Some issues are so sensitive, controversial, confusing, and potentially life-changing that youth culture expert Nicole O’Dell calls them Hot Button topics. She has written the Hot Buttons books to help parents talk to their teens about hot button issues like image and many more. How I wish I had had these books years ago! Image is an important […]
Reviews
Review and Giveaway: The War on Christmas: What Was the Christmas Star?
It should come as no surprise that, as our culture drifts further from its Christian foundations, there is a lot of talk about the nature of truth, justice, morals, and reality. The current controversy about Christmas is an important part of this enormous debate. The War on Christmas: Battles in Faith, Tradition, and Religious Expression […]
Review: Clear Winter Nights by Trevin Wax
When Trevin Wax wrote Clear Winter Nights: A Journey into Truth, Doubt, and What Comes After, he did not mean it to be a conventional novel, but rather “a narrative about two people engaging the big questions of life”. Even so, the characters are so realistic and loveable and their conversations are so compelling that […]
Review: Write from Medieval History: Level One
After Miss 11 works on her NaNoWriMo novel or does her math, she is exhausted. Then she often turns to Write from Medieval History. With its lovely stories and clean, uncluttered pages it is both interesting and soothing. Although Write from Medieval History: Level I by Kimberly Garcia is aimed at grades 1-3 for its […]