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I am so glad I listened to this.

Reviewed: 04-27-20

What a remarkable, relatable woman. This book have me an insider look at being a presidential family and what it is like to be in politics and constantly in the public eye. It was wonderful through and through.

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very good

Reviewed: 12-27-19

I enjoyed this book and love how it gives readers a fictional glimpse into the lives of slaves and their owners in the Civil War south.

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Loved it!

Reviewed: 08-23-19

Amazing book on so many levels--I've already recommended it to a few people. It's that good.

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Thought-Provoking and Informative

Reviewed: 06-21-19

I appreciated this book very much. it taught me a lot of history and why we are where we are as a society today. Another excellent book by one of the Schaeffers. It fully answers the question the title poses. Enjoy!

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Unbiased and Helpful

Reviewed: 01-30-19

I loved this book. I'm excited to begin drinking raw milk with my family and am thankful I live in a state that allows farmers to sell it directly from their farms. I look forward to a day when there will be more raw milk dairies!!

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Thankful, but cautious

Reviewed: 01-27-19

I appreciated Rachel's encouragement, vulnerability, and courage throughout this book and have a respect for her efforts and desire to help others. I am about the same age as her, am a Christian, and have four children myself so I resonated with some of her experiences and humor. I also appreciated how she identifies certain debilitating lies that pull women back from pursuing who God created them to be. As a fellow Christian, however, some of the foundational truths of our faith seemed to be tweeked into a western, individualized, materialistic ideal, which is vastly different from what scripture teaches. While I completely agree that God has given each of us particular giftings and desires to enjoy and use for His glory and for loving others, I felt it had too much emphasis on benefiting #1 (me) and missed the opportunity to discuss the calling of all believers to die themselves (not to who God created them to be, but) to ask and see what God has to say about how he created us and what we are created to do (how to love and serve our neighbors) instead of pursuing the pull of certain successes and materialism that won't ultimately satisfy. I realize that one book doesn't define a person's life, so I am praying that if she keeps writing in future, that she will better represent the sometimes-I'll-admit Paradox of the call of believers to lay down their own interests for following Jesus and the interests of others... that this usually isn't what humanity would see as a glamorous calling, but one Christians see as what we were created to do and a calling that brings the ultimate light and life to us and everyone else. Also, though I appreciate her cheerleader-style, I also think that acknowledging, accepting, and even taking joy (yes, joy... in our weakness, He (God) is strong through us) in our limitations is healthy and important. As someone who suffers from a sometimes-debilitating autoimmune disease, I have to set realistic goals and rest times for myself. Her efforts and pace of life is dizzying and though she acts like women can do anything, it snacks as a false message for many... she has been through a lot, but doesn't acknowledge her many privileges that have allowed her a huge leg up to get to where she is in life or the fact that she has a body that allows her to keep up am intense pace. She should be proud of what she has accomplished, but if that pride is not in what God is doing through her and she keeps giving herself all the credit, I'm very concerned for her heart and the message she is giving other women.

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Encouraging and helpful!

Reviewed: 01-26-19

This book is so needed among evangelicals and I greatly appreciate Aaron's work in bringing God's gift of liturgical history to bear on our lives and churches.

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Beautiful

Reviewed: 01-20-19

I loved this book. As a Christian, I found it was helpful in reflecting on the root of our lives--created by God, in the image of God for good works that each of us are created to uniquely do... if we just submit to listening internally for who God made us be...and in my words, whose we are meant to be--God's; something Jesus revealed in becoming human, like us.

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Excellent

Reviewed: 01-17-19

I found this book extremely helpful in understanding myself as a child and now as an adult. It was also very valuable in understanding and helping my own HSCs!

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