John 21:15 (KJV): So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? Have you ever stopped and actually thought about all the things that you potentially love more than Christ? Or have the potential to love more than Christ? Those things ...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Hawaiian Quilt by Wanda E. and Jean Brunstetter
I've mentioned a hundred or so times how I'm an emotional reviewer. I do my best rambling about a book when it's fresh in my mind. The more time I put between the rambling and the book the less panache I have to put into a review. All that to say I'm struggling here people. I finished this book ...
BOOK REVIEW: What Dreams May Come by Alana Terry
Sometimes you sit down and write a review of a book and the words are easy and the sentiments flow like gravy. Other times your heart knows what it wants to say but you brain can't turn that into words. This is the second time. I really enjoyed this book, with a background of truth, and a theme ...
BOOK REVIEW: Fire Road by Kim Phuc Phan Thi
I was born in August of 1975 (dating myself). The Vietnam war had just ended but life wasn't even remotely back to normal, for anyone involved. I was the first baby, the greatly anticipated baby, and apparently Ma was a bit overprotective. I was the only kid I knew growing up who had a small pox ...
BOOK REVIEW: Pockets of Joy by Roxane Battle
Picture it, Sicily 1922 ... I so frequently think that as I sit down to write a review of a memoir or biography. It's not Sicily, it's the Twin Cities. It's not 1922 however it is 19-something. A woman with a goal, ambition and a family that finds itself shrinking in ways that the woman never ...