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Moderate: Misogyny
Love this book.
Didn't love parts of it. But overall, adored it.
"Some rabbis say that, at birth, we are each tied to God with a string, and that every time we sin, the string breaks. To those who repent of their sins, especially in the days of Rosh Hashanah, God sends the angel Gabriel to make knots in the strink, so that the humble and contrite are once again tied to God. Because each one of us fails, because we all lose our way on the path to righteausness from time to time, our strings are full of knots. But, the rabbis like to say, a string with many knots is shorter than one without knots. So the person with many sins but a humble heart is closer to God."
Didn't love parts of it. But overall, adored it.
"Some rabbis say that, at birth, we are each tied to God with a string, and that every time we sin, the string breaks. To those who repent of their sins, especially in the days of Rosh Hashanah, God sends the angel Gabriel to make knots in the strink, so that the humble and contrite are once again tied to God. Because each one of us fails, because we all lose our way on the path to righteausness from time to time, our strings are full of knots. But, the rabbis like to say, a string with many knots is shorter than one without knots. So the person with many sins but a humble heart is closer to God."
adventurous
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Loved this book, so convicting and uplifting, encouraging and educational. Fabulous read that inspired me to take a closet look at my own spiritual walk.
This book surprised me and surpassed my expectations. I expected it to be amusing and an easy read. It was that, but it was really touching and inspirational, as well.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Hmm, looking back as I read this book, I wish that I would have written down my thoughts as I went. There were moments I thoroughly disagreed with what she wrote (generalizations of what growing up evangelical was like), times I cried (her World Vision trip), and times I respected her research and dedication. There were times I considered giving up, but in the end I’m glad I finished.
This was a very interesting experimental book. I enjoyed listening to it, and it held my attention. I enjoyed learning about Women in the Bible and some of the dogma of christianity.
informative
inspiring
reflective
I giggled reading about an evangelical christian learning about Judaism for the first time - I didn't realize how separate many Bible thumpers are from the origins of the Bible.
overall I liked this book, and found some of the insights compelling - especially at the end, when she argues that the bible will always give readers what they want to find, for better or worse, and so it's the task of readers (esp women) to form their own connections to god. I definitely like thinking about this project and this book as being a gateway drug for evangelicals to become more empathetic and, you know, christ-like.
the closing of the book is HUGELY disappointing, and I am pretending it does not exist. speaking of disappointments, remember mark driscoll? lol what a turd of a human being.
we would have gotten lots more good books from Rachel Held Evans, had she lived. a woman of valor. eshet chayil!
overall I liked this book, and found some of the insights compelling - especially at the end, when she argues that the bible will always give readers what they want to find, for better or worse, and so it's the task of readers (esp women) to form their own connections to god. I definitely like thinking about this project and this book as being a gateway drug for evangelicals to become more empathetic and, you know, christ-like.
the closing of the book is HUGELY disappointing, and I am pretending it does not exist. speaking of disappointments, remember mark driscoll? lol what a turd of a human being.
we would have gotten lots more good books from Rachel Held Evans, had she lived. a woman of valor. eshet chayil!