![]() ![]() Session 3: The Believer's Identity (29:01)-In 1 Peter 1:13-25, Peter talks about our identity as children of God. ![]() Because of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, we have a living hope in Him and an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading.
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Pond by bennett6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() This book, I thought, is a pathless wood - an unmarked, looping, roundabout path through the life of a narrator whose name you never discover, but whose complicated inner workings unfold before you so that at the end of the novel you feel calmer, more vulnerable, more real. Under normal circumstances I would have ignored this little snippet from Byron, but I had been grappling for the last week and a half with Bennett’s novel a beautifully precise but sometimes dodgy book that looks you in the face for only seconds at a time before skirting off in some strange, tangential direction, leaving you to make sense of any philosophical or emotional discoveries alone. ![]() This particular tag featured a quote from Lord Byron, which read, simply: “There is pleasure in the pathless woods.” Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett (Riverhead Books, 2016)Ī few weeks ago, while in the middle of Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut novel Pond, I discovered an interesting quote on the paper tag attached to my bag of chamomile tea - a great venue if you’re looking for cheery aphorisms, but rarely a space for particularly thought-provoking material. ![]() Slow river by nicola griffith6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() She points to an attack in a bar when she was in her early twenties as the source of her long-standing rage regarding the narrative of women’s weakness: “I was beaten by two men and I learned the story that most women already knew: that men beat women for no other reason than they could, because they were raised on the story that women are weak. As someone living, even prior to diagnosis, in fear for her safety, she is always on guard against and mistrustful of others, especially men. An accomplished martial artist accustomed to a high degree of control over her body, Mara finds the prospect of being weak and unable to protect herself unthinkable. The sudden onset of a debilitating illness would be devastating for anyone, but Mara’s self identity is firmly formed around her view of herself as a strong person, physically and otherwise. Mara Tagarelli, the headstrong protagonist of Seattle writer Nicola Griffith’s fierce eighth novel, So Lucky, knows this all too well: in a matter of days her marriage ends, and she is felled by a diagnosis of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. ![]() ![]() Life, as the familiar expression goes, can turn on a dime. ![]() The Pope of Physics by Gino Segrè6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Fleeing Fascism and anti-Semitism, Fermi became a leading figure in America's most secret project: building the atomic bomb. The Pope of physics Enrico Fermi and the birth of the atomic age First edition. This unassuming man struggled with issues relevant today, such as the threat of nuclear annihilation and the relationship of science to politics. The Pope of physics by Gino Segrè, 2016 edition, in English - First edition. His discoveries changed our world they led to weapons of mass destruction and conversely to life-saving medical interventions. He has been a visiting professor at M.I.T. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. Gino Segr is a professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. ![]() An examination of the human dramas that touched Fermi’s life as well as a. Other than a mark on the lower text block, this is an unmarked copy-" A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Named a Best Book of the Year by Bloomberg (Chosen by Philip Tetlock), Booklist's Top 10 Science Books of the Year, and Shortlisted for Physics World's Book of the Year A Major Biography of the Nobel Prize Winning Physicist, Enrico Fermi, a Leading Architect of the Atomic Age Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. In their revealing book, The Pope of Physics, Gino Segr and Bettina Hoerlin bring this scientific visionary to life. ![]() Queen Isabella by Alison Weir6/12/2023 ![]() Not only had he been engaged in territorial wars with both England and Flanders for the past seven years, he had also, despite boasting the title of “Most Christian King,” become involved in a bitter conflict with the Papacy after imposing limitations on the Pope’s authority in France. Isabella’s father, Philip IV, known as Philip the Fair, was the most powerful ruler in Christendom at that time and also the most controversial. ![]() This union had been arranged after tortuous negotiations to cement a lasting peace between those old warring enemies, England and France. Placing her hand in that of the Archbishop, she duly did so, giving her assent to the betrothal on condition that all the articles of the marriage treaty were fulfilled. Consent was duly given, then Gilles, Archbishop of Narbonne, the presiding priest, required Isabella to plight her troth. The Prince had sent the Earl of Lincoln and the Count of Savoy as his proxies, and during the ceremony, they formally asked the King and Queen of France for the hand of their daughter, the Lady Isabella, in marriage for the Prince of Wales. She was Isabella, the daughter of Philip IV, King of France he, Edward of Caernarvon, Prince of Wales, the son and heir of Edward I, King of England. The bride was seven years old, the groom, who was not present, nineteen. ![]() On, a solemn betrothal took place in Paris. ![]() Inevitable Disclosure by Nicky James6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Quaid and Aslan are a couple like no other. Series usually start to decline as additional installments are added, but not Valor and Doyle. Inevitable Disclosure accomplishes an unusual feat: it surpasses the first three excellent books in Nicky James’ addictive Valor and Doyle mystery romance series. Although each book has a self-contained mystery with no cliff-hangers, the romance is overarching and progressive throughout the series. It is a same-couple series that should be listened to in order. Inevitable Disclosure is the fourth book in the Valor and Doyle Mystery Series. They have found a balance that works, but for as comfortable as they have become as a couple, for as inevitable as their future together seems, something’s missing.