Nora Gallagher + Sara Miles

Just wanted to give credit to Nora Gallagher for the phrase "Practicing Resurrection." It's the title of one of her books that I love. Spiritual memoirs are my favorite genre for sure and so far Nora's books have never made it to the Half Price Books pile when I'm purging. I actually think I'll go back and read Practicing Resurrection someday along with Things Seen and Unseen.

I bought several books at the Academy so I had to restrain myself at the bookstore Suzanne and I stopped at on the way home when I saw Sara Miles has a new memoir out called Jesus Freak: Feeding, Healing, Raising the Dead. Has anyone read this one yet? Sara Miles is the author of the book Take This Break which I loved and has remained on the shelves after a few rounds of purging. I'll probably be reading it again soon given the recent conversations surrounding communion at Liberation. Those conversations made it really hard to resist a book that Nora Gallagher wrote with Phyllis Tickle on Communion called The Sacred Meal as part of the Ancient Practices series. Robert Benson's book In Constant Prayer is a part of that series. Highly recommend. Jesus Freak and The Sacred Meal aren't at the library yet. Sad at first search, but a small blessing that will give me a chance to read what I purchased and the book my mom gave me for Valentine's Day that Sara B. recommended over the phone and on her blog - The Shattered Lantern. No one is going hungry for a good read at my house. And sometime the book lover and the 5 in me just wants the book around me which is different than knowing when the hell I'm going to read it. Practicing restraint too.

Home to do laundry.

Love, Em

O.k. that was a bigger share than planned. Just wanted to give credit to Nora. I don't know where she got it, but I'm trying to live it for myself and believe in it for all of us.