For the Love of Books – Why Have We Fasted

A grey, cloth-bound book rests open atop a blue, cloth-bound book, which in turn rests upon a mahogany wood table. You can tell that it will smell of old books. The pages are aged and the top of the text fades into the background. The bottom two lines are decipherable: "Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen."

Posted on August 4, 2023August 1, 2023

Books of 2023 – Quarters One and Two

Books read in the first half of the year, including fiction, history, and self-help for young adults, among others.

Posted on January 13, 2023

Books of 2022 – Quarters Three and Four

Books read in the third and fourth quarters of 2022, with some thoughts on each. Include an enslaved woman’s memoir and young adult fiction, among others.

Wavy patterns of wet sand, from dark brown to light tan and shades between, left behind when the tide went out. A rusted anchor rests at the top left of the frame, is rope taut across the top of the picture.

Posted on July 29, 2022July 31, 2022

Getting Comfortable with Ambiguity

Musings on the nature and purpose of ambiguity in theology.

Posted on July 8, 2022July 25, 2022

Books of 2022 – Quarter Two

Books I read in the second quarter of 2022, with some thoughts on each. Include history, ADHD, Newberry Award, and social/political commentary.

A green-grey book with the title "Something's Not Right - Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse and Freeing Yourself from Its Power" lies with a pencil on an open notebook. A blurred image of a spiderweb is in the background of the cover.

Posted on July 1, 2022July 22, 2022

Review of “Something’s Not Right” by Wade Mullen

Review of a book that aims at “decoding the hidden tactics of abuse and freeing yourself from its power.” A thorough book that is insightful and hopeful.

A close-up view of an infant's closed fist, nestled in a white swaddle blanket and resting against a sage green pillow.

Posted on May 20, 2022June 23, 2022

Better Resources for Exhausted New Moms (or Dads)

After having evaluated John Piper’s (problematic) advice for exhausted new moms, an actual mother offers other resources that have proved more helpful over the course of parenting young children.

Posted on April 1, 2022July 14, 2022

Books of 2022 – Quarter One

Books I read in the first quarter of 2022, with some thoughts on each. Include scripture, fiction, non-fiction, children’s, and young adult literature.