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Top 10 Blog Posts in 2025. #2 - Literary Titan Reviews A Theology for the Rest of Us

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    According to Literary Titan -- "Readers will love this book because it answers a lot of questions that bothers believers." " A Theology for the Rest of Us  is not just a religious book. You will get history lessons from the book and also learn more about humanity. Every reader is guaranteed lifelong lessons once they are done reading the book." Read the complete review  HERE . To see more posts about Arthur Yavelberg and this book, click  HERE .

Publisher's Pride: Books on Bestseller Lists - Since Sinai (Gonyou)

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  Today's Publisher's Pride is  Since Sinai  by Shannon Gonyou, which reached #85 in biographies of Judaism.  Since Sinai  has appeared in Amazon best-selling categories nearly every week since its release. Book Description: Raised in a heavily Catholic suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Shannon grew up focusing on two things: how to do enough good deeds to get into heaven and how to stay pure enough to escape hell. In college, she followed many of her peers into an Evangelical church known for guitars, drum, religious-based shame, and the idea that without Jesus she was nothing. But when she encountered Judaism on that same campus, a spark ignited within her and refused to be put out. Judaism felt obvious, familiar. After a falling out with her biological mother and two miscarriages, she found the courage to send the most important email of her life: she asked the local Jews by Choice program to accept her as a student. Honest and unflinching, Shannon's story of comi...

Precerpt from Raising God's Rainbow Makers: Lizzies vs the Red Cross

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  Doah’s tracheotomy changed everything. With that tiny tube in place, he could finally breathe more easily and more continuously. Our world narrowed to one primary concern: keeping the airway clear. Plugs were our nemesis, but I learned to manage them, and for a while, that was enough. Then came the day he decannulated himself—far too early, far too suddenly, and entirely by accident. I’ve written about that moment before: the shock, the scramble, the impossible calm that mothers somehow summon when the stakes are highest. Because he was able to breathe on his own, the doctor made the call not to re‑trach him. Instead, he looked at me with a seriousness that settled deep into my bones and said, “Keep your CPR skills sharp. You’re going to need them until he grows and the subglottic stenosis takes up less of his airway.” He was right. I used those skills more often than any mother should ever have to. The hardest part wasn’t the CPR itself. It was the fact that when Donnie was at w...

Becoming the Source of Your Life: How to Dismantle Limiting Self‑Concepts

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  Most of us move through the world carrying an invisible script we never wrote. It’s stitched together from childhood roles, cultural expectations, old feedback loops, and the stories other people told about us long before we had the language to disagree. These scripts shape what we believe we’re capable of, what we think we deserve, and how much space we allow ourselves to take up. And then one day—sometimes quietly, sometimes in crisis—we realize the script is running our life more than our actual choices are. Taking control of your life begins with recognizing this: You are not the story you inherited. You are the one who gets to revise it. 1. Notice the “I am” statements that run your life Limiting self‑concepts rarely announce themselves. They hide inside everyday phrases: “I’m just not good at that.” “I always mess things up.” “I’m the responsible one.” “I’m too old to start.” “I’m the one who keeps the peace.” These aren’t personality traits. They’re conclusion...