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Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History by Jasmine L Holmes
5.0
So much richness of primary source material! Absolutely wonderful stories and beautiful words. Hard truths are found here; read with an open heart. We get to see the experience of both Black men and women, Christianity, and a basic introduction to some of the nuances of things we may have reduced to textbook paragraph face value (Reconstruction, civil rights, etc). I cannot recommend it highly enough.
"I share these words to point out that they are part of a robust legacy that has so often been forgotten and obscured by focusing our historical inquiry on the oppressor instead of looking at the fruit so often born by the oppressed. The enslaved had a well-rounded theology of suffering and victory in Christ that modern christians would do well to learn from and emulate."
"Will these pages inspire you in your own life? Absolutely. Have they inspired me in mine? Most assuredly. But the inspiration isn't the central facet of the story we are telling here, because even that inspiration can center our experience of history more than the important history itself and that is never my intention."
{I was given an ARC on NetGalley by Baker Publishing Group}
"I share these words to point out that they are part of a robust legacy that has so often been forgotten and obscured by focusing our historical inquiry on the oppressor instead of looking at the fruit so often born by the oppressed. The enslaved had a well-rounded theology of suffering and victory in Christ that modern christians would do well to learn from and emulate."
"Will these pages inspire you in your own life? Absolutely. Have they inspired me in mine? Most assuredly. But the inspiration isn't the central facet of the story we are telling here, because even that inspiration can center our experience of history more than the important history itself and that is never my intention."
{I was given an ARC on NetGalley by Baker Publishing Group}
Upon Waking: 60 Daily Reflections to Discover Ourselves and the God We Were Made for by Jackie Hill Perry
5.0
This book is encouraging, challenging, beautiful, and true. I will be keeping this and going through it again and again in years to come. I could not recommend it more highly!
Sunday Matters: 52 Devotionals to Prepare Your Heart for Church by Paul David Tripp
5.0
Wonderful. Highly recommended for adults, teens, or families with older kids.
Sacred Seasons: A Family Guide to Center Your Year Around Jesus by Danielle Hitchen, Stephen Crotts
5.0
"Do you keep a planner or a Google calendar? Do you worship on Sundays? Do you celebrate birthdays? You are a timekeeper," Hitchen reminds us.
I am so looking forward to working this wonderful book into our family's year! I love the rhythm and reminder of the church calendar for my own devotions, but I've mostly only brought my daughter into Advent and Holy Week. This is a beautiful, thorough, family-centered celebration of reminders of God's faithfulness.
I absolutely love this image: "Visually, the liturgical year is represented by a circle. However, a three-dimensional spiral would be more accurate—a reminder that though we observe the same seasons year after year, God invites us to experience them afresh, drawing us ever upward to Himself."
In the book each season places us in God's story, talks about spiritual discipline, shows how we can share communally, and includes a liturgy. As appropriate there are recipes, saints days, and a true focus on remembering as a family. I highly recommend this beautiful book!
"In remembering—making present—God’s past and his future, we are transformed by the Holy Spirit into walking, talking intersections of time and eternity: embodiments of the gospel."
{I was given an ARC}
I am so looking forward to working this wonderful book into our family's year! I love the rhythm and reminder of the church calendar for my own devotions, but I've mostly only brought my daughter into Advent and Holy Week. This is a beautiful, thorough, family-centered celebration of reminders of God's faithfulness.
I absolutely love this image: "Visually, the liturgical year is represented by a circle. However, a three-dimensional spiral would be more accurate—a reminder that though we observe the same seasons year after year, God invites us to experience them afresh, drawing us ever upward to Himself."
In the book each season places us in God's story, talks about spiritual discipline, shows how we can share communally, and includes a liturgy. As appropriate there are recipes, saints days, and a true focus on remembering as a family. I highly recommend this beautiful book!
"In remembering—making present—God’s past and his future, we are transformed by the Holy Spirit into walking, talking intersections of time and eternity: embodiments of the gospel."
{I was given an ARC}