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December 21, 2013 2 Comments

Winner of “Cracking Up” by Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Cracking Up book cover

Last week's book response highlighted Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis by Kimberlee Conway Ireton. I decided to include a book giveaway. Commenters on that post were entered into a drawing to win a copy of Cracking Up (except a few who said they already owned a copy). I wrote out each name and put them all in a straw hat. After shaking the names around, I held the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: book giveaway, Cracking Up, Kimberlee Conway Ireton

February 22, 2012 2 Comments

Curiosity Journal: February 22, 2012

Each Wednesday I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing.:::ReadingI read more of The Thinking Life: How to Thrive in the Age of Distraction, continuing to find lots of lines about slowing down.But it's not only about making time to think. For example, I thought this portion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, Curiosity Journal, reading

December 19, 2011 14 Comments

Who We Are Becoming

Saturday night I tore off pieces of a Post-It to mark passages in Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World. As I reached the last lines of the last chapter, closed the book and set it on the bedside table, I continued to think about story and place and self and how they overlap and interweave. I wanted to wrap up the book and move on...perhaps to start writing more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, reading, self-discovery, writing Tagged With: memory, Scott Russell Sanders, self, Staying Put

October 17, 2011 20 Comments

Could Be

Twenty years ago, my husband and I were on a team of people serving behind-the-scenes at a Willow Creek-style start-up church. We'd been to Willow for a conference and came back inspired to do more with lighting; we wanted some par cans on the floor of the stage pointing up, providing a splash of color against the curtain. Like this.I urged the team to create a new look … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, family, lifelong learning, reading, self-discovery Tagged With: Ellen Langer, Mindfulness, The High Calling, The High Calling Book Club

September 11, 2011 26 Comments

Write to Discover and Decipher Life

By the time I was 13 or 14 years old, I realized the children’s department couldn’t provide the depth of information I craved. Shyly, I began browsing the adult nonfiction shelves for exercise books, vegetarian cookbooks, step-by-step drawing tutorials, and a series that taught survival skills, in case I ever acted on my dream of living by myself in the woods, like the kid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, family, self-discovery, writer, writers, writing

August 31, 2011 11 Comments

Curiosity Journal: August 31, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, change, children, exercise, family, life, lifelong learning, parenting, reading, writing Tagged With: curiosity, Curiosity Journal

January 17, 2011 22 Comments

The Spirit of Food: Food Heritage and The Occasional Vegetarian

Food HeritageLast week’s TheHighCalling.org book club selection of essays (from The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting toward God) included Denise Frame Harlan’s essay “And She Took Flour.”As I followed her story of learning to eat (and eventually cook) real food, I sat almost as stunned as she did when a professor read excerpts from The Supper of the Lamb … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, Food, reading, TheHighCalling.org, writers, writing

January 6, 2011 18 Comments

Food on Fridays: The Heavenly Onion

(smaller button below) Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe.If you want, you could join the book club at TheHighCalling.org and post your responses to the essays in The Spirit of Food; because, you see, we’re pretty relaxed over here. Posts like that are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, Food on Fridays, lifelong learning, Not So Fast, reading Tagged With: Robert Farrar Capon, The Heavenly Onion, The Supper of the Lamb

December 31, 2010 13 Comments

Food on Fridays: The Spirit of Food (THC Book Club Discussion-Week One)

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe.If you want, you could simply describe Christmas leftovers and New Year's Eve snack plans OR join the book club at TheHighCalling.org; because, you see, we’re pretty relaxed over here. Posts like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, Food on Fridays, high calling blogs, Not So Fast, reading, Slow Movement, TheHighCalling.org, writing

June 10, 2010 21 Comments

Ann's Ambitious Summer Reading List

Oprah's got a summer reading list. So does Swarthmore College.My High Calling Blogs colleague and friend L.L. Barkat has a sort-of summer reading list, too.Knowing I'm a word-girl, L.L. assumed I had one, too.And I guess I did. Informally. In my head.In fact, L.L. suggested we HCB folks all share our summer reading lists, so I started assembling and grouping the titles I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, high calling blogs, lifelong learning, mind, reading Tagged With: summer reading, summer reading list

April 20, 2010 8 Comments

Festival of Faith & Writing 2010: Friday Highlights

The Festival is over. I've returned home to laundry and lunches. I've also typed e-mails with numerous typos due to the blur of fatigue. Dare I continue the story even though the fun is fading into quotidian reality? I'll try...let's see how it goes.After Eugene Peterson's talk on Friday, my anonymous friend headed off to visit a friend while Leslie Leyland Fields and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, books, creativity, taking risks, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: Anita Lustrea, Ann Voskamp, Chrysostom Society, David C. Cook, festival of faith & writing, ffw, FFW10, Kate DiCamillo, l.l. barkat, Leslie Leyland Fields, lisa samson, Luci Shaw, Thomas Lynch

March 11, 2010 7 Comments

Explore the Classics: The Red Badge of Courage

I've discovered a website called Shmoop.com, a place every lifelong learner, autodidact and home educator should explore. I'm particularly grateful for the literature guides they've created for lots of famous novels. As they guide readers through challenging material, they do so in a conversational and comfortable tone, making the books seem intriguing and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, lifelong learning, mind, reading, Recently Read Tagged With: books, lifelong learning, literature, stephen crane, the red badge of courage

February 4, 2010 6 Comments

Food on Fridays: Go Greek with L.L. Barkat

(smaller button below)Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—your link could be a recipe like your favorite Colts blue Superbowl party dip, but it does not have to be a recipe. If it’s about shopping at Trader Joe's or your review of "Julie & Julia," go ahead and link up! Think of it as a virtual pitch-in where you can sample … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blog, blogging, books, creativity, Food, Food on Fridays, high calling blogs, lifelong learning, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: greek roasted vegetables, Inside Out, l.l. barkat, LLBarkat, random acts of poetry, Stone Crossings, tspoetry

January 9, 2010 1 Comment

Listen in on my chat with L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat of Seedlings in Stone and Green Inventions Central interviewed me about Not So Fast.It's appropriate that the title of this post rhymes, as L.L. is a poet. A book of her poetry, entitled Inside Out, was recently published and she hosts the poetry posts (ha! more rhyme!) at HighCallingBlogs.com and Random Acts of Poetry/Poetry Friday at her Seedlings in Stone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, family, lifelong learning, reading, self-discovery, Slow Movement, slowing, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: l.l. barkat, LLBarkat, Not So Fast, Writing in the Midst of Motherhood

November 10, 2009 3 Comments

Explore the Classics: The Scarlet Letter

This school year, I'm immersed in some classics of American literature, like: The Scarlet Letter Billy Budd The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Uncle Tom's Cabin The Red Badge of Courage ...just to name a few from this semester. Once a week I meet with a class of ten students, leading them through discussions about American books, stories, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, change, creativity, frugality, lifelong learning, mind, reading, Recently Read, self-discovery, Slow Movement, slowing Tagged With: literature, reader, The Scarlet Letter, The Scarlet Letter resources, The Scarlet Letter study guide

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