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Dear friends,
The one year blog anniversary is right around the corner, and with it I’m having to make a few changes. Blogging this last year has been an incredible journey and I’m blown away by all the things I’ve learned, people I’ve met, and books I’ve been privileged to read. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and plan on continuing for the forseeable future.
Continue reading “A Time to Slow Down”
My sincere apologies for the late post this week. Unfortunately the blog has taken the biggest impact from an intense schedule this summer. More on that to come.
Continue reading “The Pilgrim’s Progress Week Seven”
Happy Sunday, readers!!
This week we read Combat with Apollyon and Christian Overtakes Faithful.
Continue reading “The Pilgrim’s Progress Week Six”
The breeze blew softly as I sat on the porch and turned the page of captivating novel. Page after page detailed a land I had never set foot on, never seen, never even considered. I saw the rivers come into view, felt the cool wind, and smelled the plants that were entirely foreign to me, save the descriptions I read in this book. Bit by bit, I became familiar with a place I had never laid eyes on, all within roughly four hundred pages of a story. Books have the power to take us on adventures, they capture us entirely and carry us away.
Continue reading “Dear Authors, Some Books Take You Home”
Happy June, friends!
Continue reading “The Pilgrim’s Progress: Week Five {Plus Week Six Printable}”
Glenna Marshall is a pastor’s wife, mother, blogger, songwriter, and very soon-to-be-published author. (Keep an eye out for her book The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough coming August 1st, 2019.) I am so honored to have had an opportunity to sit down and discuss with her how we as women, can use and cultivate discernment in all of life, but especially what we read. You can visit Glenna on her blog here and preorder her new book here.
Continue reading “A Broken Clock, Sola Scriptura, and How Women Can Be Discerning with Books {Interview with Glenna Marshall Pt. 1}”
Spurgeon’s One Qualm with Pilgrim’s Progress This one I found interesting, and it expressed well some of my own thoughts on Christian’s burden.
Continue reading “The Pilgrim’s Progress: Week Four”
“I also learned that,” Christy added, “no matter what happens to me, the Lord always goes before me and He’s always with me.” She felt a little bolder than usual, and a little surer that her summer promise to Jesus was real and lasting.
A Whisper and a Wish by Robin Jones Gunn
The Christy Miller Series has been a beloved series among Christian girls since the first one released in 1988. The series spans from Christy’s high school years to marriage and motherhood. This first volume in the collector’s edition contains the first three books: A Summer Promise, A Whisper and a Wish, and Yours Forever. These first three books of The Christy Miller Series chronicle Christy’s first high school years, her salvation, and developing relationship with fellow Christian, Todd.
Continue reading “{Book Review} The Christy Miller Collection Vol. 1”
This week we read chapters three and four, The Slough of Despond and Evangelist Findeth Christian Under Mount Sinai, and Looketh Severely Upon Him. The content was deep, and I’m still mulling over it! What are some of the things that have especially stood out or sparked questions for you? I encourage you to discuss them with your book club!
Continue reading “The Pilgrim’s Progress: Week Three”
Dear readers and participants in the summer book club,
I do hope you have a marvelous Mother’s Day Weekend and an enjoyable week of reading more in The Pilgrim’s Progress.
Continue reading “The Pilgrims Progress: Week Two”Informing the Reforming
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