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Learning from Katie Davis
Tonight, my friend April and I made a short road-trip to listen to Katie Davis tell her story. Katie Davis is extraordinary. But what I didn’t expect was that the evening wouldn’t be about Katie Davis at all. I knew my expectations were askew when Platt opened the service by reading a few words from…
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Five Wrong Views about Christians and Government
Many moons ago, I wrote that I would blog through Wayne Grudem’s Politics According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture. I blogged about the Introduction and haven’t mentioned it again. I want to try to return to it each week, but I’m unsure of the best…
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Poetry Tuesday: Roald Dahl
The kids and I visited the library yesterday. As I went in search of Ancient Mesopotamia, I noticed the shelf of children’s poetry right behind me. I picked up a volume of Roald Dahl‘s verses. I am enjoying his dark, strange poems. Some of my favorite childhood memories include weekends spent at my grandmother’s house.…
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Book Review: The Fitting Room
Putting on the Character of Christ by Kelly Minter [I agreed to review The Fitting Room as part of a blog tour scheduled for the first week of May. I started reading this book back in April, but then we had that awful tornado, and I didn’t pick up a book or write much of…
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Family Read-Alouds
A “Thankful Thursday” post On days that I do not leave the house, even if I’ve done several chores, I don’t really feel like I’ve done anything. Today I loaded, unloaded, reloaded, and ran the dishwasher. Fed the family a couple of times. Sorted and began washing the laundry. Made a run to the grocery…
Leslie Wiggins 