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Review: Irreplaceable: What is Family?

Everyone knows something is wrong with the family these days.  But what? Tim Sisarich travelled all over the world to answer this question.  He spoke to experts, interviewed prisoners, ordinary parents, and many others, and shared his own story as he searched for an answer.  Irreplaceable, the resulting documentary, starts with the basic question, “What […]

Jane Eyre: Thoughts and Quotations

You’ve probably heard the story.  Orphan Jane, mistreated as a charity case, courted as a governess, tempted to become a missionary, narrates.   She tells of rugged Mr. Rochester, dear little Adele, sweet Diana and Mary, cold St. John and, above all, herself, a meek but intense person, easily overpowered, capable of revolt when pressed too […]

Review: S-x Matters by Jonathan McKee

(I am so sorry, but to avoid the internet filters that wise people install, I need to alter the spelling of a crucial word.  Needing to do so is symptomatic both of our sick society and of the difficulties of dealing with it wisely.  Hopefully McKee’s book will help our families with the latter.) Recently […]

Review: Disciplines of a Godly Woman by Barbara Hughes

Being disciplined is difficult, yet it is something God requires of us in many ways.  In fact, Barbara Hughes says, “…it is the path by which the good news of Christ gives meaningful shape to all the days of my life.” In Disciplines of a Godly Woman, Barbara Hughes distills decades of Christian living into […]

Sharing a Weekly Blessing: Sermon Links

It took me just a few clicks of the mouse on my elderly friend’s computer and then he discovered the treasure he had been longing for.  He sat back with his gentle smile spread full across his face and said to his wife in a voice of deep satisfaction, “The Lord will provide.  In his […]