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 […]
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Review: The Invention of Clouds by Richard Hamblyn
Naming things is a powerful activity—it was man’s first task in Genesis—and this power is explored in Richard Hamblyn’s brilliant book The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies. I do not think I have ever read such a satisfying, lyrical, information-packed science history book before, although I have […]
Review: Made for the Journey by Elisabeth Elliot
As a young woman, Elisabeth Elliot worked hard to prepare for her first missionary experience, learning and reducing to writing the Colorado’s language in the jungles of Ecuador. Because she was doing what God called her to do, she fully expected God’s blessing on her work. After all, that’s the way the world works, right? […]