In 2023, I set a aim to complete one e book per week. I’m aiming to hearken to half-hour of an audiobook per day (whereas cooking, cleansing, and/or driving) and learn 10 minutes of a e book. By doing this, I hope to pretty simply be capable of end one e book per week.
You’ll be able to observe alongside on GoodReads to see what I’m studying, what books I end, and the star ranking I give every of them.
This e book was a Christmas present from my sister-in-law, Lisa. She mentioned she had taken one in every of her courses for her Grasp’s diploma below the writer and located it to be so insightful and thought-provoking. This e book was undoubtedly that.
The writer, Leonard Candy, makes the case for returning to the desk — each as households and as communities. He challenges us to decelerate and savor good conversations and good meals round a desk. He shares many tales and Biblical precedents that time to the facility of desk and the way we’re shedding depth of relationships as a consequence of being too busy to sit down and eat with folks.
I discovered myself nodding alongside in components, questioning issues in different components, and being convicted in different components. General, I felt prefer it was a extremely priceless learn — particularly with consuming collectively across the desk being one in every of my targets for 2023 and hospitality being one thing that I’ve develop into very keen about.
That mentioned, I’m giving it a three-star overview as a result of I felt like a few of the message was misplaced within the medium of poetic phrases and his love of analogy and alliteration, I had some theological variations with him and some components the place I felt like he missed the mark in exegeting a Scripture passage, and I might have cherished for there to be much less poetic language and extra sensible utility.
Score: 3 stars
Youngsters’s Ebook Suggestion: Ten Little Evening Stars
I believed it is perhaps enjoyable to share some youngsters’ books we love in these posts every week, too. We’ll begin with one in every of Kierstyn’s longtime favourite before-bed reads: Ten Little Evening Stars.
It is a fast learn with vivid footage that counts as much as ten utilizing stars within the night time sky. Every two-page unfold is somewhat rhyme that comes with bedtime routine with begins within the sky. You’ll be able to see contained in the e book right here.
We’ve learn this one over and over and over and Kierstyn virtually at all times, with out fail, requests to have it learn each time we learn earlier than mattress!
Did you end any books this week? In that case, I’d love to listen to what you learn and what you considered it!
