Weekly Giveaway (11/16)
"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." - St. Augustine
Since I've built up a large collection of extra books and resources, every week I give some away absolutely free, no strings attached.
Each giveaway lasts seven days with a new one beginning every Friday. You can enter any time during the week. Check out past giveaways here.
This week's giveaway is a brand new *signed* copy of Bert Ghezzi's masterpiece, Voices of the Saints: A 365-Day Journey with Our Spiritual Companions (Loyola Press, 808 pages, paperback). Whenever someone asks me for a good saint book, this is the first one I recommend.
The book's defining and most delightful feature is that, as the title suggests, it's a collection of the saints own voices. Almost every entry includes writings and quotes directly from the saints themselves. Instead of reading third-hand accounts or spiritual biographies, you encounter them directly which makes them much easier to befriend and emulate than just study.
Each of the 365 entries follows a typical structure. They begin with a half-page overview of the saint's life, then an excerpt from the saint’s writings—usually a letter, sermon, poem, or song—and then a short reflection from Bert. It's the perfect book for morning devotionals, especially when used to encounter each day's official saint.
I'm using Rafflecopter to help with the giveaway, which is cool because it allows you to gain multiple entries by commenting, posting on Facebook, sharing on Twitter, etc. Click below to enter:
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The winner will be randomly selected next Friday and the giveaway item will be sent out, free-of-charge, shortly thereafter.
In the future I'll be giving away more books and resources, sometimes multiple items per giveaway! So subscribe via feed reader or email to ensure you never miss your chance to win.
(Since I'm covering the shipping costs, only residents within the continental United States are eligible to win.)
