nonfiction
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Free Will, Ice Cream, and Souls – Airplane Reading pt 1
Why This Book? I just got back from traveling—my first flight post-pandemic!—and as you know, it is impossible for a bookworm to go on a trip without lugging some books, plural. I had to travel light, so I set aside Middlemarch and packed two small paperbacks plus an ebook to finish during the many hours Continue reading
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A Grief Observed – Thoughts
C. S. Lewis married his one and only wife, Joy Gresham, when he was 57 years old. Shortly afterwards, Joy was diagnosed with cancer—just four years later, she passed away. A Grief Observed is a collection of Lewis’s notes from the time of his mourning. As another reviewer mentioned on Goodreads, you don’t pick up Continue reading
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Storytelling as a Strategic Advantage
Experimenting with this WordPress “Story” feature…not sure what I think of it yet. Continue reading
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Quoting Kierkegaard – Works of Love, Fear and Trembling, and More
For nonfiction books, I’ll be going over specific topics, starting with my beloved Soren Kierkegaard collection. These are just some first impressions of his writing, without any in-depth analysis or philosophical/theological context. Later down the road I’d like to give a better overview, but since I appreciate his writing so much already, I couldn’t resist Continue reading
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