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How Far Have You Traveled?

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on March 1, 2020

By John Calvi. True Quaker Press, 2019. 236 pages. $14.95/paperback.

Bob Dixon-Kolar is an associate professor of English at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He and his family are members of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

Posted in: March 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
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Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us (Revised and Expanded Edition)

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on February 1, 2017

By Adele Ahlberg Calhoun. InterVarsity Press, 2015. 352 pages. $22/paperback; $16.99/eBook. The back cover of Adele Ahlberg Calhoun’s book, Spiritual […]

Bob Dixon-Kolar teaches writing at a community college in Illinois and is a member of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

Posted in: February 2017, February 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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The Doctor of Flowers

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on August 1, 2019

By Rachel Blum. 3: A Taos Press, 2018. 99 pages. $24/paperback. n her splendid poetry collection The Doctor of Flowers, […]

Bob Dixon-Kolar is an assistant professor of English at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He and his family are members of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

Posted in: August 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, QuakerSpeak at Five
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An Encounter between Quaker Mysticism and Taoism in Everyday Life

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on February 1, 2019

By Cho‐Nyon Kim. James Backhouse Lectures, 2018. 38 pages. $14/pamphlet; $8/eBook. The slender, intriguing pamphlet An Encounter between Quaker Mysticism […]

Bob Dixon-Kolar is an assistant professor of English at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He and his family are members of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

Posted in: February 2019, February 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on September 1, 2018

By Karen Wright Marsh. IVP Books, 2017. 224 pages. $20/hardcover; $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed […]

Bob Dixon-Kolar is an assistant professor of English at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He and his family are members of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2018, September 2018 Books
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Metaphors of Meaning

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on August 1, 2016

By Linda Wilson. Pendle Hill Pamphlets #437, 2016. 32 pages. $7/pamphlet. The spiritual life is a journey. That metaphorical statement […]

Bob Dixon-Kolar, a community college English instructor, lives in northern Illinois and is a member of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

Posted in: August 2016 Books, August 2016: Quaker Spaces, Quaker Book Reviews
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