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I received this book in my package to prepare for my upcoming short term mission trip.
I finished this book within a week; I couldn’t put it down. I would’ve finished it faster but Henri Nouwen’s books require a lot reflection and soul searching. This book is so good I am reading it again.
I couldn’t keep to my resolution that I would read one book at a time. I love to read books but I’m a slow and impatient reader, so I read several books at one time in order to get a taste of each book.
I made an effort to read through “Am I Called?” because…
In the office devotion time this week, WT shared from Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.
This is exactly how I think as I prepare for TW STM. We prepare lessons, messages, testimonies, games. We have a theme, we have a skit with that theme. The only thing we don’t have are songs because no one on our team is musically inclined.
(I don’t know how many parts there will be in this series as I prepare for Taiwan Short Term Missions, from here on TW STM.)
Since I’ve always wanted to be a missionary, my greatest fear of the upcoming TW STM is that I won’t like it, or I can’t handle it physically, or I…
I always thought, if I were to be a missionary somewhere overseas, I would want to go to Taiwan.
When I was there for vacation about 6-7 years ago, the impression I had was that it was a place I can possibly adjust to living there long term. Of course I was only there as…
Consistent prayer is a challenge for me. Here are more quotes from A Praying Life by Paul Miller.
You don’t create intimacy; you make room for it…In short, you can’t get to know God on the fly. (p. 47)
Time in prayer makes you even more dependent on God because you don’t have as much…
I’ve been reading this book on and off, and have pretty much read the whole book. But I’m reading it again from the beginning because it encourages me so much and I’ve forgotten so much. As I reread it, I will jot down some good points that I want to remember. This will be an ongoing post.
Read another mystery, but after this I will go back to nonfiction.
The motivation for the murder was not very believable. Side stories were also a bit on the ridiculous side.
No more of Ruth Rendell for me, at least for now unless I get desperate.
I don’t watch TV (except HGTV on Netflix) and I don’t like movies (except Disney Pixar and other clean movies). The book is always better.
In this book by Patricia Wentworth, the build up and character development was pretty good, I was quite drawn in. But the mystery was solved in the last few pages…
Read more of “Miss Silver Comes To Stay by Patricia Wentworth”
I needed to take a break from serious reading and do some mindless entertainment. An old-fashion whodunnit mystery novel is always my first choice of fun reading.
When I googled “authors like Agatha Christie”, Charlotte MacLeod came up. I checked out this Professor Peter Shandy murder mystery. The murder and resolution was somewhat satisfying, sort of a 2.5 stars. The characters were not developed deeply enough to make the murderer plausible. The motive for the murders was rather weak as well.