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    <body><![CDATA[This book offers some good, if not exactly original, perspective on seeing life through a spiritual lens. Sue Monk Kidd believes that life's trials and tribulations are opportunities for growth. She quotes liberally from other theologians, creating a book that is part memoir, part theological track....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38549350">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For Lent this year, I am looking at spiritual direction and whether this is an avenue I would like to explore.  This book has helped me focus a bit on what direction was for Kidd and therefore what it could be for me.<br/><br/>I had forgotten that I had read this book before - maybe two years ago....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46777578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book. It is so insightful. I truly love the authors style of writing. Each page brings so much to the table that I can't go on reading without meditating for several hours. I will definitely read it again and again. I'm only 1/3 of the way through, but I recommend this book to all...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49717906">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Of the Christian books that I have read or attempted to read, this is definitely the best.  It is easy and fun to read, while at the same time teaches a lot.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is pretty deep and requires a lot of thought.  It is great for someone trying to figure out who they are from childhood to today.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For September's Book Club...I love Sue Monk Kidd's other things, and always love the insight others bring to our discussions.....looking forward to this one]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was quite different from &quot;The Secret Life of Bees&quot; in that it was personal narrative, but I am always interested in women's stories about their spiritual journeys.  I liked this book for that.  Somewhere after the conclusion of this book SMK somehow decided that we need to be wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27153069">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one to keep around. You will refer back to it at various phases of your life journey.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended that I read this. I will if I encounter it this summer.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[from spring '09 Women, Development, and the Journey]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[spiritual, need to finish it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know how I missed this book by Sue Monk Kidd when it came out quite a few years ago.  I enjoy her books a lot.  This one covered a time of waiting for change during a difficult time in life.  There is some good stuff here.]]></body>
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