We shopped for a long while before choosing my transfer chair. Then we took it on a few flights, a bus, a boat, and a cruise ship. We rolled it through smooth airport terminals and across gravel hillsides. It performed like a champ. We bought the ProTravers Ultralightweight Transfer Chair. Here’s why, the pros and cons, and my rating.
Read MoreI’m no art connoisseur. I like beautiful paintings and learning about famous artists, but I don’t have a solid understanding of what makes art beautiful or why I’m drawn to some paintings more than others. Russ Ramsey, in Rembrandt is in the Wind, promises to help people like me. And he delivers.
Read MoreA benediction is a blessing. In some church traditions, it is also a short service. Usually, the benediction comes at the end of a service. A benediction is a blessing spoken over people.
Similar, but different: A doxology is a praise given to God.
Benedictions and doxologies are worth memorizing. Once these words of blessing are imprinted on your heart, you, can speak them out freely. Say them over your children. Say them over yourself! Say them to God is praise.
Read MoreMalachi 3:16 says God "listened" to his remnant and recorded things that "concerned" him. In this book of remembrance, God records what he witnesses about his faithful children.
What would God write down about his children? What’s worthy to be remembered by our Heavenly Father? Here are three things God sees and remembers.
Read MoreGlenna starts by outlining reasons why we should care to study the Bible, and why we can study the Bible without a fill-in study guide. Then she gives us her step-by-step inductive Bible study method.
Perhaps the best part of this book is its length. It’s short. I read it in just over an hour. It’s part of the Disciplines of Devotion series (TGC and Crossway) in which each book introduces one spiritual discipline and gives practical steps to implement them in your modern, hurried life.
Read MoreWhen Breath Becomes Air is the memoir of the life and (mostly) death of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at Stanford. Paul died of cancer, quickly, days after graduating from residency, leaving behind a wife and infant daughter. He wrote this memoir during the short time he battled cancer. 5 Stars!
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