• Christianity,  Nonfiction

    Hiding from Love

    I’ve been taking my time with Hiding from Love. Written by one of the authors of Boundaries, it explores the intricacies of human personality from a biblical perspective, focusing on the ways we…

  • Christianity,  Nonfiction

    Orthodoxy

    I finished Chesterton’s autobiographical book Orthodoxy a few days ago. I loved it and will probably read it again. We’ve all seen Chesterton quotes floating around here and there, and they’re always pithy…

  • Bible,  Poetry

    Healing and Hiding

    This morning, I read a story that’s always intrigued me: the woman with the hemorrhage who came through the pressing crowds and touched Jesus’ robes. I’m using a harmony of the gospels these…

  • Bible,  Christianity

    A larger and truer confession

    Someone forwarded Ben Stein’s CBS Sunday Morning “Confession” to me by email. Mr. Stein uses the following exchange as a springboard for discussing God’s alleged departure from America: Billy Graham’s daughter was interviewed…

  • Nonfiction

    Reading the OED

    There’s a word for me: Anonymuncule (n.) An anonymous, small-time writer. Turns out there are words for all kinds of things, more words than any of us knew about. Ammon Shea discovered this…

  • Novels

    The Help

    Kathryn Stockett’s novel The Help was a bargain at the recent publisher’s book sale in my locale, but it would be a bargain at any price. It leaves me with plenty to think…

  • Novels

    Stardust

    I thoroughly enjoyed this fairytale for adults. Fast-paced, witty, and full of the off-beat mystery of the realm of faerie, Stardust appealed to me in the same way Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell…

  • Children's Books,  Poetry

    The Mouse of Amherst

    Some time ago, another blogger mentioned The Mouse of Amherst in a Poetry Friday post. I ordered it immediately, but not until yesterday did the right time come for Elizabeth Spires’ 61-page imaginative…