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This is the beautifully written and heartfelt memoir of a young woman wrestling with the evangelical Christianity of her childhood by examining the one item from it that she is still attached to, the daily devotional My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. Weaving her own story with that Chambers, she analyzes what it means today to be a Christian and a seeker.

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Halford's enlightening memoir is a must-read for those interested in My Utmost for His Highest or evangelicalism in the twenty-first century. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Funny, smart, literate-a journey, not into or away from religious belief like so many religious memoirs, but through that belief. -- Dallas Morning News Self-aware but never self-indulgent, the book provides an edifying look at one person's spiritual journey and the impact an obscure Scottish preacher's musings can have years later. -- Booklist Both a mediation on 'a complicated nostalgia' for the faith of her childhood and an intellectual biography of Chambers. -- New York Times Book Review

Self-aware but never self-indulgent, the book provides an edifying look at one person's spiritual journey and the impact an obscure Scottish preacher's musings can have years later. -- Booklist Halford's enlightening memoir is a must-read for those interested in My Utmost for His Highest or evangelicalism in the twenty-first century. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Funny, smart, literate-a journey, not into or away from religious belief like so many religious memoirs, but through that belief. -- Dallas Morning News Both a mediation on 'a complicated nostalgia' for the faith of her childhood and an intellectual biography of Chambers. -- New York Times Book Review

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Macy Halford was born and grew up in Dallas, Texas, graduated from Barnard College, and worked at the New Yorker, where she eventually wrote most of the book reviews for the website. Karen White is a classically trained actress who has been recording audiobooks since 1999. An Audie Award finalist, she has earned eight AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her reading of The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed was named one of AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2009.

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