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This is helpful. Thank you.

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You bet. I found it helpful too.

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Mar 16Liked by Joel J Miller

Thanks for your review. I think it might be important in a review of this book, to say something about how it is based on the work of René Girard.

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Fair point. I didn’t think to mention that when I originally read and reviewed it.

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Mar 17Liked by Joel J Miller

Thanks for the review. I enjoy your writing.

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Thanks for reading! Engagement like this is part of what keeps it interesting and makes it rewarding.

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There’s another step to this I think. What we are trying to do with the things we desire. Material items really pile up the more we are adrift spiritually. A little spiritual gift, like wisdom, or even a compliment, is more filling than whatever item.

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Very true. Burgis doesn’t really hit on contentedness, though you could see it as part of his idea of “thick desires.”

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