I would never have picked up this book on my own, but a young friend recommended it earnestly. He was distressed when, after a brief internet search, I commented that it might be associated with the emergent church movement, and he wondered if I’d read it. Now I have. Blue Like Jazz is the beautifully-written, […]
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Review: The House of Hope
The Hills, just an ordinary couple living in China, felt called to open their home to sick and abandoned babies. They started with a cot in the dining room. Soon another baby came, and another. All with medical issues. The Hills found experts willing to treat them, and besides using their own savings for these […]
Review: The Glorious Victory: An Exposition of Revelation
Finding Bible curriculum for my teens is not too difficult, except when it comes to the book of Revelation. While much has been written about this Bible book, most of it is either very scholarly or else full of sensation. For my teens, I want an accessible resource that interprets Revelation in the light of […]
Review: Behind the Veils of Yemen by Audra Grace Shelby
When Audra’s husband Kevin felt called to spread the gospel in Yemen, his wife doubted. How could she move to a dangerously anti-Christian country, live there as a Christian woman, and take her young children there? How could she, impulsive and opinionated, be missionary material? But she learned some important lessons from God: “He […]
Foundations in Personal Finance Curriculum, Revisited
During school time Mr. 16 was sitting at the computer, chuckling. Having that much fun doing ‘schoolwork’ suggests to me that it’s not really schoolwork on the computer…. So I sternly asked, “What are you doing?” Sweetly he answered, “Dave Ramsey,” and continued chortling. After listening to a few more minutes of this laughter, I […]