my mother another part is terrified of my own future. What then when I cannot hold on to Christ? He will hold me fast....more
**spoiler alert** Even though I get the criticisms of this book, I still think it is a thumping good read, a real page turner with Australia as the ba**spoiler alert** Even though I get the criticisms of this book, I still think it is a thumping good read, a real page turner with Australia as the back drop.
I want to add something about Nora because in the beginning it is like she is a hero and slowly the shine comes off and some people think we see a monster but what we really see is a human. We are all at times the bad guy and the good guy. All of our stories can be told two ways. I could tell my life as a tragedy and a comedy and both would be true. This might be why Shakespeare tells the similar tales as tragedy and comedy....more
You can read this slowly feasting on the dense information or you can read it quickly getting the overall picture either way this is a wonderful book You can read this slowly feasting on the dense information or you can read it quickly getting the overall picture either way this is a wonderful book full of knowledge. I did a little of both.
I even enjoyed the parts on the Scottish Enlightenment and David Hume. I especially loved the in depth look at Scottish education ideals and its influence in America.
This book inspired me to do some research into my own Maxwell heritage. We have a castle!
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