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Elemental Sacred Reading: Books Loved By L’Tanya Durante

People | August 1st, 2008 No comments

L'Tanya DuranteL’Tanya Durante is a mom, wife, and the editor of Black Purl Magazine. She lives in North Carolina and loves all things ethnic and crafty. When she’s not knitting, crocheting, beading, or stitching, she’s reading about knitting, crocheting, beading or stitching.

Her Style Statement is Elemental Sacred. She will now go down in history as being the first person to have their freely-suggested “Daily Q&A” published on www.carrieanddanielle.com!

You can connect with her at: Craftnicity: Embracing Our African Heritage Through Crafts (We really dig her post on Craft Cooperatives: 5 Ways to Shop with Purpose.) And…
Soul Food: a blog about “remembering and doing what feeds my soul.”

7 Sacred Books

1.One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer, Ph.D.
Rooted in the Tao Te Ching, Kaizen presents the art of making lasting change through small, steady increments.

2. Sanctuary: Creating a Blessed Place to Live and Love by Pamela J. Bailey
Using biblical scripture as her foundation, Bailey reveals principles for creating more spiritual home environments.

3. House of Belief: Creating Your Personal Style by Kelee Katillac
As long as one’s spiritual musings aren’t limited to consumption and buying new chaise lounges, “House of Belief” offers inspiration for creating a beautiful and sacred space within the home.

4. Fifth Born: A Novel by Zelda Lockhart
Set in Mississippi in the 1970s. As the fifth child of eight, Odessa sees herself as the “invisible middle” of her family…

5. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
It is always night in the city of Ember. But there is no moon, no stars…

6. The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
When teenagers Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow lead their people up out of the Earth, fleeing their dying underground city of Ember, everything is new and a little frightening…

7. The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau
Eleven-year-old Nickie meets the prophet and her acolytes and learns that good intentions do not always produce good results in a society that lives in fear of an impending war and is looking for guidance and spiritual security…

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