God’s Plan for Your Life is Surprisingly Simple

Every wanted to know God's plan for your life? I know I have! Mike Donehey's new book show's how simple it is. Finding God's Will for Your Life Mike Donehey, WaterBrook Press, August 6, 2019, 240 pages I picked this book because of the quirky title—after all, we’re always … Continue reading →

5 Lessons I Learned from Michelle Obama’s BECOMING

Book Talk Tuesdays will have a fresh face in the months to come. No, not Michele Obama. Writer and freelancer Laura Ojeda Melchor (who reads as voraciously as her mother), will lend her insights and opinions to the books that she's reading and wrestling with. Her opinions about Becoming make me … Continue reading →

Why You Should (Read) Run with the Horses

Run with the Horses Eugene H. Peterson, InterVarsity Press, 2019, 232 pages. I confess I’ve never read the book of Jeremiah in its entirety. Sure, I know all about Jeremiah 29:11—I’ve even sent out graduation cards with that verse featured prominently. And although I’ve read the … Continue reading →

Why Homeschooling Parents Need Lies My Teacher Told Me

History Teachers Need it, Too! Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers’ Edition: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong By James Loewen, adapted by Rebecca Stefoff, The New Press, 256 pages. Every parent should read this book—especially if they have a student who hates history … Continue reading →

Magical Realism in Memoir

Magical realism, for those who wonder, is a literary genre perfected by Columbian novelist Gabriel García Márquez in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. A book with magical realism has a fictional world that seems like the modern world in which we live, yet the story contains a magical or … Continue reading →