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Making Space: Book Giveaway (Part 2)

Part Two of my cleaning out process.  Listed below are several more books that I have either read or probably won’t get a chance to read.  Same as before:  read over the list, select one or two titles that interest you, then leave a comment with your request.  I will email you for your mailing address and send it to you by media mail.  Read through the comments before requesting a title to make sure it wasn’t claimed already.  I will try and go in and cross off the ones requested as they go.  Those who already claimed books in Part One are welcome to do so again.  If you aren’t sure about a title, go to Amazon.com to read the description:

Plain and Simple by Sue Bender

Medicine as Ministry by Margaret Mohrmann

God in the Balance by Carter Heyward

Memories of God by Roberta Bondi

Storming Heaven’s Gate edited by Sumrall and Vecchione

Questions of Heaven by Gretel Ehrlich

What Makes Us Catholic by Thomas Groome

Sophie’s World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gardner

A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson

Voices of Silence: Lives of the Trappists Today by Frank Bianco

The Abbey Up the Hill by Carol Bonomo

The View From the Monastery by Brother Tvedten

Legacy of Luna by Julia Butterfly Hill

Words on Fire by Vanessa Ochs

The Close: A Young Woman’s First Year at Seminary by Chloe Breyer

Springs of Water in a Dry Land by Mary Jo Weaver

The Word According to Eve by Cullen Murphy

Catholic Imagination by Andrew Greeley

Springs of Spirituality by Mary Anne Huddleston 

The Gospels in Our Image: Anthology of 20th Century Poetry edited by David Curzon

Blessings, Christine Valters Paintner

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10 Responses

  1. Thanks for the wonderful response so far! I am delighted to free my books into the world. I mailed some off yesterday and will get to the post office again tomorrow morning. Keep the requests coming as long as there are still titles available.

  2. I spy a couple of book left today so I would like to request A Year by the Sea, and God in the Balance.

    Thanks again and as someone before said, I’ll have some new titles to look up in the library.

  3. i would love Legacy of Luna and The Close: A Young Woman’s First Year at Seminary, Christine.
    with gratitude & blessings, meghan

  4. A great list of books. I’ve added several to my “to read” list and will be getting them from the public library. But I’d love to have

    Words on Fire and
    Medicine as Ministry to add to my collection.

    Thank you for setting your books free for others to discover.

  5. Hey Christine. More book fun:

    Springs of Spirituality by Mary Anne Huddleston
    The Gospels in Our Image: Anthology of 20th Century Poetry edited by David Curzon
    Memories of God by Roberta Bondi

    Peace,
    Adam

  6. Christine, could I please have “Voices of Silence: Lives of the Trappists Today” by Frank Bianco, and “The View from the Monastery” by Benet Tvedten?
    Thanks so much,

  7. Wow, more sweet books, this is so nice of you! : )

    I would love The Abbey Up the Hill by Carol Bonomo and Plain and Simple by Sue Bender. I hope your advent is going well Christine, and that your time with you new sweet furry friend has been healing : ) My blog has been slow because I’ve been in the middle of moving…

  8. What fun it is to look thru your list of books! Its wonderful to become familiar with these authors. I would love to make a new home for: Storming Heaven’s Gate edited by Sumrall and Vecchione. A funny thing….I finally gave up google searching your book title: Blessings :) !!!

    Blessings also to you,
    Bette