When I spotted Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri in nearly every "best of" YA list for 2020, I was first struck by the title. It's a phrase I remembered from Tolkien, made especially poignant to me after the death of my son's best friend. We've clung to these words through the darkest forests of [...]
This is it! Our last month of 2020. Think of all we've made it through this year, and your persistence to continue turning to God's Word each day. Even though this is the advent season, reading the Bible in a year leads us to a very different place in Scripture. We're nearing the end of [...]
This month hasn't started so great for me. See: What does it feel like to have shingles on your face? Let me tell you. So I'm a little late getting this month's reading plan up. But if you're like me, that's no problem because you're probably a few days behind anyway. No worries! But you [...]
2020 is quite the year to decide to dive deep into the prophets, where we get the gritty details about the years of exile and loss and heartbreak for the Israelites. I'm feeling it. But the good news is, we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Ezra and Nehemiah will [...]
Honest update here: I'm stumbling through the reading plan right now. I'm reading what was assigned for early July at this point, and I'm hoping I'll be able to catch back up by doubling my reading once school starts. (Ha, school starting! What's that?) It is a nice reminder, though, to see how much God [...]
You guys, we've done it. We've been reading through the Bible for six months now. We're halfway through. How does that make you feel? I have to admit: I'm proud of myself for sticking with it. It's something I haven't done before. And it's time. Related: How to read the Bible chronologically in a year...with [...]
We're excited to share our 2020 printable summer read-aloud list with you all! With pools closing or limiting attendance, camps cancelled, and so many other disappointments for our kids this summer, we're trying to look for the silver lining...and (ahem) some activities that will keep them busy during these long days. So, we've created this [...]
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