Visual Brilliance and a Spectacular Story: Review of Dune
Engrossing and suspenseful with masterful storytelling, this novel is no junk food reading. The vocabulary challenges, in part because Herbert created new langu...
Author: Jackie Bradley
Question Your Rules
I am a rule-follower. I readily admit it. I love rules for so many reasons. Rules create order, define boundaries, and facilitate group cooperation towards comm...
Boundaries: Hold the Line
This cycle of compromise and compliance then eventual frustration, irritation, and overwhelm is ENTIRELY my fault. I say ‘yes’ when I need to say ‘no,’ and I sa...
Learning From Elijah
Elijah's epic life inspires great courage in the faith, but can be hard to relate to in the everyday faith walk. However, his emotional journey speaks volumes t...
Friction Vs. the Easy Button
I’m going to venture out on a limb and suggest that the Staples’ “easy button” has become a cultural icon. More than 15 years after its inception, one quick Goo...
Peace Surpasses Understanding
One of the reasons I love reading so much is because I love to learn. I love new ideas, insights and understanding. I love to exercise my mind. (I often refer t...
Parents! This Book is Bomb!!
A big shoutout to Disney+ for making a series based on this book. I never would’ve known its brilliance without their advertising. I watched and loved the serie...
Forgiveness in Suffering
This novel came to me highly recommended. Which, in my world means that at least two people I know read it and like it. It did take me a few pages to get into i...
Why Unburdened?
It was the summer of 2020 and I, like so many others, felt shaken from the chaos and disappointments of the early Covid pandemic. The spring of 2020 was suppose...
The Lost Art of Quieting
When was the last time you experienced 15, even 10 minutes of quiet? No, I don’t mean electronic devices on vibrate and the television on mute quiet. I mean rea...