I love, love, love the Dwell Bible app. I listen to Rosie on 1.5 speed because her speech is pretty slow. It is purely scripture. This year they put oI love, love, love the Dwell Bible app. I listen to Rosie on 1.5 speed because her speech is pretty slow. It is purely scripture. This year they put out an Advent devotional. You listen in the app to the verses then read the devotional. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I ended up really liking it. ...more
If you haven’t read this book recently or ever, pick it up right now and read it. I know of no other book that demonstrates this well the depths of GoIf you haven’t read this book recently or ever, pick it up right now and read it. I know of no other book that demonstrates this well the depths of God’s love a grace to sinners nor his provision and kindness to use us for his kingdom.
Reread in audio. A book I wish I could hug. Visiting these old friends is always a joy and as an adult I love the wilder chapters where Grahame capturReread in audio. A book I wish I could hug. Visiting these old friends is always a joy and as an adult I love the wilder chapters where Grahame captures the essence of animal instinct. I do love these four creatures. ...more
Adorable story for the right age. Maybe 4-9. Enjoyed the Kindle version with my granddaughters on Zoom. All the illustrations are there and it is easyAdorable story for the right age. Maybe 4-9. Enjoyed the Kindle version with my granddaughters on Zoom. All the illustrations are there and it is easy to screen share Kindle pages on Zoom. ...more
Loved reading this to my granddaughters on Zoom. Lots of great thoughts on over-parenting and education. I feel so blessed to have had an opportunity Loved reading this to my granddaughters on Zoom. Lots of great thoughts on over-parenting and education. I feel so blessed to have had an opportunity to read this again ...more
This is one of my favorite read-alouds. This time I picked it as the first book to read aloud to my granddaughters in our Social Distancing Morning TiThis is one of my favorite read-alouds. This time I picked it as the first book to read aloud to my granddaughters in our Social Distancing Morning Time. They both loved it and we read the last 4 chapters in one sitting because we couldn't help it. Even though I have read this book many times, I still got very teary in parts. Also I found it quite interesting that I related so much to the old grandmother this time. What a perfect book for such a time as this.
If you ever wonder how a book can have a moral without moralizing, try Treasures of the Snow....more
I am working through this series in audio with the Cameron Bierlie recordings. I really wanted to skip this one and get on to New England with Mary EmI am working through this series in audio with the Cameron Bierlie recordings. I really wanted to skip this one and get on to New England with Mary Emma and Company but once I adjusted my attitude I loved hearing about Ralph's summer at the home ranch. These are expertly told stories. Virtue is illustrated in all its glory and humility without ever once watching itself in the mirror....more
A week or so ago a young mother told a group of us she was reading this In Morning Time with her children. If I am honest, I will admit I felt a pang.A week or so ago a young mother told a group of us she was reading this In Morning Time with her children. If I am honest, I will admit I felt a pang. I would never read this in Morning Time again. But when I was heading out the door to babysit my granddaughters this weekend I remembered and grabbed this book and several others. Today, off and on, I read this aloud to Bella and Vanna and they listened! Tonight we finished it. I consider this nothing short of a gift from God. I am grateful. ...more
I am rereading the Ralph Moody Little Britches series of books on audio right now being that I have no one around to read these aloud to. Truly amazinI am rereading the Ralph Moody Little Britches series of books on audio right now being that I have no one around to read these aloud to. Truly amazing stories of resilience and familial love....more
Howard Pyle is my of my favorite read-aloud authors. This version of Robin Hood reads like a lyric ode to Sherwood Forest and the merry band of outlawHoward Pyle is my of my favorite read-aloud authors. This version of Robin Hood reads like a lyric ode to Sherwood Forest and the merry band of outlaws. It is the perfect book to read aloud to young poet-warrior hopefuls. It is also the last book I will read aloud to the young man I have been teaching for almost four years, so the bittersweet ending of the book strikes a remembrance of past readings with my own children.
Let us end here:
"Thus they rode slowly onward, talking about these old, familiar things; old and yet new, for they found more in them than they had ever thought of before. Thus at last they came to the open glade, and the broad, wide-spreading greenwood tree which was their home for so many years. Neither of the two spoke when they stood beneath that tree. Robin looked all about him at the well-known things, so like what they used to be and yet so different; for, where once was the bustle of many busy fellows was now the quietness of solitude; and, as he looked, the woodlands, the greensward, and the sky all blurred together in his sight through salt tears, for such a great yearning came upon him as he looked on these things (as well known to him as the fingers of his right hand) that he could not keep back the water from his eyes."...more
"All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well." Julian of Norwich
Here is CS Lewis's attmept to comfort us with visio"All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well." Julian of Norwich
Here is CS Lewis's attmept to comfort us with visions of heavenly truth. I think he succeeds. The first time I ever really desired Heaven was after reading this as a 19yo young married girl. Today as I finished reading it to my student, I felt my heart ache again longingly. I ache for that heavenly realty.
As I read off each of the people the children were finding in the "further up and further in" Narnia, Drake, my student, would jump out of his chair and hoot for joy. You gotta love a 12 year old boy!
I found myself happiest to see Puddleglum again.
I hope I am not saying goodbye to Narnia forever. Gotta figure out a way to have Zoom read alouds with my grandchildren....more
One of the best. From entering Narnia through a painting to Eustace Scrubb deserving his name, to the Island where dreams come true and Reepicheep theOne of the best. From entering Narnia through a painting to Eustace Scrubb deserving his name, to the Island where dreams come true and Reepicheep the brave (and annoying) mouse, this simple book is chockful of itself being the 'right kind of book' and then some....more
This is a tremendously beautiful story. By the time it ends you feel like you know every single character. I hated to say goodbye to the Logans but I This is a tremendously beautiful story. By the time it ends you feel like you know every single character. I hated to say goodbye to the Logans but I am also afraid to read the other stories in case they are not as good. Truly important book which continually made me ask myself, "Would I have done that if I grew up in that culture?" It is a scary question....more
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