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May 2013

May 10, 2013

Why Do We Steer Clear of Church Members With Mental Illness?

A Tennessee mom asks tough questions about mental illness and church in a review of...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Darkness Undone: Reflections on The Mushroom Man

Darkness Undone: Overcoming the Lie That This World Is All There Is In Ethel Pochocki’s...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Rick Riordan I Love You

Let me tell you why I’m professing love for a man not my husband in...

May 22, 2012

Book Review: A Good and Perfect Gift

Early in her first pregnancy, Amy Julia Becker found herself chafing at its timing. Having...

May 12, 2012

Someday, a Book Review

Need a book for a mom of any age? How about the New York Times...

May 08, 2012

Where the Wild Things Are: Longing for More

Today, the world lost a prolific children’s writer, Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are. For...

April 2012

April 10, 2012

Would you be Forever Fertile?

(I do almost all of my reading on the Kindle app for iPhone -- I...

April 05, 2012

Thursday’s Book Giveaway

The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name, by Sally Lloyd-Jones This Bible is...

April 04, 2012

Wednesday’s Book Giveaway

Caleb’s Lamb, by Helen Santos Not only does this book give the reader vivid insight...

April 03, 2012

Tuesday’s Book Giveaway

Herein is Love, Commentaries for Children, by Nancy Ganz A homeschooling mom wrote these commentaries...

April 02, 2012

Easter Book Giveaways

Daughter’s new dress, check. Picture with the bunny, check. Still needing a few things for...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

January 2012

January 26, 2012

The Truth About Forever, and other Sarah Dessen novels

Last month my 13 year old asked me to read her favorite book The Truth...

January 19, 2012

The Boy Who Loved Windows

Patricia Stacey's memoir, The Boy Who Loved Windows, chronicles her journey to heal her son...

January 19, 2012

REAL MARRIAGE by Mark & Grace Driscoll

Mark Driscoll, the outspoken (some would say bombastic) pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle...

January 17, 2012

Review: ‘Simplifying the Soul’

My copy of Paula Huston’s “Simplifying the Soul” arrived only a week before the deadline...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

The Litigators by John Grisham

David Zinc is a Harvard Law grad who has a nervous breakdown on his way...

December 14, 2011

Bossypants by Tina Fey

When you tell a joke, you take a risk, according to storyteller Bill Harley. “The...

December 13, 2011

Maggie Goes on a Diet

Maggie Goes on a Diet written by Paul M. Kramer and illustrated by Mari Kuwayama is...

December 09, 2011

What Should I Do With My Life?

This is one of my all-time favorite non-fiction books, and I'm not even wondering what...

December 01, 2011

Joey Pigza

I think a lot about Joey Pigza. If you don't know who is, you are missing...

December 01, 2011

Last Night at Chateau Marmont: A Novel

If you had all the money you could spend and every opportunity to cheat on...

December 01, 2011

Debt Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching Off My Parents

Last week, David French discussed how college -- with its sky-rocketing costs -- may...

December 01, 2011

Cosmic

It’s hard to be a kid. But it's interesting to be a kid who can...