There’s something exciting and hopeful in the subtitle of Siegel’s book Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. Who doesn’t feel the need to be transformed? (And yes, as a Christian, I believe true transformation is a gift from God, and will discuss that later.) Rather than the old forms of psychology in which [...]
Reviews: Nonfiction
Farm Books for the Ordinary Person
For some reason, I gravitate toward books about farming. While our family does not farm, we do have huge gardens, bees, chickens, fruit trees, and nut trees—just enough to feed our family and to share. That’s probably why I like to read about people who work hard and make a living of some sort from [...]
Watch Children are a Blessing for Free Online
Children are a blessing. That fundamental understanding permeates the entire Bible. A different message permeates our culture: children are an indulgence, an experience, a hobby. Ultimately they are a burden, getting in the way of finances, careers, fitness, and convenience. And often, Christians have been deceived as well. Children are a Blessing, a half-hour documentary, [...]
Review: English Literature for Boys and Girls by H.E. Marshall
Ambleside Online has influenced our family in many ways, not the least by introducing us to great books. One that we’ve been using for many years is English Literature for Boys and Girls by H.E. Marshall, written in 1909. We are blessed to have a century-old copy for our teens, complete with roughly cut pages [...]
Review: The Money Saving Mom’s Budget Audio Book
One of the first homeschooling talks I listened to pointed out an interesting fact: most homeschooling moms can manage the actual homeschooling quite well. What leads to homeschool stress and burn out is not the actual homeschooling itself but all the other things moms deal with, including financial pressure. Thus The Money $aving Mom’s Budget [...]
Review: Three Men Came to Heidelberg and Glorious Heretic
The Reformation of the 16th century produced many great documents, including the beloved Heidelberg Catechism and the thorough Belgic Confession. For their 400th anniversaries, about 50 years ago, Thea B. Van Halsema wrote the stories of how these two influential documents were written. Three Men Came to Heidelberg tells the story of the Heidelberg Catechism. [...]
Review: The Wise Woman’s Guide to Blessing her Husband’s Vision
I’ll never forget a new acquaintance telling me bitterly that she had wanted her family to go into missions, ‘but Ed here didn’t want to.’ Husband Ed was sitting right there, resigned to being criticized in front of his children and people he had barely met. He was a godly man, but certainly not a respected [...]
