Overview

What if writing a list could literally change your life?​ From the ancient book of Numbers to the latest clickbait listicle, list-writing has been a routine feature of human experience. Shopping lists. To-do lists. Guest lists. Bucket lists. Lists are everywhere you look.​ But what if our lists did more than just remind us to buy milk and take out the trash? What if the practice of list-making could help us discover who we truly are and even point us to our deepest joys, hopes, and desires?​ In Make a List teacher, writer, and wordsmith Marilyn McEntyre shows readers how the simple act of writing a list can open doors to personal discovery and spiritual growth. Deepening her reflections with abundant writing prompts and real-life examples, McEntyre turns the humble list into a work of art--one that has the power to clear minds, open hearts, and change lives.

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"""Goes well beyond the to-do list to invite new and creative ways of thinking and doing. . . . Readers of all kinds, from type A veteran list-makers to those whose blood pressure rises at the thought of making a list, will find much useful information here."" -- Publishers Weekly ""In this lively, creative, and pleasure-filled book, Marilyn McEntyre presents the making of lists as a path into a wonder-filled pluriverse. . . . Whether you tend to scribble a list on a scrap of paper or regularly fill your journal with them, you will find some great ideas here!"" -- Spirituality & Practice ""You do not have to go too far into the book to discover that McEntyre has created a whole new paradigm shift, moving lists out of being simply to-do taskmasters and into being a tool to help us delve deeper into our lives and indeed into our very souls."" -- The Presbyterian Outlook ""A perfect book for yourself or to give as a gift."" -- San Francisco Book Review ""Marilyn McEntyre reminds me of the power of language--to heal and instruct us, to challenge and shape us."" -- Shauna Niequist ""Brings lively attention to the way words can open multiple doors of memory, imagination, and reflection."" -- Richard Rohr ""Encourages, guides, and directs. . . . Marilyn McEntyre embodies simple, patient kindness in her writing."" -- Michael Card ""Just one week into living with Make a List, I can already tell that this small book, which both invites me into a new practice and reframes one of my existing daily habits as a spiritual practice, will be life-giving and edifying."" -- Lauren F. Winner ""A companion who can abide amid our chaos, a sage who can choose the right moment to share a word, and a prophet who can say the thing we shrink from yet need to hear."" -- Samuel Wells"

Goes well beyond the to-do list to invite new and creative ways of thinking and doing. . . . Readers of all kinds, from type A veteran list-makers to those whose blood pressure rises at the thought of making a list, will find much useful information here. -- Publishers Weekly In this lively, creative, and pleasure-filled book, Marilyn McEntyre presents the making of lists as a path into a wonder-filled pluriverse. . . . Whether you tend to scribble a list on a scrap of paper or regularly fill your journal with them, you will find some great ideas here! -- Spirituality & Practice You do not have to go too far into the book to discover that McEntyre has created a whole new paradigm shift, moving lists out of being simply to-do taskmasters and into being a tool to help us delve deeper into our lives and indeed into our very souls. -- The Presbyterian Outlook A perfect book for yourself or to give as a gift. -- San Francisco Book Review Marilyn McEntyre reminds me of the power of language--to heal and instruct us, to challenge and shape us. -- Shauna Niequist Brings lively attention to the way words can open multiple doors of memory, imagination, and reflection. -- Richard Rohr Encourages, guides, and directs. . . . Marilyn McEntyre embodies simple, patient kindness in her writing. -- Michael Card Just one week into living with Make a List, I can already tell that his small book, which both invites me into a new practice and reframes one of my existing daily habits as a spiritual practice, will be life-giving and edifying. -- Lauren F. Winner A companion who can abide amid our chaos, a sage who can choose the right moment to share a word, and a prophet who can say the thing we shrink from yet need to hear. -- Samuel Wells

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Marilyn McEntyre is the award-winning author of several books on language and faith, including Where the Eye Alights, Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, When Poets Pray, Make a List, Word by Word, and What's in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause, winner of the 2015 Christianity Today book award in spirituality.

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