“It will kill your heart for motherhood if you compare yourself to everyone else’s ideals.” (Sally Clarkson in Desperate) There are times when I begin reading a book and realize that if I could only keep one book on the topic, this would be it. The author isn’t just speaking my language—they are speaking God’s…
Everyone piles on the couch, the kiddoes still in their pajamas. It’s one wintry morning, and everyone is slow in waking up. The bright pictures captivate their imagination. The boy was caught in the storm. But the story draws them in. He stumbled toward the house his grandpa had built. “If the boy could make…
There’s something about Precious Moments illustrations that I can’t resist. It could have something to do with my mom collecting the figurines. Or the fact that I grew up on the Precious Moments storybooks myself. Or just their very cuteness. All that to say, the new My Christmas Bible Storybook board book from Precious Moments…
I really appreciate the way Max Lucado communicates lessons to kids. Especially in the new book Hermie: God Forgives Me, and I Forgive You. It starts off with two examples of Wormie being an understanding and forgiving friend when Hermie is forgetful. Then, Hermie’s hesitance to forgive Wormie is in such stark contrast that the…
“There are hundreds of ways that heartache can rip through our lives. The kind of pain doesn’t change the truth. God is the same no matter what type of agony we face.” -Natasha Metzler in Pain Redeemed Natasha’s story is one of infertility. Maybe yours is of a broken relationship. Or of a sick child….
Maybe I’m prejudiced because my dad raised lambs and my mom collected sheep décor and figurines. But I don’t think children’s book illustrations get much cuter than DaySpring’s “Really Woolly” pictures. The new Really Woolly Bedtime Bible Promises, published by Tommy Nelson, is no exception. Filled with rhyming promises and reminders from “You Are Forgiven”…
Who died, but came alive again? Who came to rescue you and win? Who came to make all things brand new Who did it all for love of you? Sing and dance and leap and run His name is Jesus, little one. -“Jesus is Alive” on Big Stories for Little Ones by Rain for Roots…
There are so many parenting books available today, with seemingly conflicting ideas about how to train your children up in the way they should go. So sometimes, it’s nice to just go back to the basics and remember that God has given us everything we need in the Bible, which is “useful for teaching, rebuking,…
We like Hermie and Wormie at our house. Can’t help it. They are just too cute. And their caterpillar characters have so much wisdom to share! The latest Hermie book I got to review was no exception. Hermie runs smack-dab into a problem—his friend Antonio the Ant is stuck under a rock—and goes to find…
You know the person that you always call when you have a question about healthy food? The one you call, not because they make you feel guilty for eating the way you do, but because they give you really good, helpful advice in quick, easy-to-follow steps? That would be my friend Trina Holden. When I…
At the beginning of this year, I decided I wanted to begin learning American Sign Language. A rather lofty goal for someone who hardly has time to get to her to-do list, let alone to learn a new language! But my plan was to learn along with my girls, teaching them their ABC’s and their…
It starts out in the middle of a drug bust in an old downtown warehouse. And from the first chapter, it’s clear Gina Lindsey is carrying extra weight around on every job she performs as a police officer—the weight of guilt for events which she can’t forgive herself. But before you know it, she’s set…
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