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Viral is the newest offering from author and thinker, Leonard Sweet. I have enjoyed and been challenged by much of Leonard’s work. He constantly causes me to rethink how I’m currently follow Jesus and challenges me to new depths of my spiritual... [Read on]
Going into this book, I had read "I Am a Follower" recently and loved it. I hadn't read any of Sweet's books prior to that one, so I had high expectations coming into "Viral." This book revolves around two basic cultures - Googlers and... [Read on]
Grady is an uneducated 12-year-old orphan who is caring, innocent, and generally a nice person, but he is not particularly good looking. With no family to love, he travels the countryside with a con artist named Floyd. Together they work as a... [Read on]
God Gave Us Love By Lisa Tawn Bergren God Gave Us Love by Lisa Tawn Bergren (art by Laura J. Bryant) is a board book for little hands about a bear cub whose grandfather is trying to teach him to love everybody because God loves everybody.... [Read on]
Last night we had an impressive lightning storm with a lil rain thrown in for a good measure. I was safe and sound with three dogs guarding me all the time. One even making sure that my bottom was well protected since she stayed right next to... [Read on]
This book is a compilation of Karen Kingsbury's Forever Faithful series books - Waiting for Morning (which I reviewed last year), A Moment of Weakness, and Halfway to Forever. The first book Waiting for Morning, tells the story of Hannah Ryan,... [Read on]
Description: Annie Martin, an old order Mennonite, has always been faithful to the Plain ways of her ancestors, but when a mother-daughter spat sends her to live with her grandfather, a new "distraction" begins to test her faith. Aden Zook is... [Read on]
This book was not only intriguing, it was original. I loved the romance aspect between Melaia and Trevin. I loved the many characters. The humans, the angels, the half human - half angels. I loved that the book was all about Trevin finding... [Read on]
What determines the worth of an archaeological artifact? Does the value come from the component materials, the previous owners’ identity, the historical significance or something else? In “The Scroll,” Grant R. Jeffrey and Alton L. Gansky offer... [Read on]
My Thoughts: This story, for me, was a little slow getting going. As an after thought, now, I think I am glad it was. I had never heard of this series or the author – so taking a little time to get the story rolling really allowed me to... [Read on]