Biography, Book Reviews, Non-fiction

A Short Walk to the Edge of Life (review)

A Short Walk to the Edge of Life: How My Simple Adventure Became a Dance with Death--and Taught Me What Really Matters by Scott Hubbartt My rating: 5 of 5 stars The list of things that go wrong for Scott Hubbartt, in his memoir A Short Walk to the Edge of Life, begins before he… Continue reading A Short Walk to the Edge of Life (review)

Book Reviews, Christian fiction, Fiction

Spirit Bridge – review

Spirit Bridge by James L. Rubart My rating: 4 of 5 stars Spirit Bridge—the third and final book in the three-book Well Spring series by James Rubart—is a cat-and-mouse game of evil versus good. In it we follow members of the Warriors Riding Ministry—Reece, Doug, Brandon, Marcus, and Dana that readers have met in books… Continue reading Spirit Bridge – review

Personal, Theology

Happy Birthday Canada!

Today we Canadians celebrate Canada's 147th birthday! I love Canada and am proud to be Canadian. However, some things in our culture cause me concern. The rise of political correctness and the marginalization of people who hold to traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs is one. In our Sunday church service we spent some time commemorating Canada. A… Continue reading Happy Birthday Canada!

Biography, Book Reviews

Surprised by Oxford – review

Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber My rating: 5 of 5 stars In her beautifully written spiritual memoir Surprised by Oxford, Carolyn Weber makes us privy to three romances. She takes us with her as she falls in love with Oxford—the city and the school. We experience the ups and downs of her relationship with… Continue reading Surprised by Oxford – review

nature, Personal, Poetry Friday, re-post, writing

Writing

Writing Beside the path that winds through my waking and sleeping, grow, like wild flowers, scenes, insights, connections. Some days I am too rushed or distracted to see. On others I am wiser, live with the perception that gathers a bouquet, chooses one or two to press between the covers of a book. © 2004… Continue reading Writing

Book Reviews, Christian fiction, Historical fiction

Appalachian Serenade (review)

Appalachian Serenade by Sarah Loudin Thomas My rating: 4 of 5 stars When 33-year-old widow Delilah Morrissey comes back home to Wise, West Virginia to live with her sister Charlotte, husband Ed and daughter Perla, she’s not the happiest person. Her husband of 14 years has recently died but his disastrous handling of their money… Continue reading Appalachian Serenade (review)

Bible study, Book Reviews

New Spirit-Filled Life Bible (NIV) – Kindle version (review)

New Spirit-Filled Life Bible-NIV-Signature by Jack Hayford My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was excited when I found the New Spirit-Filled Life Bible (NIV) offered for review by Thomas Nelson as an e-book. I have used the hard copy of this Bible (NKJV version) since 2005—and love it! What sets this study Bible apart… Continue reading New Spirit-Filled Life Bible (NIV) – Kindle version (review)

Kids, light, nature

Sock Hop

On Tuesday I took my walk after a heavy morning shower. On a section of the pathway beside the creek I saw snail after snail. There must have been 10 or more! I bet I know why they were out there.   In case you can't read the fancy font: Sock Hop The downpour drumbeats… Continue reading Sock Hop

Biography, Book Reviews

Ex-Muslim (review)

Ex-Muslim: How One Daring Prayer to Jesus Changed a Life Forever by Naeem Fazal My rating: 4 of 5 stars Ex-Muslim: How One Daring Prayer to Jesus Changed a Life Forever is the memoir of Naeem Fazal (with co-writer Kitti Murray). In it Fazal tells the story of how he, an ethnic Pakistani from Kuwait,… Continue reading Ex-Muslim (review)

nature, Poetry Friday

Walk the Beach

Walk the Beach Set crickets flying from crabby grass and weeds shimmering on the sandy foreshore. Hop logs of driftwood forest clamber over algae-green rock tricky as black ice. Crunch broken shells jingle the shingle always at an angle. Spring-step spongy blackened sea grass squish onion bulbs of kelp. Take off shoes let soles read… Continue reading Walk the Beach