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I Think I Think A LotBedtime at our house involves a fair amount of bustling, some snuggling, some tooth-brushing, and a lot of talking— so much talking. I like...
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The Two Princesses of BamarreOccasionally, I find myself suffering from what I call “brave princess fatigue,” a condition caused by reading book after book...
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A Visual Theology Guide to the BibleJust as I don’t know what I think until I write it down or say it out loud, I often don’t truly grasp an idea until I see it...
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What Are Ears For?Reading can be such an interior journey, with the things we imagine all tucked away inside our minds—we sit back; we receive; if we’re...
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The Sin EaterThis book, in addition to being written by the incomparable Gary Schmidt, contains three of the things I love most in a story: a very old...
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Something Better ComingI have written recently, in a few different places , about the loss of a very good friend and about her legacy. My daughters didn’t...
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The Mousehole CatMy favorite kind of mail is Surprise Mail: the packages that I didn’t order, but that arrive on our porch unannounced and full of...
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Jesus and the Gift of FriendshipWe live in a college town, where jobs are few and far between and the cost of living is high. So that major event so many kids face at least...
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Saint Valentine the KindheartedHuzzah for the third book in Ned Bustard’s series of saint biographies! 1 Like the first two, Saint Valentine is a charming, rhymed,...
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Sacred SeasonsJust a quick reminder: in the next few weeks, I’ll be closing down my current email newsletter, so if you’d still like to...
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A Break and a Big Book ListWell—I find myself at a cross-roads and, dear readers, I don’t know how I feel about it. The truth is, we have crossed this wonderful...
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All About Bible AnimalsOur nine-year-old is all about animals. I joke that she is our Gerald Durrell, not just because she loves the fuzzy, purring, cuddling...
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A Place to Hang the MoonThis spring, I turned forty. My husband crossed that threshold a few years before I did, so I wasn’t particularly nervous about it....
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The SowerGood gravy, that was quite the break I just took! I’ve missed weeks posting before, of course, but not that many. What happened? I suppose...
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Like MeIt is 6:04 a.m. I am sitting at our kitchen table, fortifying myself with green tea as I prepare to write this post, surrounded by a stack...
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Ghost SignsBack when we homeschooled, I got really interested in “the nature walk.” This is exactly what it sounds like: a walk—short or...
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The King of EasterEvery year, Easter sneaks up on me. I think it’s the way it slinks around the calendar, sometimes popping up before spring begins, and...
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Beautiful Novels for TeensThis year, fifty percent of our offspring will be over the age of thirteen. Half our children will no longer answer to the word...
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God Cares For MeOver the past two months, one of our daughters in particular has been assailed by a series of sicknesses. If we had a punch card for the urgent...
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Saint Patrick the GiftgiverFirstly, wow . Email me, I said . I don’t know what I expected after that last post—a high five gif from a friend maybe, and one or...
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Ten Years! A History of Little Book, Big StoryAs of this month, Little Book, Big Story is ten years old. Ten! An entire decade! Fashion trends, musical styles, large swaths of whole...
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The Lord’s PrayerI love a good illustrated version of The Lord’s Prayer . We have—and have savored—several. But Harold L. Senkbeil’s The...
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A World of PraiseThe last few months at our house have been—how shall I put it?—an adventure. We haven’t been hit by a semi-truck of suffering, just by...
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Bible Study Resources for KidsWhen we were homeschooling, I learned a trick for teaching my daughters math. If they were struggling to solve a problem, I would wait until...
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The Enchanted GardenSo in the fall we caught Covid, and the day—the very day—that first test developed a second line, this package arrived. Now, any time a...
