A couple of months ago I mentioned to my husband that a woman in a memoir I’d just finished had fallen asleep in the tub with her infant and drowned him. A few days later I realized that, no, that wasn’t right. The author of the memoir had lost a child, but the bathtub scene I…
It’s been a wonky, exhausting month or so of leading and working and parenting and all the other “ings.” That said, I’m tired of taking myself so seriously and just want to talk about books, okay? Fiction A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman This charming story about a curmudgeon named Ove (ooo-veh) was originally published in…
I don’t know if this makes me crazy or smart, but one reason I read so many books is to make this very week of the year so much easier. I know which books I want to give people, I know which ones I want to ask for, and I know right where to look to hook my…
During an interview at Verve Vegas a couple weeks ago, I was asked, “What are you reading right now?” My husband just shook his head like you have no idea people and I laughed because, well, this is what I was reading in September… God for the Rest of Us by Vince Antonucci Vince is the lead pastor at Verve Vegas, where my husband…
Here are the books I started reading and finished this summer that you might want to add to (or take off) your lists for the fall. I ended up only having to purchase two of these 10 titles, so three cheers for the library! Young Adult Fiction Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell I kicked off the summer with…
No matter how strongly I deny it or wish it weren’t so, summer is still three fast weeks away [cries into hands]. I have no plan, I have no nanny, and I certainly don’t have the six figure income it takes to send three kids to camp simultaneously for even one week. I do, however, have books… READ ALOUDS 8…
I’m excited to welcome Christine Hoover to the blog today as she launches her newest book, From Good to Grace: Letting Go of the Goodness Gospel. Her blog, Grace Covers Me and her first book, The Church Planting Wife, were lifelines to me during the early years of our church planting voyage, so I’m especially grateful to have her here today. Welcome, Christine! When Christian Women…
I didn’t write much this month, but I did read my face off, so I have a lot to share with you today as we prepare to send February on its pink, sassy way. As always, I hope you find something here that inspires and encourages you as you spring ahead into March. Be sure to enter the monthly giveaway at the…
I’m linking up with Casey Leigh today because I’ve got something on my heart that I need to say out loud before I pour myself a glass of I-made-it-to-Friday-night-wine and settle into a weekend that promises to look very much like you would expect: safe, predictable, and well-worn with just the right mix of sunshine…
The good news was that we finally had our feet under us. The bad news was that we didn’t know we were standing on a rug. It came flying out from under me first. It was early in the spring of 2007, and the dust from a season of successive life changes seemed to finally…
