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October 2023: The Blue Zones Challenge

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  Title:  The Blue Zones Challenge Author: Dan Buettner Publisher: National Geographic Genre:  Self Help/Non-Fiction Pages: 256 Rating: 4 /5 Stars Summary:  Memorable Quotes/Morals/Moments:    Links: Started/Finished:  Start 10/16  Finish 10/16

September 2023: Towards Rest

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  Title: Towards Rest Author: Alabaster Publisher: Alabaster Genre:  Religious/Non-Fiction Pages: 158 Rating: 4 /5 Stars Summary: " How do we experience rest? This book explores this question and its qualities for our lives, rhythms, and conventions today. God rests. From the very beginning, rest is marked with sacred significance among all of creation. God calls individuals and communities alike into lives, rhythms, and conventions of rest. More than a mere afternoon nap, rest is a holy orientation and divine chronology that completes life as we know it. Just as God rests, we rest with God. This book is meant to move us towards rest, into recovering its wisdom and consequence in our lives. As we contemplate and practice these many qualities of rest, may our personal lives be rejuvenated, our families strengthened, and our communities reoriented towards justice and peace. And may we rest with God. Amen." Memorable Quotes/Morals/Moments:    We may romanticize ideas of...