It's time to leave the beach, and I dread making the announcement. The beach has become a reprieve for me in the busy days of parenting our three little boys. They were born within three years, so we never had time to store the stroller. I just kept squeezing them in and strapping them on—the ... Read More
The Far-Fetched Stories of Sacrificial Love
It’s hard to explain love to a preschooler. You’d be wasting your breath giving a definition like “warm personal attachment.” Instead, we read stories like The Runaway Bunny, in which a young bunny tries to run from his mamma, but she lovingly, and sometimes stealthily, finds him and brings him ... Read More
Great Christian Memoirs for 2022
In 1997, Alistair Begg was the guest speaker in my college classroom. He thrilled his young-adult audience with the story of how he won the heart of his girlfriend, who became his wife, by writing letters. After some correspondence, he traveled from Scotland to the US for a visit. Her ... Read More
Book Recommendations for 2021
Depending on which source you consult, between 300,000 and 328,000 books are published in the U.S. every year. Worldwide, 2.2 million new titles roll off the presses annually. How do you decide what to read next? Years ago, I resolved to keep track of the books I read. Since then, Goodreads ... Read More
A Monumental Christmas
A few years ago, I was driving around town doing the after-school shuffle. I dropped off my youngest at swim team and rushed to the middle school to pick up my middle son. One of his friends needed a ride, so I gladly ran him home. I planned to return library books and pick up a prescription before ... Read More