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One Thousand Gifts

by Jessica on January 24, 2011

It’s simple. The answer to fully living.

So simple we miss it time and time again. We breathe in, breathe out looking for it. Walking right past the answer we’re searching for.

Grace. Gratitude. Joy. Eucharisto.

These words of Ann’s are so beautiful, lived out and breathed. It’s the journey we all want to make. One of peace, joy, fulfillment, and union. Completeness.

This book, her story wrapped in words, will challenge you to live this life filled with wide-eyed wonder in awe of His grace and love.

There’s so much to be absorbed, so much to walk away with. It will change your life, your perspective, your hope if you let it.

And those two words that follow Ann’s name,

“All’s grace”

take a new meaning.

Because all is truly grace.

Join the Bloom Book Club!

Jessica and Angie, the two (in)courage ladies behind Bloom, have invited us to read One Thousand Gifts with them! Starting February 6th and with each chapter is a video discussing the chapter with Ann!

Head on over to Bloom to read more about the details, find other ways to join the Bloom community, and see the video where they chat with Ann.

I know I’m looking forward to reading it again and joining with others as well. I hope you will too!

Tagged as: Ann Voskamp, Book Review, Books, gratitude

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Dispelling Myths

by Jessica on April 6, 2010

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“Still there are myths we need to dispel. In this book, we take the long-venerated ’50s housewife, wearing high heels and pearls to vacuum the floor, and send her back to the land of fantasy where she belongs. Real women need to know that being helpers to their husbands, raising godly children, and properly managing their homes takes real work, but the rich reward a woman receives by diligently tending to the ways of her household is well worth the effort.”

- from Passionate Housewives Desperate for God (xxi)

Want a chance to win this book? Check out my book review and giveaway post!

Tagged as: biblical womanhood, Book Review, giveaway, Passionate Housewives, quotes

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Book Review: Trusting in His Goodness

by Jessica on March 14, 2010

in Book Review

Just with the title, Trusting in His Goodness: A Woman’s Guide to Knowing God’s Purpose, had the potential to be a book I would love. The trusting in the goodness of God is a subject dear to my heart. Their is little in this life that we can experience and survive without the goodness of God. I’ve always known God was (and continues to be) good, but it wasn’t until my husband and I experienced the pain and loss of a miscarriage that that truth became something I cherished and clinged to. God is good, all the time.

I was eager to read Trusting in His Goodness by Mimi Wilson and Shelly Volkhardt, but as I got into the first few chapters I was a bit disappointed. While I find hearing the experiences of others useful in relating truth, it felt there were so many stories being told that it distracted from the point the authors were trying to make. There was a lot of truth mixed with emotion, but when the emotion falls away do we know and believe enough of the Truth to hold us up?

Throughout the first half of the book, I found myself thinking How does this relate to God’s goodness? There were chapters that didn’t really address why God is good, which is what I expected and would benefit a struggling believer or seeker. There were also a lot of tangents without a consistent, whole vision of God’s goodness.

With that being said, I’d wholeheartedly suggest chapters 8-10. For me, those chapters could have been the entire book. That’s where the authors really hit on God’s goodness as well as the why and how we should trust him. That seemed to hit the point of the title. It would have been better if they started and ended the book with those chapters. It would have been a much shorter book, but straight to the point.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”