Category Archives: Books
Awkwardness and Vulnerability
The great thing about being married to a reader is that if my husband cares, really cares, about what he’s reading, it is read out loud. Then we talk about it more in the car while the Cars 2 soundtrack … Continue reading
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Absence, marriage and making that little heart grow fonder
So yesterday I came across an article in Slate about a new book by Iris Krasnow, who has spent every July for the past decade away from her husband of almost a quarter century. Her book is called The Secret … Continue reading
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How ‘the ordinary becomes a container for the divine’
My brother and sister in law gave me an Amazon gift card for my birthday. It didn’t take me long to go straight to my Wish List and find the two books I’ve been most longing for. One is finally … Continue reading
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‘Eucharisteo always precedes the miracle’ (Or, Why One Thousand Gifts is changing my life)
Today I’m guest-posting at Christianity Today’s Women’s Blog: Her.menutics. The piece is called “One Thousand Gifts, Reconsidered: A second take on Ann Voskamp’s bestseller about gratitude.” As if you really wanted to hear me go on and on about One … Continue reading
Just a little practical bookish sort of wish list
I’ve been posting a lot of book lists lately. Maybe it’s because I’ve actually had time while I’m staying with my parents (and before that, my mother-in-law’s) to think about books and consider how I’m going to spend the extra … Continue reading
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Summer Reading!
Dear people who don’t mind hearing about the details of my life (why do you read this blog? I can’t figure it out.): You have heard me complain for too long about how I missed summer. Well, I’m here to … Continue reading
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The books that shaped you?
While I’m on vacation, I thought it might be fun to ask this question again. I’d love to know the answer you have, especially you newbies we’re still getting to know. This was first published on September 2, 2010… … Continue reading
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Restoration: The Sword of the Lord and Me
I remember the first time I left a family conversation, excused myself to the bathroom and cried. I think I was in 7th or 8th grade. Great Uncle Charlie had stopped by my Memaw’s house for a cup of coffee … Continue reading
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