October 2009
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Booktober Fest: The Big Giveaway
Here’s a number of books publishers have sent me to give away. Let me know if you’re interested in any of them. Any titles not claimed by 11:59 pm on October 31, 2009, will be released into the wild for the finding at IWU.
Here’s the available titles:
Hero: Becoming the Man She Desires
Mama’s Got a Fake I.D.: How to Reveal the Real You Behind all That Mom
Holy...
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“We procrastinate when we’ve forgotten who we are.”
– Merlin Mann
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Review: The Expanded Bible: New Testament
The good people at Thomas Nelson sent me a copy of The Expanded Bible: New Testament to review. The Expanded Bible is based on the New Century Version with expanded notes throughout the text that allow you to “study the bible as you read.” Study notes are integrated into the text, set off by brackets. These notes give different translation possibilities, a literal or traditional reading of the...
“Father, I abandon myself into Your hands;
do with me what You will.
Whatever...”
– The Prayer of Abandonment of Brother Charles of Jesus (Charles de Foucauld)
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Booktober Fest Giveaway #2: Holy Roller by Julie...
Thanks to the good folks at Multnomah Books, here’s the second giveaway for Booktober Fest 09:
Holy Roller: Finding Redemption and the Holy Ghost in a Forgotten Texas Church
Book Summary:
Julie Lyons was working as a crime reporter when she followed a hunch into the South Dallas ghetto. She wasn’t hunting drug dealers, but drug addicts who had been supernaturally healed of their...
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Booktober Fest Winner #1
So, I know you’ve all been refreshing my blog every few minutes wondering who would win the much desired A Million Miles in a Thousand Years . It wasn’t an easy decision. My gut was thoroughly wrenched. But I am pleased to announce that the winner is K. Alderfer!
K has hooked me up with several good free books in the past, including Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?, Being...