A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… The Shipwreck Hunter (David L. Mearns) – If you’ve read prior editions of “Recent Reads”,…
Spiritual Forgetfulness
I’ve been thinking recently – for most of the summer, I think – about how forgetful we can be. Not only in the day-to-day things (go ahead and ask me on any given day what I ate for dinner the day before; I most likely won’t be able to tell you), but perhaps most especially…
Faint and Weary
A new-to-us activity this summer has been kayaking. It’s been a good way for us to get up and out of the house together, physically active and enjoying the same activity at the same time. Through unexpected circumstances, we ended up with kayaks for all 4 of us, and even the kids paddle themselves around…
Seasons
The seasons have been on my mind recently. On the surface, one could attribute this to our physical location; out here on The Ridge, as I’ve taken to calling our house (fitting in more than one way, since our street is also called Ridge), surrounded by countryside and trees and greenery, perhaps we notice the…
The Peace of Wild Things
The Peace of Wild Things-Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into…
Rend Your Hearts
One of the most formative habits of my life has been that of daily Bible reading. Whether the motivating force on any given day is desperation, duty, or delight, I truly believe that those who seek the Lord in His Word will find Him; I’ve experienced that over and over again in my own life….
Recent Reads, Volume XXIII
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… For as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed biographies. I recall even as a…
Hello Again!
Hello again, and happy July! As promised, I’m back after taking a bit of a break during the month of June. There was a lot of front porch sitting, a good amount of reading (14 books finished in the last 6 weeks!), and I do feel refreshed and more myself. As I sat on my…
Happy Birthday and an Update
Happy birthday……to me! Well, sort of. Happy birthday to this blog, anyway. I started this blog 3 years ago – post #1 was published on May 22, 2019, and it’s been a busy 3 years! I am a bit of a data nerd, so here are some brief data points that I found interesting, and…
Recounting
One of the themes we see throughout the whole of Scripture is a recounting of the wondrous works of the Lord. We see it in the memorial feasts instituted in the Old Testament, in the stones set up as visual reminders, in the rituals and ceremonies prescribed, in the songs that are recorded for us,…