I recently finished the delightful book, “We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year” by Charles Wheelan. With travel curtailed for many of us during the last year, this book is a wonderful story about a two parents and three teenagers who decided to take a year away from home and work responsibilities …
From Off the Shelf
Invitation to Pilgrimage by John Baillie
As part of my morning devotions, I recently read the short book, “Invitation to Pilgrimage” by John Baillie. John Baillie’s book “A Diary of Private Prayer” is one of my favorite devotional books and I read it frequently. The language in both books is beautiful and they are very thought-provoking. John Baillie was a Scottish …
Group, a Book about Therapy by Christie Tate
“Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life.” I was going to write this whole title above but it wouldn’t fit. I have been a little concerned about my reading. It has been difficult to get engrossed in a book. One of the things I love about reading is getting so …
Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor
Most of us have heard of the underground railroad, but have you ever heard of the overground railroad? I had not until the movie “The Green Book” came out. I didn’t see the movie, but hearing about it made me explore the premise and look up what exactly the Green Book was. As another example …
“Greyhound” and “The Good Shepherd”
Tom and I recently watched the movie “Greyhound,” starring Tom Hanks. The movie was supposed to be released to theaters in 2020 but went directly to Apple+ TV after being delayed several times due to the pandemic. The movie is based on the book “The Good Shepherd” by CS Forester, the same author who wrote …
Grace-Full in the New Year
Do you have a resolution for 2021? I am going to be more grace-full. I have never been a particularly graceful person, despite being born on a Tuesday (“Tuesday’s child is full of grace”) but maybe the rhyme was talking about extending the grace of God to others. That is what I want to do …
Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
I recently finished “The Girl with the Louding Voice” by Abi Dare and wanted to recommend it to you if you haven’t heard of it. I spotted it when I was voting to for the Goodreads Choice Awards. It came up again on the New York Times list of Best Books of 2020. The cover …
Give Him an Inch and He Will Take an Ell
Have you ever heard the expression “Give him an inch and he will take an ell”? I had not. I am more familiar with the American expression “give him an inch and he will take a mile.” I ran across the expression in a chapter of C.S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity.” An ell is an old …
What You Wish For by Katherine Center
I recently read “What You Wish For” by Katherine Center and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it with you. I had not read any books by Katherine Center previously, but I will gladly read any of her books in the future. The book was on a list of recommended summer reading in …
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
I recently read the book, “How the Penguins Saved Veronica” and liked it so much I immediately read “Ellie and the Harpmaker” by the same author. I love discovering new (to me) authors and Hazel Prior is a gem. “How the Penguins Saved Veronica” is a wonderful, lighthearted story about a curmudgeonly 85 year old …