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 […]
older teens and adults
For our college age young people, and also for ourselves as homeschooling moms. (I used to tag this as ‘adult’ but my hubby told me that had the wrong connotation.)
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: The Wedding Dress by Rachel Hauck
Charlotte, owner of a bridal salon, can’t seem to get around to choosing her own wedding dress. Her fiancé Tim is having a hard time getting down to wedding preparations as well. When Charlotte spends $1000 on a trunk at an auction, Tim is very upset. But what is hidden in that trunk, welded shut? […]
Review: Chasing the Sun by Tracie Peterson
Life in Texas during the Civil War was hard enough for motherless Hannah Dandridge and her little brother and sister even without the Indian raids. Hannah’s father had gone to visit her ailing grandmother, so responsibility for the children and the family ranch fell on her shoulders. Herbert Lockhart, her father’s partner, was doing […]