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I have very specific, if subjective, meanings for book ratings.
⭐: I did not finish this, or wouldn't start it. ⭐⭐: I finished this, but I sort of regret it. ⭐⭐⭐: I don't regret finishing this, but I'll probably never read it again. ⭐⭐⭐⭐: It's likely I will reread this. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: I want to own this to read whenever the mood strikes, because I'll definitely reread it.
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Carson Chittom finished reading The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, #10)
The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, #10)
A beautiful actress, a rising star of the giant German film company UFA, now controlled by the Propaganda Ministry. The …
The ethos Steinhardt recommends to Christians is that of an aristocrat minus the stiff upper …
No one makes himself a Christian even if he receives Baptism, as I did, late in life. I don't think it's any different even in earth-shattering conversions. The call is always anterior, no matter how deeply, subtly, and skillfully concealed. Pascal: [Console-toi,] tu ne me chercherais pas [si tu ne m'avais pas trouvé]. The logic is always misinterpreted: you seek what you've found, you find what was prepared for you, what has already been given to you.
— The Journal of Joy by Nicolae Steinhardt (Page 21 - 22)
Carson Chittom started reading The Journal of Joy by Nicolae Steinhardt
The Journal of Joy by Nicolae Steinhardt
The ethos Steinhardt recommends to Christians is that of an aristocrat minus the stiff upper lip and aloofness, a style …
This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion …
The Church is the sacrament of the Kingdom—not because she possess divinely instituted acts called "sacraments," but because first of all she is the possibility given to man to see in and through this world the "world to come," to see and to "live" it in Christ. It is only when in the darkness of this world we discern that Christ has already "filled all things with Himself" that these things, whatever they may be, are revealed and given to us full of meaning and beauty. A Christian is the one who, wherever he looks, finds Christ and rejoices in Him. And this joy transforms all his human plans and programs, decisions and actions, making all his mission the sacrament of the world's return to Him who is the life of the world.
— For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann (Page 113)
Carson Chittom rated For the Life of the World: 5 stars
For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann
This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion of the Christian "worldview." It …
Carson Chittom finished reading For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann
For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann
This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion of the Christian "worldview." It …
Carson Chittom rated Kidnapped: 3 stars
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Written in 1886, Kidnapped is an adventure novel set in Scotland in the mid-1700s, not long after the Jacobite rebellion …
Carson Chittom rated Faith and Humor: 3 stars
Carson Chittom rated Lost Histories: 4 stars
Carson Chittom finished reading Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Written in 1886, Kidnapped is an adventure novel set in Scotland in the mid-1700s, not long after the Jacobite rebellion …
Carson Chittom finished reading A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, #9)
A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, #9)
Carson Chittom finished reading Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, #8)
Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, #8)
September 1941: Reinhard Heydrich is hosting a gathering to celebrate his appointment as Reichsprotector of Czechoslovakia. He has chosen his …
Carson Chittom finished reading Field Gray by Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther, #7)
