pickI wasn‘t sure what to expect - I had never heard of Aimee Semple McPherson - but I‘m walking away stunned that 1) I had never heard of her, and 2) her life was bananas and I had never heard of her. This book is a biography, and at moments it‘s painfully written like a book report, but Sister Aimee‘s story is so fantastical that the writing doesn‘t need to be sensational.
pickIf you‘re intrigued by books about getting out of cults, you‘ll probably like this one. Thankfully Amber‘s experience wasn‘t as traumatic as some (at least according to what‘s in the book), but it was still interesting to see how she learned to think for herself and not just believe what she was told by those in “authority”. #hauntedshelf #BlackCatCrew @BookwormAHN
pickI have some questions. Very thought provoking theory. I look forward to discussing this with my philosophy group.
Just cuz I wanted to post something cool on Friday! 1951 edition , everyone loves a map or a foldout!
"Books contain dead teaching."
"Worship requires that there be something which is bigger, higher, or beyond ourselves."
"The whole world is you."
"This whole practice requires faith."
"What you do with your mind also creates karma."
"It's real chanting that makes no sound and in really listening to it, there is no hearing."
"What you do and what happens to you are the same thing."
"He handles that cabbage leaf as if it were his child."
so-soIt wasn't a large investment. 73 pages + liturgy + appendix. And it yielded some wisdom. I was just expecting something as groundbreaking as Br. Lawrence's "Practice of the Presence of God". Although this has chapters on Life, Cooking, and Eating, it's masked by Buddhist terminology. It is a Buddhist book and I am not. The 73 pages of teaching didn't prepare me for the 17 pages of liturgy. The Short Meal Gatha will be spoken. I just expected more.
