I’m reading the devotional classic A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene H. Peterson, and I thought it would be useful for me to blog my way through it as a way to return to regular blogging. I remember the books I write about. It’s as simple as … [Read more…]
I’m always on the look out for nonfiction that is engaging and instructive. Self-help and accessible psychology are two of my favorite topics, especially around mental health issues that are applicable to my family. I read a recommendation for Resilient by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., on a thread on the Chat Board on the Well-Trained Mind … [Read more…]
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman is a book I picked off a display at the library marked “Books To Be Made Into Movies in 2017.” I’m not a big movie watcher and thus would’ve probably avoided the shelf altogether, but the subtitle of the book caught my eye: A War Story. It turns out … [Read more…]
First Anne, now Corrie. This is the year for me to share with my girls some of the books–both fiction and non–that I hold dearest to my heart. April brought us to World War II in our history studies, and because I first read The Hiding Place myself when I was about the age of … [Read more…]
My sweet husband bought me Sally Clarkson’s (now) next-to-latest book just after it came out last year on a day when I needed some encouragement. I’m a little embarrassed by how long it has taken me to read Own Your Life, but I finally picked it up right after Christmas while Steady Eddie was off work … [Read more…]
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