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http://gentlecynic.blogspot.com/

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Dj is Currently Reading

Dj Seifert is currently reading:

Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

bookshelves: currently-reading, a-re-read, classic, gentle-cynicism

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Dj Seifert said: "Remembering an artist who was capable of sustaining his awareness above the weighty privilege of wealth of the few and masterfully write about the complex issues that contributed to plight of the poor, children and youth, and an evolving and human su...more"

Feb 09, 2012 06:19am · see review

Dj Seifert gave

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School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism

by Rutba House

bookshelves: currently-reading, ethics, social-criticism, theology

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Jan 28, 2012 05:26pm

Dj Seifert gave

to:

Prayer for the Morning Headlines: On the Sanctity of Life and Death

by Daniel Berrigan

bookshelves: currently-reading, gentle-cynicism, musing-contemplation, poetry, social-criticism, social-work, theology

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Jan 09, 2012 04:10pm

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Dj Seifert is currently reading: Hard Times by Charles Dickens	My rating:
Remembering an artist who was capable of sustaining his awareness above the weighty privilege of wealth of the few and masterfully write about the complex issues that contributed to plight of the poor, children and youth, and an evolving and human su...more
Feb 09, 2012 06:19am · see review
Dj Seifert gave to: The Strengths Model: A Recovery-Oriented Approach to Mental Health Services by Charles A. Rapp read in February, 2012	My rating:
This text is the best I have read on Strengths Theory/Model. The authors break the theory down in a manner that thoroughly gets to the practical issues and the intersections in order to describe a working model and resource for escaping altogether fr...more
Feb 09, 2012 05:24am · see review
Dj Seifert gave to: New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton read in March, 2011	My rating:
I read this with a contemplative group. It provided some helpful reflection and discussions. Merton has an intuition that provides a variety of prompts to help move beyond conventional reasoning, lethargic sentimentality, and a the pervasive religiou...more
Feb 06, 2012 05:07pm · see review
Dj Seifert gave to: St. Gregory of Nyssa, the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes by T. C. Lawler read in November, 2003	My rating:
It is a common perception that those considered ancient Christian mystic writers were predominately Desert Fathers or monks who lived in isolation from the rigors of ministering in church and society, in order to seek mystical knowledge of God. Howev...more
Feb 05, 2012 06:06am · see review
Dj Seifert marked as to-read: Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	My rating:
Jan 31, 2012 05:40am
Dj Seifert marked as to-read: Put Down Your Sword: Answering the Gospel Call to Creative Nonviolence by John Dear, Sj	My rating:
Jan 29, 2012 06:02am
Dj Seifert marked as to-read: Lazarus, Come Forth!: How Jesus Confronts the Culture of Death and Invites Us Into the New Life of Peace by John Dear, Sj	My rating:
Jan 29, 2012 05:59am
Dj Seifert gave to: School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism by Rutba House	My rating:
Jan 28, 2012 05:26pm
Dj Seifert gave to: Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn read in January, 2012	My rating:
Jan 24, 2012 05:59pm
Dj Seifert marked as to-read: The Word That Redescribes the World: The Bible and Discipleship by Walter Brueggemann	My rating:
Jan 17, 2012 07:12am