Book Review: Masquerade

I’m not sure sure how I ended up reading two novels about the Gilded Age back to back, She Walks In Beauty by Sir Mitchell (linked to my review) and now Masquerade by Nancy Moser, but I think doing so enhanced my understanding of that era. They contained similar contrasts of the rich vs. the [...]

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Why Don’t Older Women Serve?

A lady asked that question some years ago on a Christian message forum online. She was asking why older women didn’t serve within the organized church programs. I don’t remember what I answered in response then, but it is a question that has stayed with me, and I wanted to share a few thoughts. First, [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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Praying for all in Irene’s path

As most of you know, my oldest son is in RI, and this will be the first time he has weathered something like this on his own away from home. For many even beyond the hurricane’s direct impact there are possible heavy rains, winds, and resulting power outages. Praying for all in Irene’s path tonight [...]

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Laudable Linkage

It’s a beautiful Saturday morning here in TN. I’d never know there was a hurricane heading for the East coast if not for the news. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who may be affected. Here are a few things that stood out to me in this week’s reading: The Freshman 15. Advice [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share five of our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go [...]

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A Real Home

I just rediscovered this in my files and thought I’d share it with you. I don’t remember where I first saw it: it says it came from the Yankee Kitchen Cookbook, 1969. A Real Home A Real Home is a gymnasium. The ideal of a healthy body is the first one to give a child. [...]

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“I know their sorrows”

Sometimes I am hesitant to bring up a stray thought I have wrestled with because I don’t want to implant it in anyone else’s mind and cause them the same problem. One of my college professors did that once: he brought up a question that he didn’t really answer, and every now and then it [...]

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What’s On Your Nightstand: August

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. These months in which the fourth Tuesday is [...]

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Book Review: She Walks In Beauty

In She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell, debutante Clara Carter finds that society life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in New York City circa 1891. Even the snow was grimy from passing through smoke and soot, making the carriage drives to a ball not “as sparkly and festive as they always seemed [...]

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