Life of a Reader
I grew up on the tales of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe. The fantastical folklore entertained me and my siblings as we washed the dishes after dinner each night. Within mere pages, the story of the illustrious, accomplished, and incredibly irrational Baron von Munchausen took me back to my younger days of laughing over the unbelievably thin, one-sided […]
While I’ve now read one of her books, I am still mostly unfamiliar with Ruth Chou Simons and her company/blog GraceLaced. Her artwork has captured the attention and filled the picture frames of many women. Although, it was one of her book titles that originally caught my eye on a completely innocent walk through Hobby Lobby (ok, I did grab […]
Horatio Hornblower is nervous, clumsy, and seasick. But he’s also an example of the strength a young man can find in the transition between boyhood and manhood.
Through the ministry of hospitality, we provide friendship, acceptance, fellowship, refreshment, comfort, and love in one of the richest and deepest ways possible for humans to understand. Unless we open the doors of our homes to one another, the reality of the local church as a close-knit family of loving brothers and sisters is only a theory. Nothing distinguishes a […]