Back in January, I went to Texas’ Rally For Life. At the rally we heard Clair Culwell, an abortion survivor, speak. My friend Katie told me about Melissa Ohden who is also an abortion survivor and speaks against abortion. Melissa had written a book called You Carried Me and I decided to read it to learn more about her story. Oh. My. Goodness! I could not put this book down! I loved this book so much! This post includes… Read more »
Confession: I book-hop. Meaning, I tend to jump from one book to the next without finishing the first one… only to come back to the first and finish it before I finish the five other books I’ve started. When it comes to the pro-life books on this list, I’m no different. And so to continue my confession, I must admit that I’ve only finished one of the books on this list. I’ve only read through half of the others. But… Read more »
Hello friend! Long time, no blog. That’s how I’ve been feeling lately. This semester has been crazy! I absolutely love teaching, but I always find myself tired in the evenings and blogging is the last thing I want to do to unwind (usually). I have been reading a lot in the evenings though, and today I have a book I’d like to share with you! It’s called Gay Girl Good God* and it was SO GOOD! Also, I recorded a podcast episode… Read more »
When I was in high school, I really liked dystopian novels. You know, like The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, and Delirium (just to name a few). Now that I’m a college grad, I find that my favorite genre of fiction is fairy tale retellings. Yup. You read that right. Fairy tale retellings. Whereas I once loved diving deep into a new sort of society and learning why it was so dysfunctional, now I love returning to the classic stories I… Read more »
I usually read nonfiction books very slowly, about a chapter a day. Not so with In Bloom* by Kayla Aimee! I sat down one evening, expecting to just read a chapter. Three hours later I got back up, surprised to see that I had read half the book in one sitting! It’s just that good! This post includes affiliate links. You can see my disclosure page here; thanks for your support! What’s In Bloom About? In Bloom tackles insecurities but in a different way… Read more »
I’ve been reading Kristen Clark and Bethany Baird’s blog, Girl Defined, for a few years now. When I heard that Kristen and Bethany were writing a new book called Love Defined, I was interested to see what they would say in it. I often find myself agreeing with about 85% of what they post on their blog; I think they are a little bit more conservative than I am when it comes to some things. So I was curious to see what I… Read more »
I attended a small Christian private school from the 6th grade until I graduated high school. Sophomore year, we had a new principal who believed a minor infraction was the result of a “heart issue,” as she put it. Not that that idea is necessarily bad in and of itself; the problem was, she used the phrase “heart issue” over and over again in a very negative context. Every Wednesday at chapel, she would remind us of the rules so… Read more »
I met Tracy Levinson, the author of Unashamed: Candid Conversations about Dating, Love, Nakedness and Faith, at Declare this past July. We just happened to be sitting around the same table at dinner one night, and we were all sharing goals for our blogs/ministries. Tracy mentioned how she had a heart for young singles and wanted to encourage them. She mentioned that she had in fact just written a book about dating. Well, that caught my attention, so after dinner, I walked… Read more »
The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray. -Samuel Chadwick A while back I shared in a post about my experience learning about prayer whilst I was in England. {You can read that post here.} Since then, I’ve been thinking about prayer a lot and wanting to learn more about… Read more »
I recently finished reading Boycrazy: And how I ended up single and mostly sane by Tiffany Dawn a few weeks ago. Guys, this book is amazing! It’s as if Tiffany and I sat down and discussed life and boys over a frappuccino. Her story is so relatable and I felt as if I had gained a friend. This post includes affiliate links. You can see my disclosure page here; thanks for your support! Let me back up a little bit and give… Read more »
