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Popa points to a real God, February 19, 2009
This review is from: The Feast of Saint Bertie: A Novel (Paperback)
Bertie is trying to be something more than she is by becoming less. She is seeking the living God by trying to allow Him room to come to her. But unplugging from a wired world and plugging into God isn't so easy. How do you shed the trappings of the modern age when they chase you to your hiding place?
Brimming with ordinary mircles, and loving detail, Popa invites readers deep into the heart of an untamed God. And challenges us to shift our perspective and see how close He is. Rich reading for the spiritually starved. Don't hesitate to dig in!
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Faith, sorrow, rebellious children, death, childbirth, all tied up in one book ending in romance, December 31, 2008
This review is from: The Feast of Saint Bertie: A Novel (Paperback)
The title of this book does not give you an idea what you will find inside. Bertie starts out losing her husband after an illness that was hard to deal with. The day of his funeral her house is burned to the ground. Her son is missing and she cannot find him to tell him of his Dad's death.
What you find in this book is life as it happens to so many of us and we don't realize how it affects those around us. You find a wife grieving for the loss of her husband and her son's return. You find her trying to find answers and simplfy her life during her grief. You find a friend who stays with her even if at times their lives seem so different.
A journey through home delivery of a baby, people and their faith, marriage problems of those Bertie encounters in her endeavor to be alone with God.
One thing I have learned in life is God uses people to affect us. Even when we may be setting out on one journey, God may have a different direction and different plans entirely. Disruptions to our schedule may be for the good in the long run.
As one who has walked through the rebellion of a child, I could relate to Bertie looking for her grown son. You learn a lot about homeless people and homeless shelters on the road.
An act of kindness can change a person - in this case a young lady who is pregnant and looking to spells and such instead of what her Grandmother believed.
Entwined in this book is how paths cross, recross, and sometimes come to a happy ending.
A must read.
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Lyrical writing tells a nuanced tale, November 17, 2008
This review is from: The Feast of Saint Bertie: A Novel (Paperback)
"Fire is a lovely thing," thinks Roberta "Bertie" Denys when she returns home from her husband's funeral to find her home burned to the ground. In a sense, it frees her from all that ties her to her past and releases her to worship God in a monastic poverty.
But monasticism is harder to come by than she expects, and relationships from the past, as well as the neighborhood, entangle her loving heart and distract her from the way she thinks she wants to worship God.
In this wise novel, Popa gently skewers spiritual pretention, materialism, new-age worship, and reminds us that love ultimately conquers all. With lyrical descriptions, curious twists and a unique way of looking at modern life, "The Feast of Saint Bertie" has insights about worshipping God in a modern setting that leaves us feeling all really will be well.
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