Book Recommendations from Marilyn Turk
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? It was a Golden Book, The Little Engine that Could. What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading? Nancy Drew books. What was your most favorite book in high school? Captain from Castille by Samuel [...]
Facing the Dawn by Cynthia Ruchti (book review)
While her humanitarian husband Liam has been digging wells in Africa, Mara Jacobs has been struggling. She knows she's supposed to feel a warm glow that her husband is nine time zones away, caring for widows and orphans. But the reality is that she is exhausted, working a demanding yet [...]
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene H. Peterson (book review)
As a society, we are no less obsessed with the immediate than when Eugene Peterson first wrote this Christian classic. If anything, email and the Internet may have intensified our quest for the quick fix. But Peterson's time-tested prescription for discipleship remains the same--a long obedience in the same direction. [...]
Book Recommendations with Cynthia Roemer
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? The Little Red Hen, Jim Jump What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading? Becky’s Horse What was your most favorite book in high school? Pride and Prejudice What was your least favorite book in [...]
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood (book review)
Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project - a literal dream come true - Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward. Sure, Levi [...]