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Pippi's Extraordinary Ordinary Day 3 reviews
Astrid Lindgren
Puffin, 2001
A children's classic
I bought this book for my niece aged 8 who is also a bookworm in her own domain. She enjoyed it thoroughly and goes back for a chapter or 2 from time to time "just to live in that world for a while" in her own words.
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The Life of Your Dreams in 30 Days or Less!: The Ordinary Person's Guide to Extraordinary Abundance 15 reviews
Cindy Day
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
The best
Ive been reading so many self help/LOA book lately. Think and Grow Rich, The Science of getting Rich, The master key system, the power of the subconscious, all great books. But this book is sums up everything and anything you would ever need to improve your life. This book is also enjoyable to read, I honestly laughed about 5 times and thats honestly the first time I laughed while reading a LOA ...
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In Conversation with God: Meditations for Each Day of the Year, Vol. 5: Ordinary Time, Weeks 24-34 1 review
Francis Fernandez
Scepter Publishers, 1988
A Must Have on your Nighstand/Nighttable
I phoned into one of Johnette Benkovic's( Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life) radio shows to tell her the story of my conversion and coming home, back, as a revert to the Church. I also related that I was having difficulty finding a spiritual director to work with and one of her responses/ recommendations was to recommend this series of meditation books.
The books follow the themes ...
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Once Upon an Ordinary School Day3 reviews
Colin McNaughton
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2005
Music lover's delight
This is a great story about the power of music. A new teacher comes to school and introduces the "ordinary" children to music. Some of them love it, some of them don't but the main character falls in love with it. He imagines wonderful, colorfully drawn scenes inspired by what he hears. The music changes this ordinary boy's black and white world to color, a transition that is not lost on the ...
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My 30 Days Under the Overpass: Not Your Ordinary Devotional4 reviews
Mike Yankoski
Multnomah Books, 2006
life changing
A mere 30 day journey with this book as a navigational guide and one will find not only conviction but encouragement for one's own "mission field" in life. Through the many personal trials, challenges, and victories of the author will shed new light on just what may define the term "missions or missionaries". This devotional is, just as it says, not your ordinary devotional. It offers ...
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In Conversation with God: Meditations for Each Day of the Year, Vol. 4: Ordinary Time, Weeks 13-235 reviews
Francis Fernandez
Scepter Pubs, 1991
WOW!!!
This is an amazing Catholic meditation and daily reflection series. The seven volumes have daily readings for each day of the church year as well as volume 6 & 7 being special Feast Days. The readings draw heavily upon the writings of Josemaria Escriva the founder of Opus Dei, Pope John Paul II, and the daily readings from the common liturgy for that day. The Sundays have three sets of readings ...
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Ordinary Days5 reviews
Dorcas Smucker
Good Books, 1969
Ordinary Days
This book reminds you of Little House on the Praire in modern day. It is so homey, so pleasant. The author captures the readers attention immediately and moves you along through her stories with enthusiasm. Well written.
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What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Oprah's Book Club) 430 reviews
Pearl Cleage
Harper Paperbacks, 1998
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I am currently working my way thru this book right now. So far, I am really enjoying it. It is a down to earth, REAL telling of what this woman is going thru. So far, so good. I would def. recommend to a friend.
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The Magic of Ordinary Days41 reviews
Ann Howard Creel
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
Just Perfect.
I picked this book up on a whim at a bookstore, simply because the cover description hit a chord with me. I am SO happy that I took a chance on this book that was unknown to me, because it is one of the best books I have ever read, and has earned a permanent place on my bookshelf!
The prose is perfectly orchestrated to make you really feel as though you are in the prairie of Colorado in 1944, as ...
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Creating Family Traditions: Making Memories in Festive Seasons (Let's Make a Memory Series)3 reviews
Gloria Gaither, Shirley Dobson
Multnomah Books, 2004
Give your children beautiful memories that will last forever!
Love, love, LOVE this little book! Divided up into seasons (beginning with Spring), this little book is chock-full of wonderful ideas for creating new family traditions in your home that your kids will cherish for a lifetime and will draw your whole family closer together and closer to God. This book is well-written and full of great illustrations! It is deeply spiritual - Scripture verses are ...
