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Review: Upheld by Christine Farenhorst

Jul 1st, 2025
by Annie Kate.
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I first read Upheld: A Widow’s Story of Love, Grief, and the Constancy of God late last winter, and when I had finished savoring vignette after vignette, I enthusiastically told some young ladies that this would likely be among my top ten books of the year.  Now, four months and many books later, I think […]

Review: Man of the First Hour by George Van Popta

Feb 18th, 2023
by Annie Kate.
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In Man of the First Hour, George van Popta discusses the life of his father Jules from his youth in the Netherlands, through the war years, and to the end of his life in Canada.  In doing so he also portrays the roots of the Canadian Reformed churches and gives us a glimpse into the […]

Review: Help I’m Drowning by Sally Clarkson

Apr 18th, 2022
by Annie Kate.
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When I was a young mom one of my best homeschooling guides was a book by Sally Clarkson and her husband Clay, Educating the Wholehearted Child.  It helped me so much over the past quarter century that I’ve had a soft spot for Sally ever since.  She has gone on to write books on many […]

Review: Stay by Anjuli Paschall

Aug 28th, 2020
by Annie Kate.
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When I decided on Stay as my reflective book for the summer, I had no idea what I was getting into.  Instead of being gentle and peaceful (like The Next Right Thing I read last year), Stay is intense and raw.  Like The Next Right Thing, though, it keeps on leading the reader to God, so […]

Other Priorities

Jul 10th, 2020
by Annie Kate.
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Several times over the past few months I tried to write a blog post and it just wouldn’t work.  For a long time I couldn’t figure out why and then it hit me:  I’ve been busy with other priorities. Here are some of them. When homeschooled teens take advanced courses, sometimes mom needs to scramble.  […]

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