Books Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/books/ Discovering Delight & Dwelling in Our Days Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:48:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/adelightfulglow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-1-of-1-4.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Books Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/books/ 32 32 26348127 Celebrating Journaling as a Spiritual Practice https://adelightfulglow.com/celebrating-journaling-as-a-spiritual-practice/ https://adelightfulglow.com/celebrating-journaling-as-a-spiritual-practice/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:43:55 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49963 I’m so very, very happy to welcome to the page today, my dear friend, Allison Byxbe. She’s often found with pen to page and all-things-journaling are in her wheelhouse. I couldn’t be more delighted to share her new book, Journaling as a Spiritual Practice, with you. This book lands on shelves and online today! It’s [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/celebrating-journaling-as-a-spiritual-practice/feed/ 0 49963 Wherein We Find My Favorite Books Read in 2025 https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/ https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:48:35 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49909 One of my delights in December is reading booklists compiled by readers of their favorite books from this year of reading. I’ve read Emily P. Freeman’s and Lore Wilbert’s and Anne Bogel’s and other lists from bookstore newsletters, Insta accounts, and Substack. It’s fun to see the same titles popping up on numerous lists. Particularly [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/feed/ 1 49909 If You Start A Book Club…. https://adelightfulglow.com/if-you-start-a-book-club/ https://adelightfulglow.com/if-you-start-a-book-club/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:56:27 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49839 If you start a book club and if you meet once a month, every month for almost three years, and if you have a book society retreat in the nearby city for a long weekend in January of 2023 and again in March of 2024, then you might find your book clerisy in February of [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/if-you-start-a-book-club/feed/ 2 49839 Books I Read in 2024 and Found To Be Delightful https://adelightfulglow.com/books-i-read-in-2024-and-found-to-be-delightful/ https://adelightfulglow.com/books-i-read-in-2024-and-found-to-be-delightful/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:41:11 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49805 January dances away on the calendar as I sit and type this. We’ve had snow and ice and snow again and cold temperatures to go with it all. I haven’t minded. Granted, I’ve been able to stay inside my warm and cozy house during most of it, thus not so much to mind. It has [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/books-i-read-in-2024-and-found-to-be-delightful/feed/ 2 49805 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Amazon Giftcard Giveaway https://adelightfulglow.com/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-and-amazon-giftcard-giveaway/ https://adelightfulglow.com/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-and-amazon-giftcard-giveaway/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:02:37 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49760 I laughed.I cried.It exceeded my expectations. Years ago, my aunt introduced us to the horrible Herdmans and the Best Christmas Pageant Ever. She lent us the book and the next year we watched the 1983 film adaptation. When the email landed in my inbox a month or so ago with an invitation to preview this [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-and-amazon-giftcard-giveaway/feed/ 4 49760 Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart and a Starbucks Giveaway https://adelightfulglow.com/clear-mind-peaceful-heart-and-a-starbucks-giveaway/ https://adelightfulglow.com/clear-mind-peaceful-heart-and-a-starbucks-giveaway/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:19:40 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49667 As July wanes into August and heat swirls and summer radiates a sunbaked haze, we nudge the a/c down a notch, fill up Stanley cups with ice and water, and send the sprinklers through another rotation. Early morning welcomes coffee on the porch, a chapter or two, and a bit of quiet contemplation before the [...]

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