Sentences with phrase «book reading community»

It seemed to me that there should be an online clearinghouse for connecting authors and book reviewer — a sort of OKCupid for the book reading community.

Not exact matches

So they pulled out all the stops by experimenting with an in - store cafe, free Wi - Fi, monthly book swaps, a children's play area, entertainment, more than 200 in - store author readings a year and community forums on topics of interest to customers.

It's almost like, depending on what you're reading or what you collect — whether it's a series of Harry Potter books or a series of Vogue magazines — it creates this sense of community around this history and legacy, and one built on the next.

He is also the author of two books, Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor, both of which are considered must - reads among the investing community.

Lichtenfeld covers all the basics: stay active and healthy, exercise, play sports, eat right, socialize a lot with family and friends, meet new friends, keep learning, do volunteer work, be involved in your community, run for office, attend church or other religious / spiritual activities, read books and newspapers, check your email and text your friends.

One last example, I promise: Last year I realized just how frazzled it made me to fit focused work in between meetings and phone calls every day of the week while still leaving enough space to be with my family, serve my community, visit friends, and read a book or two.

Bonhoeffer was all the more pleased when he discovered that the abbot and several priests in the community were reading his book Life Together and wanted to discuss it with him.

Holiness for me was found in the mess and labour of giving birth, in birthday parties and community pools, in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding, in the repetition of cleaning, in the step of faith it took to go back to church again, in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks, in the yelling at my kids sometimes, in the crying in restaurants with broken hearted friends, in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think, in the arguments inherent to staying in love with each other, in the unwelcome number on the scale, in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading, in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city in Port au Prince, in the beauty of a soccer game in the Haitian dust, in the listening to someone else's story, in the telling of my own brokenness, in the repentance, in the secret telling and the secret keeping, in the suffering and the mourning, in the late nights tending sick babies, in confronting fears, in the all of a life.

This coming - of - age book set in Alabama is a must - read for every human, I think — we witness justice, inequality, strength, character, community, and tragedy through the eyes of a young girl.

Thank you for reading, for commenting, for our funny and deep and weird conversations on Twitter and Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, for your emails and letters, for your support and critiques, for showing up to the events in churches and community centres where I stumbled over my words and hugged you a bit too tightly and likely cried, for buying my little yellow book, for your prayers for me and my family, for staying with me, really, for all of it.

Phase 3: I buy the latest Shane Claiborne book, read it in two days, and resolve that following Jesus means selling all my things, sleeping with the homeless, and starting a monastic community.

In the Quran you will find all that Moses said all Jesus said and all other prophets said, read it believe in it and pray following any prophet you want but do it as the book here says and hope you with that become a better community than Muslims if God permit

While I haven't read everything on the subject, I know of no other book like it on the market, and it really helped answer some of my own questions and provide me some direction as I seek to follow Jesus by loving and serving others in my community.

But what is important is not that certain books be read as an end in themselves, but that they be read because of their relationship to other books in a tradition and community that make such a conversation significant.

One study in a retirement community, where the median age was 72, indicated that residents watched television an average of six hours a day; this statistic compared with two hours of radio listening, 45 minutes of newspaper reading, one - half hour of magazine reading and a few minutes of book reading.

We have organic church, simple church, and missional communities, but even here, in most of the books and blogs I read about this, the emphasis always seems to be that the church is only functioning when the people gather in a certain place at a certain time, usually in a house on Sunday morning.

And Christians find that, if they keep reading this book and live their lives in the context of the community that reads it, that promise keeps getting fulfilled, albeit always tentatively and incompletely.

The clearest and best example of reading Revelation as it was read in the first century, as God's assurance to the suffering Christian community, is Allan Boesak's recent book Comfort and Protest.

This is the most important book I've read in years, and it will be the first I recommend to anyone interested in bridging the divide between the LGBT community and the church.

Of course, we read Scripture together in our churches and work to understand it, but similar practices of reading and discussing other books in our churches and neighborhoods can form and strengthen bonds between us and transform our community and how we live and work together (and interact with other communities, locally and around the globe).

When you do have opportunities to read with others, pick books that are relevant in some way to the common life of your community, and discuss them in connection with the realities that you live within.

One is startled then to read in Christian's book:»... on Whitehead's theory God is certainly not morally good, judged by those standards of behavior that are necessary for the peace and prosperity of human community.

To share in the life of this community, to do its work, to hear its story, to read its Book, is the way to such knowledge of God as Christians have.

Being a part of a church plant has forced me to confront a vicious cycle in my life, a cycle that goes something like this: 1) I resolve in my head to live like Jesus in community with those around me, 2) I start reading Shane Claiborne books and memorizing the Sermon on the Mount, 3) I get overwhelmed by how impossible it all seems, 4) I get distracted by work and daily tasks, 5) I give up, 6) I feel guilty.

