Matt Haig has a lot of hopes for you in The Comfort Book. Here they are, some of them: “I hope this email finds you well. I hope this email finds you calm. I hope this email finds you unflustered…
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“St. Paul… was not the first to speak of life as a battle, nor was he the last; but familiar and hackneyed as the metaphor has become, it is also true,” Frederick Buechner begins, in one chapter of The Magnificent…
“I am a part-time novelist who happens also to be a part-time Christian because part of the time seems to be the most I can manage to live out my faith: Christian part of the time when certain things seem…
It’s you.” Browsing through my Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh this week, I came across that bold and strange statement. Hanh describes taking care of your anger gently, the way you’d care for a baby. It was a powerful metaphor for…
Another week, another airport purchase: this time, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. It seemed time to pick up a book that has sold over 150 million copies worldwide, in 80 different languages, since its publication in 1998. What magic lies…
I picked up Jami Attenberg’s memoir on the fly at the airport, looking for a small paperback that would fit in my handbag. It was a good choice: it fit, and then I couldn’t put it down. I don’t think…
Happy New Year, Bacon friends! I wish you contentment or change in the days ahead – whatever you need most. Thank you for keeping me company on the journey. Today’s post offers 10 terrific books for the season (and beyond). Most…
Everywhere I go, things that fall find rest. (Do they fall, or let go?) Today, as promised, I’ll feature further selections from Gordon Peerman’s Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists About Suffering. Today’s passages offer practical suggestions. From…
Gordon Peerman’s Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists About Suffering has been a life-changing read for me. It is helping me learn how to get some distance from my emotions and approach discomfort and even suffering from a…