Featured Book Review: A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

One of my favorite ways to reflect on and embrace my One Word for each year is through books. My Word for 2025 is Shepherd, and I kicked off my Shepherd-related reading ...

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Quick Lit + February 2025

It’s been two months since my last Quick Lit post, so I have a LOT of books to share with you today. Let’s get right to those reviews! NONFICTION The Art Thief: ...

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Quick Lit + December 2024

I had a successful and fairly diverse month of reading. I’ll skip the lengthy preamble and get right to the reviews! NONFICTION Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for ...

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Quick Lit + November 2024

Nothing about my new (postpartum) life is feeling “normal” just yet, and that includes my reading life. While I’m still trying to find a good rhythm with my reading, I’ve managed to ...

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Quick Lit + October 2024

I’m still playing catch up with my book reviews. In case you missed it, I shared my August reads two weeks ago in a belated September Quick Lit. And today I have ...

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Quick Lit + September 2024

I tried not to have too many expectations when we were heading into this new season of life with a newborn. This is not my first New Baby Rodeo, but it is ...

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Quick Lit + August 2024

Happy Quick Lit day! I have lots of books to share with you today, including a couple I loved and a lot that I didn’t (but that I still enjoyed reviewing). Let’s ...

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Quick Lit + July 2024

It was a very successful reading month for me, with books that were lighter than my usual fare but were exactly what I wanted to be reading. Let’s get to the reviews! ...

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Best of the Backlist: Complicated Family Stories

We all have families, and our families all have quirks. Fortunately (at least I *think* it’s fortunate), not all of our families are dramatic enough to achieve novel-worthy status. But that’s not ...

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Bonus Book Review: The Gift of Limitations, by Sara Hagerty

This year has been one of slowing down for me and, subsequently, for our family. In the post-COVID (and also post-nervous breakdown) days of late 2021 onward, our schedules had gotten fuller, ...

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