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How to Create a Book of Centuries
“The Book of Centuries, is a great joy to the owner, and even in these busy days it is possible to find some time, however short, to add an illustration from time to time.” — G. M. Bernau, 1923 What is a Book of Centuries? It is a notebook kept as a companion for reading.
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Consider This by Karen Glass
Book Review:Consider This by Karen Glass, 2014 Wow! I don’t even know where to begin with this book—I wish I had read this years ago! Karen Glass has done a phenomenal job at helping us see the why behind Charlotte Mason’s 20 Principles. She walks us through how Mason based her philosophy of education on
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Empowered and Equipped by Julia Higgins
Book Review:Empowered & Equipped: Bible Exposition for Women Who Teach the Scriptures by Julia HigginsB&H Academic, 2022 While specifically written with women in mind, every believer should read this book! Julia Higgins, an assistant professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, is a gifted communicator and has written a lovely book with almost everything you need
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Fruitful Theology by Ronni Kurtz
Book Review: Fruitful Theology by Ronni KurtzB&H Books, 2022 “From the greatest vocational theologian to the newest believer who is for the first time thinking about God and his world, may we all find that the life of our minds leads to the life of our souls.” Theology, the study of God, should change us
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Taste & See by Irene Sun
Book Review:Taste and See: All about God’s Goodness by Irene SunBiblical Theology for Kids seriesNew Growth Press, 2022 So thankful for Irene Ai-Ling Sun sharing her beautiful book with us. Our daughter has loved it. Last night, Mark read aloud some of it to her again, which led to a conversation about belief in Jesus.
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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Book Review:Small Things Like These by Claire KeeganGrove Press, 2021 Claire Keegan has written an exquisite novella, that I look forward to picking up again during another Christmas season. Small Things Like These is based on events in Ireland in the 1980s, and follows the life of Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and father to
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Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllister
Book Review:Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllisterThe Mistmantle Chronicles, Book OneMiramax Books, 2005 Swashbuckling squirrels and heroic hedgehogs. Wicked villains and an evil plot. “Even the Heart that made Mistmantle had to break with love for us. That is how it gave us the mists. But it does not stay broken. The
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How Do We Know that Christianity is Really True? by Chris Morphew
Book Review:How Do We Know That Christianity Is Really True? by Chris MorphewThe Big Questions seriesThe Good Book Company, 2021 “If Jesus came back to life, he’s the King of the universe and everyone should follow him—but if Jesus *didn’t* come back to life, it’s all a bunch of garbage and *no one* should follow
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Jesus Through the Eyes of Women by Rebecca McLaughlin
Book Review:Jesus Through the Eyes of Women by Rebecca McLaughlinThe Gospel Coalition, 2022 Why did so many women in the Bible flock to Jesus? Why was the early church almost two-thirds female during a time when the Greco-Roman empire was disproportionately male? I continue to be so impressed by Rebecca McLaughlin’s writing. She is aware
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The Forgotten King by Kenneth Padgett & Shay Gregorie
Book Review:The Forgotten King by Kenneth Padgett & Shay GregorieWolfbane Books, 2022 This book from Wolfbane Books is beautiful inside and out. It’s a parable about a people who forgot they had a king, and what the king did to help the people who had forgotten him. The illustrations by Stephen Crotts are timeless.
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God’s Good Design by Claire Smith
Book Review:God’s Good Design by Claire SmithMatthias Media, 2019 When and why are women to keep silent? What does it mean women are saved in childbirth? Or that women are a “weaker vessel”? What does submissiveness truly look like like? Does complementarianism promote male dominance? I grew up in the church, and over time stumbled
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The Secular Creed by Rebecca McLaughlin
Book Review:The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims by Rebecca McLaughlinThe Gospel Coalition, 2021 “Black lives matter.”“Women’s rights are human rights.”“Transgender women are women.” You don’t have to scroll or drive far to see these banners waved. But, the belief that human lives are valuable, that the oppressed and marginalized deserve justice, and that we
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Abigail Adams by Natalie Bober
Book Review:Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie BoberSimon Pulse, 1998 “Who of us pass through the world with our paths strewn with flowers, without encountering the thorns.” This is a wonderful biography of a remarkable woman. Abigail was born in Massachusetts in 1744 and eventually married John Adams. Fun fact: she is one
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Inside Out & Back Again by Thanha Lai
Book Review:Inside Out & Back Again by Thanha Lai HarperCollins, 2013 This is a gem of a book. Inside Out & Back Again is based on the author’s first year living in the United States. Her family fled from Vietnam on a navy ship at the end of the war, and were sponsored by a family
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The Story of Suffering
A free PDF booklet by Lauren Ducommun. Available for download below. Last year a lot of things caught up with me. I never had a true debrief from our time in ministry. I was still dealing with a lot of hurt, but also a lot of heartache and pain. I had a lot of questions,
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Author Highlight: Ronald Syme
Ronald Syme was born “down under” and spent his boyhood sailing off the New Zealand coast or hunting wild boars in the North Island bush country. At sixteen he left school and until he was twenty spent his time on a Pacific cargo steamer, trading between Australia, New Zealand, San Francisco, and the South Sea
Pursuing a wonder-filled life. Books. Travel. Humanities.
Lauren Ducommun 