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Dave Bruno
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The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
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La sfida delle 100 cose
by Dave Bruno (Goodreads Author), S. Bertoncini 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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2011
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| How many books do you get to read in which not a single page goes by without confounding your vocabulary? For me, more than you might expect. Even so, there's no way I'm going to play WWF with Eco. (Aside: can you imagine the Scrabble game between Um...more | |
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| My main complaint with this book is that many of the most likable parts sound like they are plagiarized from a dystopian novel. That was the uncomfortable feeling I kept getting. Yet the authors have serious proposals and some good ideas. Those invol...more | |
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| I want to give 3 1/2 stars. This is a good book. Sometimes sad or maddening. Sometimes a little too slanted. The university is changing and many observers are understandably worried. It's hard not to wonder if the university didn't do all of its job...more | |
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| I'm grateful for Wright's approach to the problem of evil in this book. His insistence on not arriving at simple answers makes the answers he discusses - ultimately forgiveness because of Christ's work on the cross overpowers evil - avoid triviality....more | |
"I can see that. Greene's priest was a wreck who couldn't abandon his calling in the end. Endo's thought he wasn't a wreck and became an apostate. But...more
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| My edition has a blurb from Graham Greene, which makes sense. Silence reminded me of The Power and the Glory. Like that book and the many complicated emotions and theology is addresses, I'll return to this one again to reflect on its implications. | |
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| Noll begins his conclusion, "For 'Christian scholarship' to mean anything, it must mean intellectual labor rooted in Christ, with both the rooting and laboring essential." With grace that sometimes chastens, he points out that evangelicals often root...more | |
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| Odd. Over the years I've always avoided this, the 3rd book in Lewis' Space Trilogy. Now reading all three back to back, this has become my favorite. The first two were amazing. This last one, though, felt like Lewis in his element. There's more wit a...more | |
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| It's been at least a decade since I last read it. Somehow this time through did not affect me as much as previous reads. It felt wordier. That said, there are some many insights and nuggets to dwell on. Well worth a weekend's read. | |
“My desire to live a meaningful life was getting forestalled by the petty, day-to-day demands of all my stuff.
As I stood in my garage, I realized that it was not just that all the stuff created a mess, requiring valuable time to clean up. That was true, but that wasn't the worst of it. I realized it was not the clutter, the over accumulation of things, but rather the things themselves that were taking my attention away from what mattered in my life. Camping gear was getting my attention, not being outside. Tools were taking up my time, not using them to be creative. Toys were distracting me from the fun of playing. My things were not doing what they were meant to do: serve a greater purpose than possession alone.”
― Dave Bruno, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
As I stood in my garage, I realized that it was not just that all the stuff created a mess, requiring valuable time to clean up. That was true, but that wasn't the worst of it. I realized it was not the clutter, the over accumulation of things, but rather the things themselves that were taking my attention away from what mattered in my life. Camping gear was getting my attention, not being outside. Tools were taking up my time, not using them to be creative. Toys were distracting me from the fun of playing. My things were not doing what they were meant to do: serve a greater purpose than possession alone.”
― Dave Bruno, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
“We're so distracted, we're missing out own lives. The parent who records his kid's dance recital or first steps or graduation is so busy trying to capture the moment--to create a thing that proves that they were there--they miss out on actually living and enjoying the moment.
I've done this before with my camera. I have jockeyed for position, bumping elbows with other parents so I could get into the best spot to look through the viewfinder of my SLR to capture the moment of my daughter's dance recital. Five-year-old Phoebe was so cute in her little sailor outfit, tapping away. And I got some great pictures. It's just that while I remember getting the pictures, I do not recall the moment. So much of the time we don't trust ourselves to experience our world without stuff. Things so often don't enhance our lives, but are barriers to fully living our lives.”
― Dave Bruno, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
I've done this before with my camera. I have jockeyed for position, bumping elbows with other parents so I could get into the best spot to look through the viewfinder of my SLR to capture the moment of my daughter's dance recital. Five-year-old Phoebe was so cute in her little sailor outfit, tapping away. And I got some great pictures. It's just that while I remember getting the pictures, I do not recall the moment. So much of the time we don't trust ourselves to experience our world without stuff. Things so often don't enhance our lives, but are barriers to fully living our lives.”
― Dave Bruno, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
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