{"id":141,"date":"2010-01-04T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/01\/thanks-to-andy-crouch.html"},"modified":"2010-01-04T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T12:43:00","slug":"thanks-to-andy-crouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/01\/thanks-to-andy-crouch.html","title":{"rendered":"Thanks to Andy Crouch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My celebrations started early when I read that Andy Crouch (author of <i>Culture Makers<\/i>, a book I highly recommend), had reviewed my book, <i>Penelope Ayers<\/i>, as one of his favorites of the year. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culture-making.com\/post\/our_year_in_culture_books_movies_and_music_of_2009_part_3\">here<\/a> to read the review (scroll down once you get to the page), and I encourage you to poke around his website and order his book too. It&#8217;s a mutual admiration society, apparently, because if I had taken the time to write my list of favorites of 2009, his book would have been near the top!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We&#8217;re back from two weeks away which included Connecticut, Christmas, New Orleans, Penny&#8217;s 4th Birthday and her 4th Birthday dance party. All that is to say, there is plenty to write about, but first the bags must be unpacked, laundry folded, bills paid&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So stay tuned for more soon.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! My celebrations started early when I read that Andy Crouch (author of Culture Makers, a book I highly recommend), had reviewed my book, Penelope Ayers, as one of his favorites of the year. 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