This makes me happy as I'd always hoped the book would be used as a conversation - starter and read in the context of community.

I read and underlined all of the books, downloaded podcasts, I wrote and waxed philosophic about discipleship, about the theology of place, about community, sustainability, intentional organic church practices, justice, mercy, redemption, I was seeking an active and inclusive living out of the Jesus - life I knew right now.

The book itself was little read, but Time magazine featured «the death of God» on its cover and the church was not able to conceal from its members that the dominant cultural community no longer affirmed the reality and activity of God.

Many think that they are addressing books and articles to one particular community (normally their own), but these are in fact read by others, and especially by that other community that they are about.

The 269 - page, $ 1.7 million Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 Comprehensive Report was released in June 2012, at the same time that the Book of Numbers was being read in the synagogue.

Mayim is incredibly approachable, both as an author and as a spokesperson for the vegan community, which makes reading her book accessible to the masses — a definite plus.

But it offers something, and that's what stood out the most for me as I was reading the book — religion offers people community.

We full heartedly believe this and as a result, we list the book Nonviolent Communication as a required read for all of our potential leaders who are bringing this material to their communities with the intention of helping other parents create stronger relationships.

Between a no - pressure, open membership series of book clubs, community events such as a feminist crafting circle, and poetry and book readings from authors big and small (Anne Lamott, anyone?)

Its way more fun to read a book with a community than it is to read alone.

This isn't to say that all parents don't want that for their children, but I think if you have read a book to help raise your baby, found this blog, perhaps even joined the community, then you are pretty motivated.

Take some classes, participate in women's groups in your community or your church, and read some good books about parenting.

Besides the book you are writing do you have any recommended reading for the API Speaks community?

Last Friday night, as a part of our project with Random House, The Random House Kids Read & Play Summer Learning Community, we were a part of a live chat of which the subject was «Books turned into Movies.»

Read books about childbirth, network in your community, and talk to other mothers who have already had babies.

I took childbirth education classes and read books and researched the birthing options available to me in my community.

This might include reading a chapter from a book to prepare for the class discussion the next day, or interviewing a community member for a school project, or collecting real data, such as water samples from a local source for a science lab.

Horne also offended Norway's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community after the re-emergence of a tweet that she sent in 2010 about a children's book that included gay characters: «I wonder if it's okay that kindergartens are reading gay adventures for young children?»

The point of this poll is so that it reflects the opinions and wishes of this community, you know the ones who will be reading the book pick (not those who already read the book or are voting as a favor to the author).)

I really enjoy being with my friends and out in the community and writing and volunteering and crocheting and singing and reading a good book, too, but my favorite place in the whole world — my paradise, my ultimate vacation destination — is home, with my children, just being together.

Here is another recent post from a reader who was inspired to share an excerpt from the book with the API Reads community:

Adoption Guide 2011 -(Page 88) BEST RESOURCES FOR ADOPTION FROM AFRICA Must - read articles and personal stories: • «My Ethiopian Daughters,» by Rita Radostitz www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=1663 • «Transracial Adoption: A History of Black and White,» by Phil Bertelsen, www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=290 • «A Hard Lesson,» by Sharon Van Epps www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=2158 • «Braiding Barbara's Hair,» by Erika Solberg www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=1660 • «Raising a Child of Another Race,» by Jana Wolff www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=155 Books: • There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children, by Melissa Fay Greene • Love in the Driest Season, by Neely Tucker • You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Families Guide, by Susan Caughman and Isolde Motley Websites and e-mail listservs: • AdoptiveFamiliesCircle adoption community, adoptivefamiliescircle.com • Rwanda Embassy, www.rwandaembassy.org • Lesotho Embassy, www.lesothoemb-usa.gov.ls • Embassy of Ethiopia, www.ethiopianembassy.org • Ethiopian Adoption Blogs, www.ethiopianadoptionblogs.

To celebrate this historic effort, one of the Tata group companies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), will host a «Read - A-Loud» with pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students at Urban Scholars Community School, where each of these 300 + students will receive two books to add to their personal libraries at home.»

When the mayor - elect announced his appointment, it seemed he would be a kinder, gentler version of the commissioner de Blasio had so often criticized, Ray Kelly: Bratton read from a children's book that had inspired him to be a cop and projected a tough - on - crime stance while also rejecting the over-use of stop - and - frisk and emphasizing a need to work with the community.

«Many scientists believe that the eye movement patterns you develop are due to where you live — the books you read and the influence of your family, peers and community — your culture.»

You've read a few business books... maybe you've even taken a business class or two through the local Chamber of Commerce or Community College.