A New Heart
Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I,...
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The Divine Conspiracy
For Christmas, my dad gave me a copy of The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. He had been telling me about it for months, so I was anxious to read it. I finally finished it last week. I want to...
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Death, be not proud . . .
Casey’s granddad passed away this week. Some of you may remember the post that I wrote about him last year. We got to see him a few days before he died, and we are so glad that we made the trip. I’m...
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Day 3: Bath
On the third day of our trip, we took a train from Paddington Station in London to the town of Bath. I was really excited about seeing Bath; I had read so much about it in Jane Austen’s novels, so I...
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Day 4: Oxford
On Saturday, we took a one hour train ride from London to Oxford. The trains in England were so convenient and turned out to be a wonderful way to travel around the country. I wish we had such a good...
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From Ashes to Africa
Yesterday I got my copy of From Ashes to Africa in the mail. I read it in three hours yesterday evening and then begged Casey to start reading it so we could talk about it. I wish that I could say that...
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The Miserable
Last weekend, Casey and I coerced my brother and sister-in-law to do a babysitting swap with us so we could finally see Les Misérables. I’d been waiting and waiting for it to be released, and then it...
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What’cha Reading?
As the floods of motherhood often threaten to overwhelm me, reading and writing have been some of the ways that I’ve maintained my own sense of self. Reading has been a life-long passion of mine, so...
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February Bookshelf
We’ve given up tv for Lent at our house, so that means lots of time for reading. I love it! Caleb and I have been reading Prince Caspian together at night. When we come across a word he doesn’t know,...
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Better late than never . . . right? The Good Braider by Terry Farish I picked this up at the library because a friend mentioned wanting to read it. I was surprised to find it in the Young Adult...
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