The Weight of Glory {Book Review}

I never meant to be one of those people who wrote about C.S. Lewis on my blog. Not because there is anything terrible about C.S. Lewis (I’m a major fan) but because it seems like such a spiritually-cliched thing to do. I rediscovered this book in my closet. Dog-eared and worn in from a time … Continue reading

The Charlatan’s Boy {Book Review}

The Charlatan’s Boy is a delightful story about a little boy who travels with a swindler. Not just any kind of swindler; a traveling showman who could be a Doctor selling potions one week and an exotic hunter the next. But for the longest time, Grady believed it when Floyd billed him as Feechie. Want … Continue reading

The King’s Speech {Book Review}

  I don’t always watch a movie and then read the book it’s based on. But in the case of The King’s Speech, I’m glad I did. The book lifts heavily from the personal diary of Lionel Logue and was compiled by his grandson Mark. Lionel, the self proclaimed “common colonial”, from Australia is the … Continue reading

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Week two of the CrazyLove book club. I was going to post this on Monday, but I got a little distracted by Operation 2012. In this video, the guys and I talk about death (and I admit, I have a morbid sense of humor…I blame my emergency services family) and what we’d do if we … Continue reading

Thunder of Heaven {Book Review}

Book about the end of the world? Check. Authored by Tim LaHaye? Check. Co-authored by Jerry B. Jenkins? Nope. In Tim LaHaye’s newest thriller, he teams up with Craig Parshall. Craig has his own series of thrillers under his belt. In many ways, this book dovetails perfectly with LaHaye’s Left Behind Series. But where it … Continue reading