Thank you to everyone who completed the survey from our very first round of Forward: A Book Club to Help Move the Conversation...Forward. Based on your responses to the survey, we're going to go deeper and read Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Here are the details, from …
Yada Yada Prayer Group: A Conversation with the Author
It's been more than ten years since my friend, Dia called me and said, "You've got to read this book." Of course, she was talking about the Yada Yada Prayer Group. Dia has never steered me wrong on a book recommendation, so I went right out to the bookstore and picked up a copy for myself. I was …
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Yada Yada Prayer Group: Chapters Twenty-One through Thirty
So, everybody's got a story, right? No matter who they are, where they've been, or how they land in your life, every person you meet has got a story. On top of that, as Avis so wisely shares, "...every story has two sides, maybe more." The chapters we read this week are full of information, …
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Keeping the Conversation Going: A #ForwardFeature with Marilyn Yocum
I met Marilyn online first, and then in person at that retreat center I was talking about the other day. Since then, I've had the privilege of picking her up from the airport when she came to Nebraska for the little, bi-annual retreat I've been hosting here. I hold her in the highest …
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The Yada Yada Prayer Group: Chapters Eleven Through Twenty
When we moved to Nebraska from Pennsylvania, I had a really tough time making the transition. My new surroundings threw me for a loop in more ways than one. In my book, I've written in great detail about my transition to this part of the world, so I won't belabor the point here. Just know it was …
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Year of Delight: A Book Club #ForwardFeature With Osheta Moore
Osheta Moore is the founder of Shalom in the City, a community for those who want to be peacemakers. She's got a new podcast in the works, so find and follow her now—that you won't miss a beat once that podcast goes live (all links are at the end of this post). I'm happy to feature Osheta here, …
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