Faith and spirituality Mike Williams March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 0 Comments Books, Compassion, Exodus, Harold Kushner, Liberation, Moses, Overcoming Life's Disappoinments, Reader Response, Ten Commandments “I am the God who brought you out of Egypt” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means The public display of Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 0 Comments Books, Exodus, Fear, Harold Kushner, John, Moses, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Reader Response “I will be with you” “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh? One of my favorite insights from chapter one of Overcoming Life’s Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 0 Comments A Raisin in the Sun, Books, Grief, Harlem, Harold Kushner, Injustice, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Reader Response What happens to a dream deferred? A title I didn’t truly understand In our high school English class we read Lorraine Hansberry‘s 1959 play, A Raisin Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 19, 2024February 20, 2024 0 Comments Books, Harold Kushner, Maturity, Mentors, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Prayer journal, Reader Response Their lessons live on in us Highest compliment a student can offer their teacher One of my favorite parts of Rabbi Harold Kushner’s introduction to Overcoming Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 15, 2024February 15, 2024 0 Comments Book notes, Grief, Harold Kushner, Lent, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Prayer journal, Reader Response Start with one’s limitations Overcoming Life’s Disappointments: First Words For someone who is as well-known and well-respected as Rabbi Harold Kushner, it was somewhat Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 0 Comments Books, Grief, Harold Kushner, Lent, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, Prayer journal, Reader Response, Trauma Lenten writing table: Overcoming Life’s Disappointments True, but unsatisfying, guidance Throughout my PTSD recovery process, I have often been encouraged to learn how to forgive myself. Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams September 27, 2019October 9, 2019 0 Comments Books, Reader Response “Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy” by Anne Lamott Anne Lamott’s beautiful Hallelujah Anyway was the perfect audio book for me to listen to at this particular moment. The Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Aviation Mike Williams March 10, 2019March 9, 2019 0 Comments Ballooning, Books, Reader Response Review of “Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air” Because of my several months in the desert, it has been almost a year since I have had the opportunity Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
Faith and spirituality Mike Williams May 3, 2018May 12, 2018 0 Comments Books, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship, Life Together, Reader Response Reader response to “Life Together” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Despite reading about him for years, I had never actually read an entire book by the famous German pastor and Share this:ShareTweetPrintEmail Read More
