Natalie Nyquist 7 Minute Read “Older women are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word…
Natalie Nyquist 3 Minute Read The ESV Study Bible is finally here! Mine arrived on Monday and I’ve been enjoying exploring its pages in every spare moment. All of you who have ordered one will no doubt be doing the same; I don’t think that many will be disappointed by this study Bible. In my opinion, it fulfills its goal…
Natalie Nyquist 4 Minute Read Ah, book love. ‘Tis like no other in the world. Perhaps “love” is not the right term–I use it because of a favorite quote: “Book love, my friend, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure.” (Anthony Trollope) While obviously hyperbole, reading the world’s best books is a joy like…
Natalie Nyquist 2 Minute Read My youngest brother and I traded a night of sleep for the first opportunity to see the new Narnia movie. I don’t regret it. Though I went in with no real expectations and the knowledge that no movie could take the book’s place in my affections, Prince Caspian surprised me. In a good way. Perhaps…
Natalie Nyquist 4 Minute Read February 1 – March 31. Those dates did not begin as my Bible reading schedule but as I finished up Revelation Monday morning I thanked God for the tremendous blessing of my first (of many!) journey of reading through the entire Bible in 60 days. Only God knew the unbelievably perfect timing for this venture….
Natalie Nyquist 6 Minute Read Our generation is in danger of forgetting the depth and quality of relationships, all in the name of instant communication, “efficiency,” and networking. While the rest of the world texts, pokes, relates in thirty second intervals, let’s not go along with it. Let’s live for something better. “It is now simpler to multi-task with a…
Natalie Nyquist 4 Minute Read I’m not much of a collector unless you count foreign currency or books. That said, I admit one shelf of books is special. There resides the copies of my autographed copies of favorite books. Joshua Harris, Rebecca St. James, Bryan Davis (I’ve never seen my brother so excited for his sister to receive a book…
Natalie Nyquist 3 Minute Read From kindergarten on, the public library became one of my favorite places–due in part to its abundance of the classic children’s books I loved so much. My first library. Can anything match the adventure of hurrying through the glass doors towards stacks of literary delight? I can still see the location of my favorite books…
Natalie Nyquist 2 Minute Read Every child should have the joy of growing up with Tales of the Kingdom by David and Karen Mains. Along with Tales of the Resistance and its more recent conclusion to the trilogy titled Tales of the Restoration, Kingdom Tales impacted my imagination and memory more than almost any other book besides Narnia. Proof can be found…
Natalie Nyquist 5 Minute Read I rarely re-read books. Except the old favorites like Little Women, Chronicles of Narnia…you know. But to re-read a book written recently–I usually have so many books on my in pile that such is not a luxury I can afford even if I wanted to. Most books are good the first time but I have…
Natalie Nyquist 2 Minute Read Fiction that accurately portrays life for believers in the Far East is rare, but next to Safely Home by Randy Alcorn, Daughter of China by C. Hope Flinchbaugh is my favorite. In many ways, I was able to relate more to Daughter of China because the heroine is just my age–and experiencing so many of…
Natalie Nyquist 2 Minute Read My life is a song that my Lord is writing, Through every choice which I make And each trial that comes my way. This music that God is composing Is distinctly unique and beautiful– Created just for me and perfect in every facet! This Song of my Life. My part is not to direct the…
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