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Well, this should have been posted at the end of July, but I was lost in conference session planning and magazine article writing and…forgive me?!
We’re continuing on with our Summer Book Club for Moms featuring a great series by my friend Tricia Goyer! All of the details are right here and you can still join in! Just check-in on the appropriate post for each book and we’ll wrap it all up at the beginning of September with a giveaway for one person who has read and checked in for all three books!
Whenever you are done reading The Promise Box {before August 31st}, just leave a comment below with your thoughts on the book and answer one or both of these discussion questions if you’d like! I love honest discussion, but let’s remember to keep it positive and encouraging to one another!
Here are the questions you can consider when leaving your comment…
1. The Promise Box is set in a small Amish community in Northwestern Montana. What do you like best about the setting?
2. How are Lydia’s eyes opened once she starts reading notes and Scripture verses from Mem’s Promise Box?
Happy discussing and happy reading! See you back here for check-in #3 on or soon after August 31st!
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#1 – I grew up in the Mountain West, so I love visiting the West Kootenai community virtually since it reminds me of the many memories of spending time with my family in the mountains. I also love the the community is painted with the lines between English and Amish blurred. Folks are just neighbors and look out for one another regardless of religious affiliations, the way I think the world should be.
#2 – I loved seeing Lydia’s growth as she got back in touch with her Amish heritage through the messages in the Promise Box. I think she also found a new closeness to her mother as she got to reflect on her life through Mem’s eyes. This process helps to provide healing and closure to the rift that Lydia inadvertently created when she chose to leave the Amish community. I loved the moment of revelation when Dat tells Lydia that they moved to West Kootenai because it was the closest Amish community to Seattle. Even when she was trying to run from her heritage, her parents picked up their entire lives and moved just so they could be as close as possible to her. Plus, they had collected every book she edited just because she had a hand in its publication.
This book made me want to restart a tradition I had several years ago of recording a scripture and my application of it in my journal every week. I love going back and reading those entries and reliving the memories as well as feeling new power and applications in the scriptures.
I was wondering what had happened here! You’re forgiven ;0)
1. Small town, everyone knows and helps each other. Living in a “big city” that’s something I hugely miss about growing up in a smaller community!
2. Oh my goodness how she draws near to her Saviour and finds a personal relationship with him! It revealed to me even more the power of God’s word in our hearts.