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February 2024 MBR The Religion/Spirituality Shelf
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What Makes You Bloom
Kelvin Miguel Garcia, author
Broadleaf Books
www.broadleafbooks.com
9781506493589, $25.99, HC, 218pp
https://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-You-Bloom-Cultivating/dp/1506493580
Synopsis: So many of us are leaving conservative faith traditions behind, rightly saying goodbye to toxic theology, religious bigotry, and the harm that derives from mind-sets. But in the process, we often lose our rhythm of gathering, prayer, and worship. We may even lose our sense of connection to God. And we think it's our fault. But spiritual coach, speaker, and podcaster Kevin Miguel Garcia is here with a reminder: "We don't need saving because we were never in danger. We don't need to get found because we've never been lost. Everything we need to connect with the Divine is already inside us."
"What Makes You Bloom: Cultivating a Practice for Connecting with Your Divine Self" is a guide to creating your new spiritual practice after your life or faith has fallen apart. When going to church, praying, and reading your Bible just doesn't cut it or outright disturbs you, "What Makes You Bloom" will show you how to cultivate new, meaningful spiritual practices (like stillness, presence, breath, and movement) that will help you overcome the pain of your past and root yourself in the present.
Through stories, insights, and guided meditations, Garcia explains how the goal of every spiritual practice should be about the attainment of peace -- about finding what truly makes you bloom. Along the way, you will discover that the smallest changes in your life can bring about the biggest transformations, and that a feeling of bliss is only a few breaths away.
Critique: Inspired and inspiring from beginning to end, "What Makes You Bloom: Cultivating a Practice for Connecting with Your Divine Self" by Kevin Miguel Gardia is a life changing, life affirming, life enhancing, spiritually restoring, faith preserving read. Also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $17.99), "What Makes You Bloom" is especially and unreservedly recommended reading for all members of the Christian community regardless of their denominational affiliation.
Editorial Note: Kevin Miguel Garcia (www.thekevingarcia.com) is a digital pastor, spiritual recovery coach, mystic theologian, sought-after speaker, and host of the podcast A Tiny Revolution. Garcia holds a master of practical theology from Columbia Theological Seminary. They coach clients from around the world through deconstruction, coming-out processes, and cultivating spiritual practices to promote resilience, solidarity, and self-compassion. Garcia is the author of Bad Theology Kills and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
What Makes You Bloom
Kelvin Miguel Garcia, author
Broadleaf Books
www.broadleafbooks.com
9781506493589, $25.99, HC, 218pp
https://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-You-Bloom-Cultivating/dp/1506493580
Synopsis: So many of us are leaving conservative faith traditions behind, rightly saying goodbye to toxic theology, religious bigotry, and the harm that derives from mind-sets. But in the process, we often lose our rhythm of gathering, prayer, and worship. We may even lose our sense of connection to God. And we think it's our fault. But spiritual coach, speaker, and podcaster Kevin Miguel Garcia is here with a reminder: "We don't need saving because we were never in danger. We don't need to get found because we've never been lost. Everything we need to connect with the Divine is already inside us."
"What Makes You Bloom: Cultivating a Practice for Connecting with Your Divine Self" is a guide to creating your new spiritual practice after your life or faith has fallen apart. When going to church, praying, and reading your Bible just doesn't cut it or outright disturbs you, "What Makes You Bloom" will show you how to cultivate new, meaningful spiritual practices (like stillness, presence, breath, and movement) that will help you overcome the pain of your past and root yourself in the present.
Through stories, insights, and guided meditations, Garcia explains how the goal of every spiritual practice should be about the attainment of peace -- about finding what truly makes you bloom. Along the way, you will discover that the smallest changes in your life can bring about the biggest transformations, and that a feeling of bliss is only a few breaths away.
Critique: Inspired and inspiring from beginning to end, "What Makes You Bloom: Cultivating a Practice for Connecting with Your Divine Self" by Kevin Miguel Gardia is a life changing, life affirming, life enhancing, spiritually restoring, faith preserving read. Also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $17.99), "What Makes You Bloom" is especially and unreservedly recommended reading for all members of the Christian community regardless of their denominational affiliation.
Editorial Note: Kevin Miguel Garcia (www.thekevingarcia.com) is a digital pastor, spiritual recovery coach, mystic theologian, sought-after speaker, and host of the podcast A Tiny Revolution. Garcia holds a master of practical theology from Columbia Theological Seminary. They coach clients from around the world through deconstruction, coming-out processes, and cultivating spiritual practices to promote resilience, solidarity, and self-compassion. Garcia is the author of Bad Theology Kills and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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