Lanier Ivester 3 Minute Read Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is one of those books that was just meant to be read aloud. Literally. Dickens considered himself the novelist of the common man and his works were originally published in the relatively inexpensive serialized form. I heard that in nineteenth century England, whole neighborhoods would go in together to…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read We’ve been talking about books all month. New releases. Old favorites. Kindle downloads. Decorating with books. Books, books, and more books. And then, we let you take a peek into our homes at some of our very own bookshelves. Now, we want to see your bookshelves! Empty Shelves Jessicas Bookshelves Natalies Family Collection Loras shelves…
Gretchen Louise 1 minute So we know we’re supposed to Start Here and “do hard things right where we are.” But want to know more about Do(ing) Hard Things? Counterculture. Rising above the norm. It started as a teenage rebellion against low expectations. And now there are thousands of teens being “rebelutionaries” who do hard things. In the spirit…
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…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read I thought it would be just another great book for teenagers by those Harris boys. I planned to read it and review it. Just like I read and reviewed Do Hard Things. But it wouldn’t really apply to me, of course. I read Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are. And I was…
Kindred Grace Team 1 minute A room without books is like a body without a soul. -Cicero Click the images for captions and close-up views of the bookshelves of the YLCF Team Members (those who aren’t in the midst of cross-country moves and beginning deployment, that is!). And start taking pictures of your own books: we’re having a bookshelf photo…
Lanier Ivester 4 Minute Read “Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.” -Henry Ward Beecher They are piled artfully on the desk. They mount to the lampshade on the bedside table. They wobble in stacks as precarious as a loose boulder jutting over a snowy mountainscape. Oh, yes. And they…
Elisabeth Adams 2 Minute Read During my teenage years, three brothers were born into my family: three delightful, exasperating, energetic little people who needed a lot of chasing, feeding, and lulling to sleep. As the oldest sister, I got to be part of that process. One of my favorite jobs was reading bedtime stories – as long as I got…
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read As a single young woman, one of the things God has laid on my heart is to reach out to younger girls who want to grow spiritually. God has opened doors in amazing ways, and over the last couple of years I’ve been in a position to really invest in the lives of several teenage…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read In the evening hours of the past few months I’ve been transported to a faraway island: my husband has been reading aloud Daniel DeFoe’s Robinson Crusoe. You’re probably familiar with the story: Crusoe is the lone survivor of a shipwreck. He manages to survive with the fruit of the island upon which he lands, and…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read A girl never outgrows the need for her mother. That fact came home to me two months into my marriage. My husband was lying on a hospital bed in front of me, broken, burnt, and bruised after a welding explosion which could have so easily claimed his life. In his over-medicated state, he kept forgetting…
Gretchen Louise 4 Minute Read Are you dancing through life choosing the joy of the Lord with every step? Or have the days become a drudgery of discontent? Whether you are already focusing on choosing joy or know you have a lot to learn about the practice of joyfulness, you’ll want to read Sally Clarkson’s new book. (Keep reading to…
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