I’ve enjoyed spending time this past week reminiscing about the year. I’ve reflected on—and blogged about—favorite books and what I’ve learned, and today I’m sharing my final 2017 reflections with highlights and ...
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What I Learned in 2017
It’s true what they say, life really does speed up with each passing year. I could have sworn that I just pressed Publish on What I Learned in 2016, and here I am ...
Lately // December 2017
Hello from the other side of Christmas! How was your holiday? We had a great one (as you will see below) and as much as I wish the season could last just ...
Quotable // from Adam Hamilton
“God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, ...
Reading Review: An End-of-Year Wrap-Up and My Favorite Books of 2017
By now, you’ve probably grown tired of hearing about my love affair with the month of December. Most of that affection stems from my enthusiasm for all-things-Christmas. But there’s another reason for ...
Light and Longing
Come along with me on a stroll through a Christmas wonderland . . . . Take a deep breath. Inhale the fresh pine needle smell, mingled with the scents of mulled cider ...
2017 Reading Challenge: A book written since the year 2000.
We did it! We made it through our journey through literary history! At the start of the year I set out to read one book from each decade of the twentieth century, ...
Quotable // from Madeleine L’Engle
“It is … through the world of the imagination which takes us beyond the restrictions of provable fact, that we touch the hem of truth.” ― Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet ...
Virtual Happy Hour // Christmas Edition
December is a month for frolicking and festivities, so you know we had to celebrate the season with our own little virtual happy hour. After all, the next best thing to reveling in ...
Quick Lit: Reading Wrap-Up, Part Two // December 2017
I’m back today with a few more quickish reviews of the books I read in the past month. This batch of books contains quite a few titles getting a lot of recognition ...