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Buy This Book
Buy This Book (Please) Here’s what I’m proposing: This Christmas, buy a present for yourself. It’s not a blanket with sleeves. It won’t “clap on” or “clap off” anything. It’s a book, called
Mosque of Paris
Review of The Grand Mosque of Paris The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust by Karen Gray Ruelle...
All Creatures Great and Small: James Herriot
All Creatures Great and Small: James Herriot When you read a great book, it’s like being in the time and place of the story and becoming friends with its characters. That’s where I’ve been the last few weeks: Yorkshire England, in the 1940’s, with country veterinarian James Herriot.
Time to Pray
Review of Time to Pray by Maha Addasi Daily prayer. Many of us aspire to it although we don’t all succeed. For Muslim faithful, the athan, or call to prayer, comes five times each day. Time to Pray is t...
Song of Creation
Review of Song of Creation by Paul Goble Many readers will find that this text sounds a little familiar: "O all you works of the Lord, bless you the Lord: praisehim, and magnify him forever." "O...
What I Learned from the Boiler Room
What I Learned from the Boiler Room Urgency. If you have a sales background like me, you know how important it is to create a sense of urgency. You never want to hear, “I'll think about it.” If they’re thinking about it, you haven’t convinced them. I am totally convinced. As I sit here dealing with deadlines, I am not even thinking anymore. I’m sold. I must...
Open Book: Finding God in Literature
Imagine a book club built around your prayer life — with no reading required! Pray Maker Lori Strawn and her friend Alice Shelton discuss spiritual themes and questions from literature and poetry, then top it off with a prayer from the Prayables collection. Listen our journey to find God between the pages of our favorite books. This week, Lori and Alice will discuss a quote from the novel
Peace Planet
Review of Peace Planet: Light for Our World Peace Planet: Light for Our World, by Nan Merrill and Barbara Taylor, is both a call to prayer and a prayer for peace. I find myself turning again and again to this little...
Open Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Pray Maker Lori Strawn and Alice discuss a quote from Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged." Join the women of Prayables for a lively discussion of this quote including faith, knowledge and devotion to truth!
