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Barbette Timperlake's avatar

As an English teacher, I would reread books every year before I taught them. And every year, I would discover something new. My husband used to laugh and ask if I thought Gatsby would have a happy ending some year! On my own, I have read A Prayer for Owen Meany at least seven times and it stands the test of time. I so look forward to Desert Owl to see what you are reading. Thank you for alerting me to Wild Belief. Really enjoyed it-and so glad he included Mary Oliver. I am going to give a program on her poetry to the Stephen Ministers at ODEC! Just finished Matrix and am still deciding about it. Loved Sharratt's Revelations and Illuminations. There is a book that you ABSOLUTELY have to read-about a cloistered monk in a monastery

who gives sanctuary to a Somali reegugee-North by Brad Kessler. Fabulous.

It is fascinating following the research you are doing for your book.

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Mark Waddell's avatar

I do reread books, sometimes because I love them so much and other times because I am prompted by some event in my life that leads me back to a specific book Either way, I always learn something new, either about the story or about myself. I is always a good thing, although not always welcome at that time.

I love the mystics and the Orthodox who are mystics. Some of my favorites are "Teresa of Avila An Extraordinary Life" by Shirley du Boulay and "In the Heart of the Desert: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers" by John Chryssavgis

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