Asking All The Wrong Questions {Book Review}
Why are singles Christians waiting for sex? Does True Love really wait? How far is too far? Those are the questions that everyone asks. The answers seem so cut and dried. Thou Shalt Not. Fun, right? But what if all these questions we’re asking are the wrong ones? What if there’s something bigger, something that...
Curse of the Spellmans {Book Review}
“You’re going to love The Spellmans. Izzy reminds me of you and some of your dating stories.” Oh great. There’s no way that I’m not going to pick up a book with an endorsement like that. The last few times that I’ve been back in Oregon for a Diamond Girl dinner, Nicole has been enthusiastically...
This Man’s Army {Book Review}
No matter a war’s outcome, the soldier never wins. – Andrew Exum It’s early 2000. Meet Andrew Exum: outdoorsman, Army Ranger, platoon leader, and Ivy League graduate. A son of the South, Exum grew up exploring, trapping, and raising cain wherever he went. But deep inside, he aspired to something greater. He wanted to...
Showdown {Book Review}
Marsuvees Black is back. In this prequel to the Circle Series, readers are given clues about how Thomas Hunter came into existence. It all started with an experiment by the Government. Brilliant orphans are locked up in the dessert. In a the closed environment, vigilantly supervised by monks and scholars, the children are raised away...
Women + Sexploitation
I started reading “Half the Sky” by Nicholas D. Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn a few nights ago. It’s making me furious. Not mildly irritated like bad soap. Or even ticked off like when someone cuts you off in traffic, causing you to slam on your breaks and want to give them the finger. The emotions...
Trust {Book Review}
My roommate handed me this book not long and its already had a good impact on me. Here’s some of the gems you’ll find in it. A Christ-focused life is a stable life, because the joy that comes along with it doesn’t hinge, as do our human emotions, on daily ups and downs. Our only lasting...
The Weight of Glory {Book Review}
I never meant to be one of those people who wrote about C.S. Lewis on my blog. Not because there is anything terrible about C.S. Lewis (I’m a major fan) but because it seems like such a spiritually-cliched thing to do. I rediscovered this book in my closet. Dog-eared and worn in from a time...
Meet Janice Thompson {Author Interview}
Meet Janice Hanna (Thompson), author extrodiaire. Janice has published more than 70 books, many magazine articles, and a handful of musical comedies. She’s an active part of the writing community in Texas. Janice popped by to talk about her newest book, Love Finds You in Groom, Texas. Before we jump into the interview, here’s a...
The Charlatan’s Boy {Book Review}
The Charlatan’s Boy is a delightful story about a little boy who travels with a swindler. Not just any kind of swindler; a traveling showman who could be a Doctor selling potions one week and an exotic hunter the next. But for the longest time, Grady believed it when Floyd billed him as Feechie. Want...
