cosmicbookworm's reviews
309 reviews

This book sort of meanders through Dan Kimball’s life and the different church circumstances he has been exposed to. In the meantime he has advice for the Christian , the seeker, and the church. A refreshing look at what church looks like to a young man who Jesus chose to be his messenger, but who didn’t grow up in the church. We can look pretty strange.

Admonitions that: There is a difference between church land and grace land.
It is the church’s job to love people, not to judge them.
Missional adventure of breaking negative stereo types of the church.
Let’s not allow the church to keep people from being able to meet Jesus.
And don't give up on the church.

We need to stop “going to church” and start being the church.
Stresses that ministry is not just for paid church staff….it is for all of us.

The target audience is both Christians and seekers.
He has an interpretation of Jesus and the money changers that I didn’t quite understand - I’m going to need to go back and figure that one out.

A charming story. Most of the characters likable.....a few creeps. Sometimes we just need a fresh perspective to know how to have a an impact of the lives of those around us.

The lives of three women intertwine on a southern plantation in 1924 and are presented in an alternative point of view narrative. The story revolves around the history of two extremely dysfunctional families and those that interact with them. I became personally attached to most of the characters and repulsed by a couple. An extremely moving story, and very well written. Highly recommend.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is historical fiction based on an extraordinary life of which there has been much speculation. An intriguing story based on speculation of what might have been. I come away feeling like I know this person as they are presented but realizing that what I "know" is based on speculation, and may or might not have missed the mark about who this person really was and how they actually felt. Born a woman in a time where only a man could be educated and hold property, Margaret Bulkley ceases to exist, as a young teenager, and becomes the nephew of their late uncle, a famous artist, so that she might attend medical school and create a life not available to women. A woman who was born one lifetime before any women truly had the ability to attend medical school. Born in the time when impersonating a man or having a relationship that appeared homosexual was punishable by death.

A murder mystery narrated by a key suspect. A charming story with little bits of wisdom thrown in.
We are all the same in different ways.

Compelling many layered story told in present and past tense. I couldn't put it down.

More of a young adult book.

Sequel to After the Leaves Fall. Thought provoking book that completes the first book,
Rising above brokenness. Rising from ashes.