For God so loved the world that He sent us his Son…. May you all have a blessed, joyful, and thankful Christmas. In my life this week… Did you know that Christmas card sparkles go everywhere and stick to everything? It’s very pretty in a messy sort of way. In our homeschool this week… We […]
52 Books in 52 Weeks
Review: Bound for Glory
Here’s a beautiful gift book that could be used in a homeschool as well. Bound for Glory is a volume of expressive calligraphy and thoughtful reflections on African American spirituals. Each of the 52 spirituals is allotted a colorful two-page spread. The calligraphy that Timothy R. Botts ‘stewed over’ for 8 years vividly expresses the […]
Review: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller
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, […]
Review: A Lancaster County Christmas
When she was at the doctor’s to renew her sleeping pill prescription, Jamie Fitzpatrick met bubbly Danny Riehl, an Amish six year old. He and his dad were there with his mom, Mattie, who had recently miscarried the first baby she’d conceived since Danny’s birth. When Danny forgot his handmade owl whistle at the office, […]
Review: Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist
Luke Palmer, an undercover Texas Ranger hunting for a notorious train robber, is stationed to the small town of Brenham as a telephone repair and salesman. The switchboard operator, Georgie Gail, a beautiful, opinionated birdwatcher, does not appreciate her new boss. She has her own ideas about many things including train robbers, having met the […]