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Tag: Inspiration

Award winning books
Book Clubs, Books Posted onJanuary 7, 2018July 3, 2019

On Reading :: Book Award Winners

Since creating this list, I have come to learn that I neglected a significant number of years from 1918 – 1947 – and hence books […] Read More

Go Set a Watchman
Book Reviews, Books Posted onAugust 15, 2015July 24, 2018

Book Review :: Go Set a Watchman

Many of you have been asking, but it is hard to know where to begin. My thoughts on Go Set a Watchman. Does Go Set […] Read More

Justice Posted onMay 5, 2015December 27, 2015

Justice :: In Action

A few years ago I blogged about a short film called The Candy Shop. Whitestone Motion Pictures wrote and created the film – a fairy tale-style storytelling […] Read More

Top 100 Books
Book Clubs, Books, Things I Love Posted onMarch 30, 2015July 24, 2018

Top 100* Books

Periodically, my book club will have members submit their top 10 all time favorite books. We did this recently, and as a result of the […] Read More

Book Clubs, Book Reviews, Books Posted onDecember 31, 2014March 17, 2018

Year in Review :: Best of 2014

I love everyone’s year end “Best of” lists, so here’s mine – the three best reads from 2014. Favorite contemporary fiction read from this year: We Are All […] Read More

Things I Love Posted onMay 1, 2014August 3, 2018

Love :: Herb Garden Markers

For most of my life, I’ve wanted to have a respectable herb garden, and I think I’ve finally arrived. My love for herbs started one summer […] Read More

Book Clubs, Books Posted onApril 24, 2014August 3, 2018

For Book Clubs :: SOC Sista Long List

Last night the SOC Sistas gathered for their annual book pitching event (described here). Below is the complete list of nominations. These will go into […] Read More

Dear Life
Book Clubs, Book Reviews Posted onApril 29, 2013July 25, 2018

Book Review :: Dear Life

Call me homesick for a good read, but this favorite and familiar author – Alice Munro – came through for what ailed me. Her latest […] Read More

Advance Reader Copy, Book Reviews, Featured Posted onSeptember 24, 2012March 2, 2019

John C. Maxwell :: 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, pt. 4

I’m going to skip a lot of the middle of 15 Laws in order to get to the end. This book comes out next week (October […] Read More

I had the honor of photographing the John C. Maxwell Leadership Center Groundbreaking
Book Reviews, Books Posted onJune 27, 2012January 9, 2013

John C. Maxwell :: The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, part 2

The beginning of the post is from Saturday, so if you haven’t read it, skip on over to it now. In this first chapter, Maxwell […] Read More

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