I’ve loved this phrase for many years. Before I painted my family room ten years ago, I had it in vinyl lettering on the wall with family...

When I was in college, I would come home from my last final of fall term to find a gift waiting for me from my mother. This was usually a...

Friends in the cybersphere, I'd like to introduce you to a dear friend of many years, Mr. Eric Metaxas. Technically... we've actually...

I've posted several book reviews on this blog, and will continue to use this space for writing about books which have mattered to me....

Every. Time. No matter how many times I watch the 1946 film, It’s a Wonderful Life, I cry like a little girl, or the Cowardly Lion. I...

I went to Narnia this summer. I've only been one other time; I took my son when he was 10; he's going to be 34 in a few weeks. These last...

One of the most memorable movies of my childhood is Shenandoah - filmed in 1965 and starring Jimmy Stewart. The thing that made it...

(Originally posted January 24, 2018) Our book group read an incredible book called Witness written by Whittaker Chambers. Chambers...

Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng (original book review posted August 5, 2016) Word of caution: when you've been wacked out on...

Watership Down, Richard Adams (original book review posted August 6, 2016) Summer 1978. I'm at Kim Mutch Emerson's house, and pick up a...

Eleni, Nicholas Gage (original book review posted August 3, 2016) Eleni Gatzoyiannis was executed by Greek "freedom fighters" - her own...

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (original book review posted August 2, 2016) To this day, I get soft somewhere in my gut when I think...

Jane Eyre , Charlotte Bronte (original book review posted August 1, 2016) I first read Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre when I was about 12...

[Originally published June 8, 2020] I spent much of Sunday afternoon weeping. I’d come downstairs from studying and intermittent dozing...