Spirituality & Religion

How to Slay Giants and Live an Inspired Life

Hello Dear Readers, Today we delve into a book about the world’s best-selling and most widely distributed book: the Bible.  Rachel Held Evans addresses Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again to: People with an Evangelical background who find themselves navigating the great chasm between Scripture as they learned it and […]

How to Hold a Grudge and Transform Resentment into Contentment

This week’s review is about a controversial topic; the possibility of going from resentment to contentment by holding onto all your grudges! This is the promise that Sophie Hannah makes with her book, How to Hold a Grudge. Does she make good on the promise? As usual, I will be looking at what’s good, what’s […]

How to write into real life

Hello Dear Readers.  For this week’s review I re-read Bird by Bird:  Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott.  It is a must read for writers, and indeed for anyone interested in understanding themselves and the human condition.  There are lots of accessible and practical writing tips for fiction and non-fiction writers alike.  […]