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The Guncle

by Steven Rowley (Goodreads Author)

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In Search of God’s Will: Discerning a Life of Faithfulness and Purpose

by Trevor Hudson

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Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America

by John M. Barry

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Virginia said: " Strongly recommended by David. He read it last year while the Mississippi was rising (again), which added to its impact. "

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Jun 24, 2012 11:48AM · see review

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Virginia’s Notes & Highlights

The Daughters of Madurai by Rajasree Variyar

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There’s something about my mother that lies behind the light in her eyes, behind her ready laughter. Something fragile, something frangible, that I’ve always felt I need to protect. I’m starting to hate it.

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Virginia’s Quotes

“I will love you like God, because of God, mighted by the power of God. I will stop expecting your love, demanding your love, trading for your love, gaming for your love. I will simply love. I am giving myself to you, and tomorrow I will do it again. I suppose the clock itself will wear thin its time before I am ended at this altar of dying and dying again. God risked Himself on me. I will risk myself on you. And together, we will learn to love, and perhaps then, and only then, understand this gravity that drew Him, unto us.”
― Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

tags: love, risk, sacrifice

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“We also have noses that run and feet that smell.Sometimes the universe just doesn't make sense.”
― Alex Bledsoe, To the Batpole: An Essay/Parody on Batman

tags: fantasy

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“You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.”
― Henry Nouwen

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“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”
― Thomas Merton

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