Īslan is ready to take the next step in their relationship, but Quaid needs certain feelings to be disclosed first.ĭo actions speak louder than words? Or is there magic in saying I love you? Working alongside Aslan again is fantastic. The trio makes a solid team, and their banter takes the edge off a serious case. Is homicide the career change he’s been looking for? Maybe it’s time to explore a different career path.Īslan and his partner, Torin, take over Quaid’s case, but Quaid can’t help but get involved. When the missing teen he’s been seeking for a week turns up dead, it’s the icing on the cake. With his partner on extended leave, he’s alone and unsure if he wants to continue working on missing persons cases now that his sister’s case is closed. ![]() Eve jenna moreci6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() G emina by Kaufman and Kristoff, with Games Wizards Play by Diane Duane coming 2ndģ. None have really forced me to put them on my exclusive favourites list so far this year, but a few have if forced to pick one Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy.Ģ. Note: wherever possible, I avoid adding re-reads to these kind of tag posts. The 5 way tie I could not break because each book had something I absolutely loved about the book, but there was at least one thing that made them a 2 or 2.5 star read. The Viral Storm: The dawn of a new pandemic age by Nathan Wolfīy novels only, I mean there were a handful of graphic novels I read for whatever reason that I don’t want to think about or list again. (Tie) The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern, EVE: The awakening by Jenna Moreci, Nerve by Jeanne Ryan, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and Turtles All the Way Down by John GreenĢ. I remove stars for things like major inconsistencies (*coughwarcrosscough*) but I still love them.ģ. Why? Because my rating system is a mess and my favourites are more about my feeling and less about technical things. ![]() ![]() My best books will never all have 5 star ratings and 5 star books will often not appear on my list. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childġ. Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoffģ. Here are my lists (for the record, I don’t include re-reads on my list of best or worst, and pick the best of a series if I read more than one):ĥ. These are the posts most people love to read, because ~drama~. ![]() When we left cuba series6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s the perfect time to catch up on reading. Texas gets HOT, and that means many days either by the pool or propped up under the air conditioning at home. Year after year, summer would come around and subsequently so would requests for book recommendations. ![]() Nancy Drew studiously kept watch over the creeping shadows of my room at night for me, and Betty Ren Wright’s novel The Dollhouse Murders helped me pass summer after summer in the humid Louisiana countryside. My best friends were Kristy and Mary Anne from Ann M. I wonder sometimes if authors realize the impact they can have when they sit down to pen a novel. Much like they did for Matilda, books took on a pivotal role in the person I ended up becoming as an adult. Books meant being able to escape a childhood that was teeming with abuse and mixed messages. Everyone who knows me knows I’m obsessed with books and reading. ![]() I’d just celebrated the first anniversary of my little writing blog, and I was high on its unexpected success. ![]() It was about a year ago when I requested this little book called Next Year in Havana. “Tonight, I looked at myself in the mirror, and it occurred to me that perhaps adulthood has come not with a white gown and a view thrust upon me against my wishes, but rather in this moment, with this decision to claim my womanhood, to use it to get what I want rather than what everyone else wants for me. ![]() ![]() Hopefully, EXO fulfills my goal of adding something unique to the industry”. And then in 2008, after noticing there wasn’t a lot of diversity in the genre, I decided to tell a story about a hero from Nigeria. Since then, I’ve watched, played and read every single superhero-related title I could lay my hands on: movies, comics, manga, anime, graphic novels, animated movies/series, video games etc. Regarding the project, Okupe says: “From the first day I laid my eyes on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons in the 80’s, I’ve been hooked on superheroes. ![]() Set in the year 2025, in the fictional Nigerian city of Lagoon (modeled after the Nigerian city Lagos), a young man named Wale Williams inherits a suit with super powers after his father goes missing and uses the suit to battle against the terror attacks of a sociopathic extremist. ![]() Check out ‘EXO: The Legend of Wale Williams’, a graphic novel set to be released later this year – created by Nigerian born Roye Okupe (Owner/Creative Director at YouNeek Studios). ![]() Michelle kuo reading with patrick6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Reading with Patrick is being published by Random House and will be released on July 11, 2017. Michelle’s new memoir chronicles their time together grappling with Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin and what privilege and inequality truly mean. Devastated, Michelle returned to Helena and spent the next seven months visiting, reading, and writing with Patrick as he awaited trial in jail. But three years later, as she was about to graduate, she found out that Patrick had been accused of murder. ![]() ![]() While she was eager to stay in the Delta and commit herself to teaching, her future called-she decided to attend Harvard Law School as a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow and said goodbye to Patrick and the Delta. There, on the border of Mississippi, in one of the poorest counties in the United States, Michelle got to know Patrick Browning, a student who took to her rigorous teaching methods and excelled against the odds of his circumstances. Long before Michelle Kuo (2007 Fellow) was a student at Harvard Law School, a law clerk for the Ninth Circuit, or a Skadden Fellow for La Raza in Oakland, she was a member of Teach for America in Helena, Arkansas. ![]() |