TGC’s Spicy Book Picks

When I turned the first pages of Anthony Doerr's Cloud Cuckoo Land, I wasn't sure what to expect. I had received the book, along with Kate Quinn's The Rose Code, as birthday gifts from my mom. She chose the titles from a list on The Gospel Coalition website: TGC Editorial Staff: Books We Enjoyed in 2022.… Continue reading TGC’s Spicy Book Picks

Thoughts on He Gets Us

I'm not a big sports fan, and I don't come from a sports-loving family. We do, however, love our state, and when we heard the Chiefs were playing in the Super Bowl this year, we decided to tune in. We whipped up some healthy versions of our favorite finger foods and cheered on the Chiefs… Continue reading Thoughts on He Gets Us

Book Review: Wright’s ‘The Case for the Psalms’

Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Psalm 96:2 I started praying the Psalms as a spiritual discipline sometime in 2014. I had read Scot McKnight's Praying with the Church, and I was inspired to take on the Christian tradition of praying the prayers of the saints. I started with Phyllis Tickle's The Divine Hours, as this collection was recommended… Continue reading Book Review: Wright’s ‘The Case for the Psalms’

Book Review: Berry’s ‘The Unsettling of America’

I first heard of Wendell Berry and his The Unsettling of America when I was a college student struggling to identify a study major. I had enrolled with a plan to study agriculture. I loved animals and was thankful to land a job at the college dairy my first semester. But as I got deeper… Continue reading Book Review: Berry’s ‘The Unsettling of America’

A New Blog: Homestead Sissies

This year, I started a new blog with my sisters -- Homestead Sissies. This blog chronicles our homestead journey, as our family builds a homestead from scratch on our acreage. Getting started on the homestead has been harder than we thought, but things are progressing steadily now. God has been good, and we have learned… Continue reading A New Blog: Homestead Sissies