yes, “take me home: the yearbook edition” continues to speak to my soul…

“glorious ruin” by tchividjian – wonderful weekend – or near end of the week read – on the question of suffering in the world – relates well with “multiply” by chan in that both authors have so much more knowledge of the subject than the reader – and yet rather than go on and on for endless pages (which is typical in a book – particularly when the book addresses an “important” theme) both writers are humble enough to keep things brief – to make edits – and that makes the work all the better

“multiply” by chan – he came and spoke at my church recently – it’s less a book than a workbook – and less a workbook than a journal – but it’s also so much more than that – having read two of his previous works, i was surprised that “multiply” was a bit different – i read the book at the right time too because i saw an article with the author in my Christianity Today that i read this week – both books above are definitely accessible for middle school audiences

“angels and idols” by hamm and “survivor” by de-vinner – the hamm book was fascinating – he was a songwriter who had his life turned upside down – for the better – because of adoption – hamm is a writer, a creator, so there were a ton of tie-ins to the class – i think we’ll get to at least one this coming week in blogs

i have a running book waiting on me at the library – so i’m happy

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