Guest Author 5 Minute Read by Kris Camealy It was a strange thing, the way the urge to write swelled up within me. I’ve always written, in journals and online (privately), so it didn’t quite make sense the way this urge to write words out loud suddenly started to push and gnaw at my insides. Ignoring the feeling, I carried…
Elisabeth Adams 6 Minute Read Recently, I was chatting with an Armenian-American friend about the foods I enjoy in Israel. When she heard I’m a fan of tabouleh salad, she invited me to her home to eat some. And there I learned the lesson any down-home American cook knows. Just as every woman’s potato salad or apple pie is just…
Natasha Metzler 3 Minute Read A miracle is the redemption of pain, not the absolution of it… The idea that if our dreams come true, we’ll be free from pain is a lie. The idea that if we give up our dreams, we’ll always be empty is also a lie. Only in emptiness can we be filled.
Guest Author 3 Minute Read In every notable room in my parents’ house, simple wooden shelves whisper volumes to anyone who stops to observe. They tell the purpose and function of not only the room, but also the people who use that room most. This ordinary furniture tells the secrets of thoughts, goals, dreams, and desires.
Guest Author 4 Minute Read Reading Trina Holden’s eBook Real {Fast} Food is like having your best friend sit you down and tell you what she has learned about food and cooking. It’s an easy to understand and enjoyable read, unlike much of what has been written about preparing whole food.
Chantel 5 Minute Read “I intend to give my life…” Anna Ashwell is a young English girl who was born into the heart of England’s struggle for the abolition of slavery. Though she comes from a family who has been part of the Abolition movement for generations, the choice to embrace it, to make the cause of the slaves…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read With a title like The Meaning of Marriage, this book promises a lot. And it doesn’t disappoint. An indepth study of marriage and how it refines and grows us, this book by Timothy Keller and his wife Kathy is neither a relational self-help manual nor a feel-good book. It sets truth and fact squarely against…
Jeannie Pederson 3 Minute Read When I saw that Leslie Ludy had written a new book, and one on singleness at that, I was immediately interested. I have a lot of respect for the Ludys, and was very excited to be able to meet them at a retreat a couple of years ago. They really have a heart for God…
Danielle Carey 7 Minute Read My nieces are too small to read yet, but already they love books. Abby is ten months old and will sit on my knee, pointing to the pictures of tiny baby faces then wrestling the book from my hands so she can chew it. Amelia, almost five, is big enough now for read-aloud chapter books…
Jessica Telian 2 Minute Read I’ve always struggled with fear. When I was a little girl, it was the thought that E.T. might come bursting through our roof and take me away. As a young teen, I was terrified that the Bubonic Plague would come again and we would all die a horrible death from it. (Can you tell I…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read The only thing I like more than talking and blogging about books is actually reading books. And it’s been a month chock-full of both here at YLCF! I think some of us have gotten more reading done simply because we had promised to review something. 😉 And I don’t know about you, but I’m looking…
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.
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