I grew up hearing and reading the scriptures that said “do not fear” and “cast all your cares” and “ “my peace I bring to you,” but I don’t ever remember hearing HOW to find that peace. “Read your bible more” they said. “Pray more” they said. Honestly, though? Those activities never brought me peace....
“He stares down at the body again, and sadness keeps him leaning to one side. It’s the physical weight of emotion and that weight is not centered inside of him but skewed, imbalanced.” This second paragraph of Light from Distant Stars hooked me. I think most of us would agree that we all have experiences...
Possible Spoiler Alert Is it possible to love and hate a book all at the same time? I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon is a beautifully written historical fiction novel about Princess Anastasia Romanov and Anna Andrews who claimed to be Princess Anastasia after the Romanov family was brutally executed in Russia. Historical fiction is...
Anne Bogel’s Modern Mrs. Darcy has long been one of my favorite blogs. One of only a handful I read on a regular basis these days. Her What Should I Read Next podcast literally brought me back my love for reading after I thought I would never find decent books to read again. So when...
Hello there. It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. A good friend told me that age fifteen of having a teenager would be the busiest. She wasn’t joking. They want to be involved in everything, but you are their transportation. So here I sit almost at the beginning of February wondering where January (or...
