Category: Books

Silence. Quiet. Shhh!

I am not by nature a quiet person. Third child in a household of six, I had to speak up loud and clear to be heard. An extrovert par excellence, I am compelled to fill awkward silences in awkward conversations. A social butterfly — who once worked in a library – I was often shushed…

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Bibliomania, Summer 2023

This post needs very little introduction! Memorial Day weekend is here, summer has arrived, and it’s time to pack our beach bags full of books. But what books? Once again I have reached out to the voracious readers and friends of Emmanuel and collected a treasure trove of recommendations! I promise you there is something…

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Fred Rogers, Judgement & the Holy Spirit

Three weeks after the celebration of Pentecost, we continue to hear scriptural stories and references about the Holy Spirit.  Today’s Gospel is no different.  Following Jesus’s crucifixion, resurrection and ascension into heaven, the apostles continue to grapple with what it means to accept God’s gift of the Holy Spirit into their lives.  Others continue to…

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B(u)y the Book, By the Sea, Bipolar

“Summertime and the Livin’ is…” George Gershwin A bibliophile, my book stack is always piled high. There are so many reasons why I read but the beauty of a book, no matter what it is about, is that it can be read anywhere. Portable inspiration, intellectual inquiry, history, mystery, biography, theology, romance, and travelogue. Over…

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