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Music Review: The Martins New Day
January 21, 2012 in: Book Reviews
I just found out The Martins are coming to St. Joseph on Feb. 17. I am thrilled to see them in concert and if you listen to this CD, you will be, too. In the first line of the first song, Joyce Martin sings, “If we could clear the stage, if we could kill the [...]
continue readingBook Review: The Merchant’s Daughter
December 21, 2011 in: Book Reviews
I am delighted to tell you this book by my friend is being offered for $1.99 on the Kindle. If you believe in fairy tales, or just enjoy the magic of romance, you’ll love Melanie Dickerson’s newest book The Merchant’s Daughter. This Christian fiction is loosely based on the classic tale of Beauty and the [...]
continue readingBook Review: Christmas With Tucker
December 12, 2011 in: Book Reviews
Christmas With Tucker was a gift from my friend last year – because my dog’s name is Tucker. A box of Kleenex later, I made it through this touching story that still warms my heart. Christmas With Tucker is a pre-quel to Greg Kincaid’s very popular A Dog Named Christmas ($9.99). It’s 1962 in eastern [...]
continue readingA few hundred gifts of thanks
November 23, 2011 in: Book Reviewsseparator=, &Devotions
This year I’m giving thanks, a little bit at a time. I have been engrossed reading The Hunger Games Trilogy thrilled to find it really is as good as promised. The main character is a teenage girl who sneaks under a barbed fence to hunt to feed her family. I’m in the middle of Book [...]
continue readingBook Review: A Most Unsuitable Match
September 14, 2011 in: Book Reviews
Stephanie Grace Whitson is my new favorite author. Not that she is new, but I’ve just discovered her. She lives in Lincoln, Neb., and her stories ring true to the Midwest. I chose to read A Most Unsuitable Match because this historical novel is set on the Missouri River. St. Joe even got a shout [...]
continue readingBook Reviews: Books With Warnings
August 29, 2011 in: Book Reviews
In the last few months, I read two books that warned I might find the contents offensive. As Christian books, the caution was probably warranted. Pagan Christianity authors Frank Viola and George Barna promised that their book would provoke me to seriously reexamine my Christianity. That seemed like a tall order for a simple book, [...]
continue readingBook Reviews: Road Theme Books
June 20, 2011 in: Book Reviews
Maybe it’s a summer thing, I’ve read two books with road themes, at least in the title. Memories of Dirt Road Town was written by Stephen Bly, who passed away this summer. Develyn Worrell, a fifth grade teacher in Indiana, is ready to escape. It is the start of summer vacation and she sets out [...]
continue readingBook Review: Courting Miss Amsel
May 1, 2011 in: Book Reviews
A young teacher arrives at a one-room school house on the prairie … You know exactly how this story will go. But then it’s full of fun little twists and you enjoy every single page of it. Edythe Amsel, for one thing, isn’t the typical young little miss. She is 28 years old and is [...]
continue readingBook Review: Deeper Into the Word
March 18, 2011 in: Book Reviews
Ready to go deep into God’s word? Deeper Into the Word is a very thorough, yet accessible, tool to look closely at the Scriptures and see what they mean – both to the original audience and for us today. Keri Wyatt Kent examines 100 words used in the New Testament, giving insight into each word’s [...]
continue readingBook Review: How Women Help Men Find God
January 9, 2011 in: Book Reviews
My friend returned this book recently after borrowing it. I thumbed through it and was reminded how much I learned, so I wanted to share it for those of you who may be looking for a sign of hope. First of all, the title is not accurate. How Women Help Me Find God sounds like [...]
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