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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If I were stranded alone on a deserted island and could only take the bare necessities with me, I’d take my espresso maker and my books. I know what you’re thinking. I’m gonna wish I had my toothbrush and my laptop. Okay, I’ll take those too. If there’s one thing that I don’t like about [...]
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If you think you’re tired of waiting on this kitchen, imagine me—cooking a big heaping pile of onions at the exact same time the guys are installing that cabinet over the microwave. Saw dust was flying everywhere and I think the installer could hardly believe I was cooking right in the middle of it all. [...]
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{photo of my favorite accessory and flea market find : the bust of David} This year, in lieu of my traditional list of New Year’s resolutions, I decided to do a ’40 in 40′; forty things I wanted to do in my fortieth year of life. But because I couldn’t quite figure out photoshop and [...]
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I shall attempt to give my thoughts on C.S. Lewis’ book Till We Have Faces. I know this for sure; what little I can string together on the subject will be inadequate. This book left me stunned, ashamed and yet profoundly hopeful and longing. It’s a complex layered story that lays bare the human [...]
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All the President’s Men Harry Potter-Chamber of Secrets The Glass Castle Harry Potter book 1 West Oversea (Lars Walker) The Abolition of Man Toqueville’s Democracy in America Heaven on Earth Glen Beck’s Common Sense Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Year of Wonders How to Read Literature Like a Professor March John Lock’s 2nd Treatise of Gov’t [...]
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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...
