Guest Author 2 Minute Read by Bethanne Crackles rang from the wood stove. Fire devoured the wood inside, efficiently providing heat for the cool fall afternoon. Above the faint sounds of the fire, I heard my aunt reading aloud. The story was not new, but I was soon caught up in it as if for the first time. Reading aloud…
Gretchen Louise 3 Minute Read My husband Merritt and I have always wanted to learn to dance. But when he broke his leg two months after we were married, just walking without crutches again became our goal. And by the time his ankle had regained a bit of flexibility, I was too tired and pregnant to do anything but rest…
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…
Jeannie Pederson 2 Minute Read There’s a lot of discussion on this blog about marriage and singleness. As far as I can tell, most single girls who visit this site deeply desire marriage – and many feel “stuck” in a prolonged season of singleness. We often lament, “Where are the men? It’s not like there’s anything I can do about…
Gretchen Louise 4 Minute Read “This country will not survive another generation of Christians that fit in.” Josh Harris said it. His little brothers are spreading the message. My husband picked up Do Hard Things at the library for me yesterday, and I’ve already read it cover to cover. Not that I’m biased towards homeschooling Oregonians, but those Harris brothers…
Lanier Ivester 8 Minute Read When Philip and I finished the last book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy I sat in silence for some time, the tears chasing one another down my cheeks, wrapped in a lovely melancholy over the end of the Third Age and the pilgrimage of the fair folk beyond the Grey Havens. I couldn’t…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read It was a feast for a booklover’s eyes. Row after row of bookshelves over ten feet tall, filled with old books. And not just old books–antiques, first editions, hardcovers. I could have spent a week there. But alas, Merritt and I had a plane to catch the next morning. And somehow it didn’t seem his…
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…
Laura 2 Minute Read by Laura Moninger There are various times when I find myself in need of a suitable response during conversation. If you, too, find yourself desiring clever, silly, or perhaps somewhat unusual replies, look no further. Jane Austen is your solution. Well-known for her witty novels, she has a wealth of superb utterances from which…
Gretchen Louise 2 Minute Read Ever since their first date (a Sunday afternoon presentation of The Messiah), she had known he was the one. “I laid it before the Lord and left it there,” she wrote. But she was called as a missionary to Tibet, and he was not. “Do you believe that God brought us together?” he asked her…
Lanier Ivester 2 Minute Read No matter how old I am, or how many times I’ve read it, Little Women will never lose its first charm for me. I’m indulging in it all over again this summer and rekindling my girlhood friendships with Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Indeed, I really do feel like I grew up with those dear…
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