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Bezig met laden... Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World (editie 2012)door Bob Goff
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. NF Based on his collection of short personal essays, Bob Goff is an interesting person with a penchant for mischief and whimsy. I think I'd like to meet him. While not a brilliant read, the 31 stories the writer uses to illustrate what he's learned about God did make me smile and occasionally I found myself underlining a phrase or two. Closer to a 2.5 stars because I realize not everyone can be Anne Lamott. Writing about faith is a tricky thing; it's difficult to avoid the pitfalls of sounding glib on one hand and over-earnest on the other. A book about putting action in place of words, Love Does seeks to change our minds about how we live within the world around us. Written in an almost autobiographical nature, Bob Goff shares many stories from his life, showing how living with whimsy and an insatiable desire to love others can bring change in one's life and strengthen one's relationship with God. However, the book falls flat on delivering on its title. The person of Bob the author describes in his stories comes off as reckless, naive, and at times a brute. Aside from the literally incredible, nearly absurd stories, the theology presented in Love Does is flimsy and amateurish. The first half is a more palatable version of the prosperity gospel, implying heavily that following God will improve your life in the same way Mr. Goff's has been. The second half is a treatise on why being a "religious person" makes you a "fakey" Christian, why sin isn't as bad as we might think, and several chapters devoted to propping up the anti-intellectual mentality that anything more than "simple" faith is inherently useless and suspect. In all, Love Does offers more theological sound statements in its title than anywhere in its pages. See a full critique here: http://kami.falseblue.com/2014/07/01/love-does/ geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Self-Improvement.
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HTML: The runaway New York Times bestseller! Can a simple concept shift your entire world? Bob certainty thinks so. When it comes to loving your neighbors, rather than focusing on having the "right answers" or checking the "right boxes," what if you decide to simply DO love? To shamelessly show love and grace to those around you? What would that look like? It might look like spending sixteen days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. It might look like taking your kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. It might look like taking a road trip with a stressed-out college studentâ??even though you just got married a few days before. In Love Does, Bob shows you how to live a fully engaged life; how to stop putting things off until "next time" and instead find your place of imagination, whimsy, and wonder today; and that God usually chooses ordinary people to get things doneWhen love does, life gets interesting. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude in this collection of stories just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too. If you love Love Does, don't forget to check out Everybody, Always and Dream Big for more of Bob's delightful and inspiring stories! Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)248.4Religions Christian Devotional Literature and Practical Theology Christian Life; experience and practice Christian LivingLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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