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An Ordinary Day with Jesus (Participant's Guide)2 reviews
John Ortberg, Ruth Haley Barton
Zondervan, 2001
Ordinary Day was GREAT
This book and study guide gives practical ways to stay in touch with Jesus all throughout your day and week. Giving practical ways to invite Him into your thinking and working each day. The main thing I learned (or was reminded of) was that Worship and walk with Jesus is a conscience effort. You need to allow Jesus to walk with you through EVERYTHING you do. We did this study as a small group ...
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In Conversation with God: Meditations for Each Day of the Year, Vol. 3: Ordinary Time, Weeks 1-125 reviews
Francis Fernandez
Scepter Pubs, 1989
Amazing
This is an amazing Catholic meditation and daily reflection series. The seven volumes have daily readings for each day of the church year as well as volume 6 & 7 being special Feast Days. The readings draw heavily upon the writings of Josemaria Escriva the founder of Opus Dei, Pope John Paul II, and the daily readings from the common liturgy for that day. The Sundays have three sets of readings ...
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The Graces We Remember: Sacred Days of Ordinary Time1 review
Phyllis Tickle
Loyola Press, 2004
Wonderful book
A series of essays about Ordinary Time that are extraordinary. Mrs. Tickle uses her stories to help us understand the liturgical calendar.
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Pagan Every Day: Finding the Extraordinary in Our Ordinary Lives8 reviews
Barbara Ardinger
Weiser Books, 2006
Outstanding
Barbara's book is a refreshing combination of excellent historical research and good, old-fashioned practical advice about how to appreciate the extraordinary in the mundane. Her sense of humor and light-hearted, but not fluffy, approach to Pagan topics is inspirational without being condescending or disrespectful. She has perfected the art of taking her subject seriously without taking herself ...
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Growing Strong with God: You and God, You and Others, You and Your Kids (Mom's Ordinary Day Bible Study ...1 review
Zondervan, 2003
Great Study for Moms
I have been looking for a study to do specifically for Moms. This is great. It has helped me stay focus on my relationship with God and on being a mom. It has made me set time aside. She also have you study a portion of scripture each time so you are not just reading her book but a lot of the Bible too. I like this study and looking forward to the rest of the books that are a part of it.
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The Secret House: 6The Extraordinary Science of an Ordinary Day6 reviews
David Bodanis
Berkley Trade, 2003
A bit broader focus than the title suggests
There are over 2 million distinct creatures on your cheek, chin and nose, and more on your forehead. You can't ever scrub them all off. They're pretty harmless anyway. Unless you're in an exotic location, sand particles from the Sahara desert are present in your room right now. In every cubic foot of air in your house, there are 3,00,000 odd items floating about, like micro insect limbs, sea ...
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Just Another Ordinary Day3 reviews
Rod Clement
Scholastic, 1995
Woderful contrast of left- and right-brain perception!
Read this book to your children without letting them see the pictures. Then read it to them again, and this time let them see! The very ordinary 'left-brain' logical text is accompanied by wild and wonderful imaginative 'right-brain' illustrations. Great fun!
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Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories Of Shirley Jackson9 reviews
Shirley Jackson
Bantam, 1997
The Real Shirley Jackson
There has been tons of controversy over this book about whether or not is should have been published. My personal opinion is that is should not have been published because these stories were private stories and were not published for a reason. However, now it has been published and there is nothing anyone can do about it but enjoy it as a learning experience. The reason I gave the book five ...
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Making Ordinary Days Extraordinary: Great Ideas for Building Family Fun and Togetherness (Let's Make a Memory ...1 review
Gloria Gaither, Shirley Dobson
Multnomah Books, 2004
Great Ideas
This book has great ideas for the family! I also have the Creating Family Traditions book and it's just as informative.
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Mothering Without Guilt: You and God, You and Others, You and Your Kids (Mom's Ordinary Day Bible Study ...1 review
Sharon Hersh
Zondervan, 2003
Great for new and experienced Moms alike!
We are using this Bible study with the mothers from our Kids Day Out program at church. We have brand new moms as well as moms with teenagers attending. Everyone is learning how our value and worth is not found in how nutritious our kids' snacks are or how well behaved they are in public, but instead, our worth and value comes from God. What a great study to reaffirm your relationship with ...
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