{"id":5303,"date":"2015-09-11T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=5303"},"modified":"2015-09-11T07:14:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T11:14:32","slug":"5-friday-faves-an-apple-a-podcast-an-apologist-a-list-of-great-books-and-something-we-can-do-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=5303","title":{"rendered":"5 Friday Faves – an Apple, a Podcast, an Apologist, a List of Great Books, and Something We Can Do for Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. An Apple – Honeycrisp<\/strong>\u00a0 – my husband’s favorite – we only have them for a few months in the Fall and are glad when they’re around and especially on special. Welcome back. \"Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

2. An Apologist – <\/strong>An apologist<\/em> is someone who makes a defense of a faith or belief. Nancy Pearcey<\/a>\u00a0is an educator and\u00a0writer. An agnostic in her early life,\u00a0she became a Christian through a deep study of God. She presents the Christian worldview in such a clear,\u00a0reasoned way. The subjective, sometimes silly and sometimes sinister,\u00a0arguments we hear a lot of these days, both inside Christianity\u00a0and from its foes, are put to rest. I discovered her through a book review by Tim Challies<\/a> and an article<\/a> of her own.\u00a0I was\u00a0captivated by her clarity on the God I love.\u00a0Desiring to know better how to\u00a0both understand and\u00a0rightly represent God\u00a0to friends and family. So…I bought both her books and am tearing into them: Finding Truth<\/em><\/a> and Total Truth<\/a>.\"Blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

3. A Podcast<\/strong> – The Eric Metaxas Show with Karen Swallow-Prior<\/a>\u00a0– Lively conversation about Hannah More – an English poet and supporter of William Wilberforce’s battle against\u00a0slave trade. This podcast came on the eve of Metaxas’ book release – Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness<\/a>. Hannah More is one of those seven.<\/p>\n

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4. A List of Great Books<\/strong> – Chuck Lawless<\/a> gives us a list of books<\/a> that\u00a0have had considerable impact on his spiritual formation.\u00a0 I’ve read five of them – #1, #2, #4, #6, and #10.\u00a0 Need to read the others.\"2014<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Something We Can Do For Refugees <\/strong>– The plight of refugees around the world moves us to act…but how? What can I really do? Marilyn Gardner<\/a> has written several blogs<\/a> this month with practical helps for any of us who want to intervene, effectively. Both short-term crisis care and over the long haul of resettlement. Two of her blogs were especially helpful for me: Self-Sufficiency in 8 Months – How to Settle a Refugee<\/a>\u00a0and Trauma-Informed Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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These are some of my favorite finds this week. What do you have to share? Looking forward to learning from you and enjoying your faves.<\/p>\n

Seven Women: and the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas<\/a><\/p>\n

One Strategy to Rule Them All – How to Answer Skeptics from Romans 1 – Nancy Pearcey<\/a><\/p>\n

Finding Truth – Tim Challies’ Review of Nancy Pearcey’s Book<\/a><\/p>\n

Ten Books That Have Shaped My Life – Chuck Lawless<\/a><\/p>\n

Self-Sufficiency in 8 Months – How to Settle a Refugee – Marilyn Gardner<\/a><\/p>\n

Trauma-Informed Care – Marilyn Gardner<\/a><\/p>\n

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