Favorite Quotes for the New Year “There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?” – Rumi “Let sorrowful longing dwell in your heart. Never give up, never lose hope. God says, ‘The broken ones are my …
Acts of Forgiveness Book Review Today is Holy Saturday, the day when, as my professor, Sister Janet, put it: Jesus is really, really dead. It is not the whimsical procession of Palm Sunday. It is not the wailing evening of Good Friday. Neither, of course, is it the bell-ringing morning of Easter. Holy Saturday is …
I received a copy of A Life Less Throwaway to review Finding Your Style, Pursuing Things That Last My not-so-secret secret is that I really didn’t like Marie Kondo’s The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. For one, Kondo begins the book with a personal anecdote about her strained, isolated home life, an environment that …
Just a heads up if you’re usually here for ethical fashion content, today I’m sharing a book review for progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans’ newest book, Inspired. As I continue to work through the discernment process to become a priest in the Episcopal Church, I am consciously trying to bring faith topics into my …
Contains affiliate links Spiritual Memoirs for Doubt and Deconstruction Like many of you (I’m guessing), I grew up in church. Got saved at six and baptized at ten or eleven. Attended a million Bible studies, a smattering of youth conventions, and up to three church services a week. When I started college, I learned that …
Sustainable and Ethical Living Books This post was written by Kasi Martin and originally appeared on her blog, The Peahen. We can’t buy our way to an ethical or sustainable world. Regardless of what you read in ads, the news, or even on eco fashion sites like this one, consumption is not an effective vehicle …
A Harvest of Thorns Book Review You may recall that I had the pleasure of interviewing/chatting with local author, Corban Addison, about his book on the fashion supply chain a few months ago. He gave me a copy of that book, A Harvest of Thorns, to read and I finally finished it! I had a …
Thrive: An environmentally conscious lifestyle guide to better health and true wealth I know Kamea through the Ethical Writers Coalition and I was so excited for her when she let us know she was working on publishing a book! Kamea sent me a copy of her new book, Thrive, a couple days before the official …