Better Than A Hallelujah

The Crimson Cord: Rahab's Story by Jill Eileen Smith The concept for this book is an interesting one.  It is a deeper look at the sto...

We've been on sort of a hardcore diet for the past week.  I don't actually prescribe to dieting  per se.  I believe that for weight ...

It's been an interesting 14 months for the Bierenga family.  I've alluded to some of our family's journey here and here  and a...

Empowered By His Presence: Receiving the Strength You Need Each Day by Kevin G. Harney Wow.  This is a great book.  The format, the conte...

Hidden Agenda by Lisa Harris This is the third installment in Lisa Harris's Southern Crimes  series.  I haven't read the first tw...

I meant to share this a while ago, when I first took my three daughters (and my dad) to see "How To Train Your Dragon 2" over the ...

The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines by Nathan Foster Three brief moments o...

At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot This is the first book I've read by Amanda Cabot, but I understand that under her various names, C...

Steel Will Staff Sgt (RET) Shilo Harris with Robin Overby Cox Shilo Harris is one of the many veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars ...

The First Time We Saw Him: Awakening to the Wonder of Jesus Matt Mikalatos Mikalatos begins The First Time We Saw Him  with a disclaimer:...

So our day came.  Our middle daughter and I were challenged by two separate people to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge .  If you ...

Dynamic Women of the Bible: What We Can Learn from Their Surprising Stories by Ruth A. Tucker They were wives, mothers, daughters, and f...

I just finished reading The Hour I First Believed  by Wally Lamb.  It is a book that had long been on my "To Read" shelf on Goodre...

My pastor recently sent me an interesting article questioning whether Sensory Processing Disorders are a true medical diagnosis. It's a...

We used to be a bit more innocent.  A bit more naive.  A bit more trusting.  And we used to own a different laptop and have a shady back doo...

In my ongoing effort to cultivate a healthy  (ie. generous but realistic) self-esteem in my three daughters, I regularly talk to them about ...

Dear Daughter, Last night I crawled in bed with you.  Well, I suppose it was actually this morning, as it was about 12:30 on your clock.  ...

The other night our two youngest girls asked if they could watch a "show" instead of read a story for bedtime.  It was sort of a h...

My blog takes its title from a song by Sarah Hart (Amy Grant also covered it).  I find the song beautiful, and it truly captures my heart--s...

The Festival of Faith & Writing is over.  I learned a lot, heard a number of good speakers, settled on a new acceptance of who I am . . ...