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A Circle of Quiet | Madeleine L'Engle

#resistance #community #stories #love #light

TheBookHippie

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AnnCrystal ✍🏼☺️👍🏼💝💝💝. 14h

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BarbaraJean

Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community | Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Christians, especially ministers, so often think they must always contribute something when they‘re in the company of others, that this is the one service they have to render. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. He who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God either. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life.”

TheBookHippie Are you listening to bear witness, are you listening to respond, is your ego listening or your heart…. 2w

BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie YEP. Am I listening to understand? Or am I listening to shoehorn in my own opinion and push my own perspective? All questions I'm constantly asking myself as I train in spiritual “companioning.“ Real listening is SO needed right now. 2w

TheBookHippie @BarbaraJean it‘s part of training for mentoring at risk youth. We have to retrain every 2 years. 2w

BarbaraJean @TheBookHippie 💜💜 2w

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keithmalek

The Big Door Prize | M. O. Walsh

You don't have to provide a spoiler, but can someone just tell me if this book had a conclusive ending? I ask because I read the first 75 pages and bailed on it. But then I watched both seasons of the Apple TV series, which I really enjoyed, and the series ended with a vague conclusion and no Season three. Do I need to force myself to read this boring, poorly written book? This is very frustrating. 😠

keithmalek @Julz422 @heeadie @Rachel.Rencher @Bookish_Gal @Lauren.Archer @Kappadeemom 3w

Kappadeemom I looked back on my Goodreads and I gave it 3 stars, which meant it was a fine book. Nothing that would blow my socks off but not a bad read either. I read it almost 6 years ago, so I can‘t even remember the book (i read 200 books a year) but I did compare it to a Fannie Flagg book, and I love her books. 🤷‍♀️ 3w

Rachel.Rencher I cannot remember a single detail about this book. I panned it which means I probably skimmed the ending. I'd say it's probably not worth it from my opinion. 😕 2w

keithmalek @Rachel.Rencher It's terrible. I looked up the ending to the novel online. Now, I'm even more glad that I bailed on it. 2w

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LibrarianRyan

The World Needs More Purple Schools | Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart

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3.5 ⭐Once again this book feels like Kristen Bell. It has the same message as the “The World Needs More Purple People”. That message is to be who you are but to also listen and look after others. To ask questions to be respectful and give others as much time as you want for yourself. That everybody is equal because they are a person. I love the message of this book and the ideas behind it.

LibrarianRyan I do think this book is shorter than the first one and would be a fantastic read for any classroom.

#CelebrityAuthor 1mo

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Sleepswithbooks

A Separate Peace | John Knowles

Just completed my first book for #Sharreadathon. I read this in high school but didn‘t remember much of it. As usual, I got so much more out of it as an adult.

#Litsylove #Community #Readathon

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Suet624 Read this as a teen and it really affected me. 1mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🕯️❤️ 1mo

dabbe Loved teaching this one! 🩶🖤🩶 1mo

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Sleepswithbooks

In Memory | Joshua Sutton