Jessica Elisabeth 3 Minute Read It’s 7:05 am, and my obnoxious alarm cuts into my deepest sleep of the night. I roll over to turn it off, wishing for the hundredth time that I did not have 8:00am classes four mornings a week. As I will my bleary eyes open, my mind begins racing over my packed to-do list for…
Jessica Elisabeth 3 Minute Read I listened intently to the sermon on First John, wishing for the third consecutive Sunday that our pastor put a more detailed outline on the PowerPoint. My mind kept getting lost in the “transcription” process as I mentally tried to picture the words of the sermon as I heard them. By the end of the…
Jessica Elisabeth 2 Minute Read Dignity. It’s a word we don’t hear too often in Sunday School or late-night slumber party conversations. But it forms a central theme in Rosalie de Rosset’s book Unseduced and Unshaken: The Place of Dignity in a Young Woman’s Choices. According to Dr. Rosset, To be a Christian woman of dignity, a woman must know…
Jessica Elisabeth 4 Minute Read Three weddings in less than five years left me with more than beautiful dresses to hang in my closet, more than the ability to converse knowledgeably with brides-to-be, empathy for bridesmaids at every wedding I attend, and random advice about holding bouquets. My experience as a bridesmaid changed my Jane Austen view of love.
Jessica Elisabeth 3 Minute Read After finishing my first big-girl book, my mom insisted I form the habit of writing down the title of each book I read. I wasn’t too thrilled. This book-log idea sounded strangely familiar to the practice of writing thank-you notes.
Jessica Elisabeth 2 Minute Read Mystery books have always held a special place in my heart. I spent many enjoyable hours with the Hardy Boys, Boxcar Children, and Happy Hollisters during the first years of my reading life. But my book list has lacked titles from the mystery genre in my teen years, stemming from a desire to read more classic literature.
Jessica Elisabeth 2 Minute Read To Have and To Hold is a thrilling tale set in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1621. A boatload of women arrives on the Virginia shore, many of whom are destined to become settlers’ brides. Captain Percy reluctantly agrees to join the welcoming party, although he has no intention of taking a wife.
Jessica Elisabeth 3 Minute Read I’ve been playing the piano since I was six. Like any other ordinary student, I would forget to practice all week until the night before lesson day. But after my eleventh birthday, my perspective changed with my grandparents’ generous gift of harp lessons.
Jessica Elisabeth 1 minute by Jessica Elisabeth Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are was an especially helpful book for me. As a fourteen-year-old student whose days are filled with school, music lessons, and only-daughter-at-home duties, this book encouraged me that doing hard things includes everyday tasks. Alex and Brett Harris shared many stories of real-life rebelutionaries…
Jessica Elisabeth 2 Minute Read Enter into the world of Larkin, a group of inch-tall people, unknown to humans. Sixteen-year-old Hawthorn is excited to go on his first hunting trip. He never imagines what an unforgettable journey it will be. Captured by their enemies, the Renegades, Hawthorn and his friends assume they will be killed as soon as they reach…
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