SkipSandwichDX commented on The Gnostics by David Brakke
Having a lot of "oh okay that's in Persona" moments while reading this.
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Pretending I did the reading for book club.
Reading about social topics, religion, and whatever friends have told me is fun lately.
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SkipSandwichDX finished reading The First Christmas by John Dominic Crossan
In The First Christmas, two of today's top Jesus scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John …
Read for church book club. Loved this perspective and wish I had known about analysis like this earlier in my path of figuring things out.
SkipSandwichDX reviewed On Repentance And Repair by Danya Ruttenberg
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal transgressions to …
Grateful for wider perspectives
5 stars
A view of repentance that is divorced from the pervasive combination of American protestant individualism and internet PR apologies was incredibly refreshing to read. Some very powerful observations, and a sharp eye on the dominant US culture that's tough to read at first but absolutely worth sitting with.
SkipSandwichDX started reading On Repentance And Repair by Danya Ruttenberg
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm—from personal transgressions to …
Excited for this one. Heard Rabbi Danya discuss the topic on a couple podcasts and loved her insight.
SkipSandwichDX rated This Body I Wore: 4 stars
SkipSandwichDX rated Let's Talk: 5 stars
SkipSandwichDX rated Elite Capture: 4 stars
Elite Capture by Olufemi O. Taiwo
A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to serve their own ends.
“Identity …
SkipSandwichDX rated Holy Love: 3 stars
SkipSandwichDX rated Wholehearted Faith: 4 stars
Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans, Jeff Chu
Rachel Held Evans is widely recognized for her theologically astute, profoundly honest, and beautifully personal books, which have guided, instructed, …
SkipSandwichDX rated Saving Us: 3 stars
SkipSandwichDX started reading The Gnostics by David Brakke
Longtime topic of curiosity. And I'm about to replay the Xenosaga games so it'd be fun to know more about Gnosticism to see if any of the messaging in those games is even remotely coherent.
SkipSandwichDX rated Making of Biblical Womanhood: 4 stars
SkipSandwichDX rated Difficult Conversations: 4 stars
Difficult Conversations by Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Drummer Fisher, and 1 other
SkipSandwichDX rated Heavy Burdens: 5 stars
SkipSandwichDX rated Getting Things Done: 4 stars
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Veteran coach and management consultant Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to thousands. He …