Posts by Karen Smith
Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices
It’s the nature of most believers to seek a means of communing with their Creator. However, there are so many choices, where does one begin? Just Begin: A Sourcebook of Spiritual Practices, Dann E. Wigner’s collection of 40 different spiritual practices from both Eastern and Western traditions, is a good place to start. In this…
Read MoreThe Black Friend
Frederick Joseph begins his story in The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person sharing his memories of growing up being the only black kid in a white neighborhood. The white kids in his school called him an “oreo” (black on the outside, white on the inside) which was only one of the many…
Read MoreBlessed to Bless
It’s true that many people own a Bible; it’s also true that many of them have not read it. Blessed to Bless by Tim Sean Youmans, originally written with 5th to 8th graders in mind, is the perfect, reader-friendly guide to what’s in those 66 books of the Bible. Starting with the story of Creation…
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