Tag: books
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The 12 Best Books I Read in 2025
Ah yes. Once again, it is time to look back on the past 365 days of reading, and cull through the books I consumed to pick my favorites. This is a cherished tradition because it involves reading through the quotations I highlighted, underlined, copied down, and texted to friends. It’s like reminding myself of all…
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The Spirit Beautifies
The Spirit brings believers to life and makes them beautiful. What grace!
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The 13 Best Books I Read in 2024
Here are 13 of the best books I read in 2024.
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Books of 2022: 13 of my favorite reads
Here are 13 books that changed, encouraged, taught, and delighted me in 2022.
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Books of 2021: 9 Titles I Read & Loved
Every year, I look forward to writing this post. As much as I enjoy reading books throughout the year, writing this post is taking a walk down memory lane, reminding myself of what I read and whether/why I loved them. (It’s the book equivalent to working through the 5 questions I’m asking myself about…
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Come to Jesus Release Day: Who is This Book For?
Today is the launch day for Come to Jesus. That means that (as of this morning) you can hop on to Amazon and either buy a paperback copy or have an e-book immediately delivered to your e-reader. But before you do that, I want to answer this question: Who is Come to Jesus for? Is it…
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Why I Didn’t Want to Write a Book (& why I wrote it anyway)
It all started about two years ago. While running in a nearby neighborhood, I began praying and thinking through goals for 2017. My thoughts meandered to the writing segment of my life. Should I continue to write? My husband has always encouraged me to keep writing, so I knew what his vote would be. But…
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My 8 favorite books of 2018
I did not do a marvelous job of keeping track of the books I read in 2018. I’m guessing I read less than last year’s number of 35, considering we moved this year and I spent a good deal of time completing my book, Come to Jesus. Regardless, as I looked back through the list…
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My 5 Favorite Books of 2017
2017 was a profitable year for reading. I read a bit over 35 books including both fiction and non-fiction works. A person has said that the definition of a good book is one you read when you need to read it. I suppose that could be said about the following five titles. I chose these…
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7 books I want to read
A few years ago I remember seeing lots of Summer Reading Lists floating around the ‘net. Inspired by the idea, I began collecting ideas for my own summer reading list. Until I realized my summer schedule with small children looks fairly identical to my fall, winter, and spring schedule and free reading time doesn’t automatically appear…
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what’s in my library bag
As I’m writing this post, I currently have 53 items checked out from the library. One of those is an overdue book which we have not been able to locate for approximately 2 weeks: The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive. Fie on thee, lost book. I would not expect you would want to see the…
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8 books I’m currently reading
If you follow me on instagram, you probably noticed that Jonathan has been away this week for his seminary classes. My kids and I are heading to be with him this weekend {yahoo!}, so I’ve begun packing for the trip. Yeah right. I still have a solid 42 hours before I need to leave. I haven’t…