This book about a priest working with disadvantaged youth was well written (IIRC the author has a Master‘s degree in English) and hopeful. #sundayfunday
*Not the tagged book* Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment, recorded from live retreat sessions, features Pema Chodron‘s gentle, humorous, and down-to-earth teachings on meditation and mindfulness. She guides participants to cease battling their thoughts, embrace the mind‘s inherent drama and cultivate unconditional friendliness towards themselves.
Full Review abookandadog.com/blog/making-friends-with-your-mind
#5JoysFriday!
1. Leading an Advent retreat day at my church
2. Lunch with a good friend
3. Tree is finally up and decorated—with lots of ornaments that bring memories and joy!
4. Roses from the garden
5. Grand-niece‘s preschool Christmas program 💚
pickWhen the author found hundreds of tracings of feet in her grandparents‘ attic she had to ask: why? The story of how Europeans, who were starving and homeless, sent patterns to America asking for shoes is moving and powerful. Her grandparents organized a relief effort touching thousands of people with their kindness. Original patterns and old photos add to the story. Two of the people they became close with went on to win the Nobel Prize.
*Not the tagged book* Embracing the Unknown, a short audiobook featuring Pema Chödrön, explores how awareness of death can help people live more fully and courageously in the present. She delves into topics like the bardo (transitional states), rebirth as a moment-to-moment process, and practical ways to manage fear, grief, and uncertainty in everyday life.
Full Review abookandadog.com/blog/embracing-the-unknown
“I've been keeping informal track of ‘homie-propisms‘ at all the detention facilities where I celebrate the Eucharist. These are the moments when the homies get up to read and they'll come to an unfamiliar word and will supplant it with one they know rather than what it should be. Sometimes, it's the usual slipup. ‘A reading from the letter of Paul to the Phillipinos.‘ They don't know what a Gentile is… ⤵️
A day late but here it is! #JulyJazz #forgiveness
