Literature

Confession: Sometimes I lean on the words of others when I can package none for myself. Today I share two poems that give me parameters and hope. You do not need to read them if you are not interested. But they help me. The first is Snowdrops, by Louise Gluck. Snowdrops–as in the flower. Do […]

Over the weekend I finished reading [amazon_link id=”1434767957″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Forgotten God: reversing our tragic neglect of the Holy Spirit[/amazon_link] by Francis Chan and just have to say how much I enjoyed it. Both orthodox and radical, the book invites you on a journey into relationship with the Holy Spirit. I have never read

Confession: I love kids’ books even more than my kids do. In Regan’s words, “we pwobbly have more children’s books than big girl’s books.” You may have noticed my new “Kids’ Books” page, a list of what my children are reading. Enjoy it as a resource, if you wish, but don’t feel pressure to read

(Sincere apologies to those of you who received this post twice via email. We encountered technical difficulties and had to remove it from the blog for serious revision. Meh.) ****** Confession: I bought a lot of Bible storybooks for my children before we finally found a few we really loved. After much hunting, here are our

“One should tell it like it is. Roses are red and violets are really violet.” This was the only really good line in a book I just read—Christian fiction that didn’t make it onto my Current Reading list. I prefer to let it rest in anonymity, because Confession: I really, really dislike today’s mainstream Christian

Confession: I am addicted to words. One fun way to experience them is by reading classic stories for free on the internet. I first found the website classicshorts.com, which I like because its name makes me really laugh (I picture black boxers with chessmen embroidered on them, or something)… and because it is where I