What I Learned from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy Picking up the Lord of the Rings trilogy I knew it would be daunting. Although I love reading fiction, I rarely, if ever, reread any book. What prompted me to do it was twofold. I wanted to have some kind of fiction book to read at night and knew I needed an uplifting and classic book to help me go to sleep. My mind needs to shut off and put…
Why God Uses Stories Do you like stories? As a child I loved listening to my mom read us stories. She also taught us stories at church and with Gospel clubs during the summer hosted in our homes. Growing up I heard stories all of the time. Stories about people and places I’d never been to, but stories took me there. As soon as I was old enough to pick my own stories I did just that. My mom homeschooled…
Stories Change Us: A Guided Reading Plan for the Summer Everytime we drive by our local pool I tell the kids, “I can’t wait until summer!” Last year was our first summer in this new city we are living in. I knew right away that we wanted to join the pool because it was just five minutes from our house. We loved spending lazy summer days there. I can’t wait to do that again. For many years as a mom…
Books I Read in April 2024 Each month I love to share with you what I’m reading. Although I love reading the Bible, I read other books too! I read a combination of fiction and nonfiction. I read poetry, fiction, nonfiction, horror (sometimes), and our family is especially fond of listening to audiobooks in the car! As a way to help me keep track of what I read each month I’ll be making this list and linking to those books…