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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78171137 Brad's review of The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982
by Wendell Berry

Yes, yes. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9308733 to: The Rule of Saint Benedict (Paperback) by Benedict of Nursia
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It seems perverse to rate with stars a document that has endured for 1,500 years. Still, I loved the Rule. It is remarkably gentle and contemporary; its emphases are love and perfection. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77778128 Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings (Shambhala Classics) by Matsuo Basho
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77778070 Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (Hardcover) by Michael Chabon
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77778042 The Cloister Walk (Paperback) by Kathleen Norris
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77777926 to: The Long Loneliness (Paperback) by Dorothy Day
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74586663 to: Believers: A Journey into Evangelical America (Hardcover) by Jeffery L. Sheler
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An interesting book, Jeffrey Sheler deserves credit for being so fair.

It is a little frustrating that Sheler did in this book so much of what I want to do on our trip around the country. Even our original subtitle for the blog - "a pilgrimage through evangelical America" - is weirdly similar to Sheler's.

Still, Sheler spends most of the book talking to evangelical leaders. I want to focus my own attention on the rank and file, and that seems like it could be a significant difference when I write my own book. ]]>