I’m downright shaken to the core by Wendell Berry’s writing. When is the last time you read someone who simultaneously made you want to be a better mother and wife, grow a garden, raise some livestock and read more poetry and Homer? He is a prophet of sorts, providing insightful and critical commentary on our [...]
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This post is lengthy with lots of links but don’t miss the giveaway at the end! I’m passionate about reading and about promoting reading in my circle of influence. I’m on a quest to read the classics that I never really enjoyed in high school or never read at all. I hope this series will [...]
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Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday and I want to invite you to go on a Lenten journey with me. I’ll be reading the book Grace Upon Grace by John Kleinig and posting once a week about the reading. The book has an introduction and then five chapters so we’ll take the introduction this [...]
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Hi, my name is Edie and this is my friend Emily and we are recovering good girls. It’s sounds so quaint and harmless but my good girl nearly destroyed my life. Emily has done a very brave and dangerous thing . She has exposed the good girl in us all—-and with wit and kindness, has helped [...]
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I read The Great Divorce this weekend for the 3rd or 4th or 5th time. Lewis dreams that he dies and takes the bus trip to heaven. When he gets there, all the people from earth look likes ghosts compared to the people who’ve been in heaven. Apparently, sanctification, becoming a real person—-that can [...]
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At least four people told me about it. “You HAVE to read this book. You’ll love it. It’s about growing up in Appalachia.” So when Ms. Cindy told me that the author Amy Greene was signing books at the fall festival, I felt guilty that I hadn’t read it yet. But I went to [...]
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from C.S. Lewis’ The Problem of Pain–chapter 6 “The human spirit will not even begin to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it. Now error and sin both have this property, that the deeper they are, the less their victim suspects their existence; they are masked evil. Pain is unmasked [...]
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and I like cowboy boots, C.S. Lewis, good food, strong coffee, banjo music and books. I am a deeply flawed momma of 4 and grateful receiver of more good gifts than one heart can hold. I fight for joy and find it in the most unexpected places. I make quirky look normal, relish in my small town Southern way of living, and am learning that it's all grace--every last bit of it. Read More Here...
