by Emily P Freeman | Jul 26, 2012 | Book Club, Grace for the Good Girl
A few months ago, a friend told me about another friend of hers who she thought might like my book. “She’s a good girl like you,” she said. “Well I’m a recovering good girl now,” I said, wanting to distance myself from that title as...
by Emily P Freeman | Jul 19, 2012 | Book Club, Grace for the Good Girl
It’s hard to read your own book, kind of like hearing your own voice on voicemail – you can’t pay attention to the message because do I really sound like that?! Last night, though, I just sat and read like someone else wrote it. I cried twice. And...
by Emily P Freeman | Jul 12, 2012 | Book Club, Grace for the Good Girl
I memorized the first half of Mary’s Magnificat on accident when I was in college. I was in the midst of my short-lived song-writing phase and read the portion in Luke 1 where Mary meets with her cousin Elizabeth. It’s written in verse, and is sometimes...
by Emily P Freeman | Jul 7, 2012 | Book Club, Grace for the Good Girl
If you are in the US, I hope you enjoyed your fourth! Thanks for hanging in there through five weeks of reading – only three weeks left. This week we read two of my favorite chapters. Am I allowed to say that? Learning to let go of the try-hard life feels, in...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 28, 2012 | Book Club, Grace for the Good Girl
We are half-way through our discussion of Grace for the Good Girl. This week we’ve only got one chapter. There is just so much to think about at this half-way point, I thought it would be a good chance to take a breath. I long for the beauty of Eden while...
by Emily P Freeman | Jun 21, 2012 | Book Club, grace, Grace for the Good Girl
We are in our third week of discussion of Grace for the Good Girl. And friends? I have the heart but not enough hands to do all I so desperately want — to make the dinner and write the thorough posts and love the girl slipping under my arm. You too? Good....
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