I’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 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!
Read MoreWithout delay, I give you the best books I read in 2025. Some of these titles were published long before 2025, and I am only now getting to them. They still merit mention.
Read MoreTheo of Golden begins as a slow roll but that in itself is a gift. Theo is captivating and his pace is enticing. So, without realizing it, I slowed down to smell the roses, as it were, and let Theo teach me something about seeing what’s right in front of me.
This review will tell you What Worked, Who It’s For, and a Caution to help you decide to put Theo of Golden on your TBR.
Read MoreReading the Anne of Green Gables novels straight through gave me a clear picture of Anne’s character arc, a redemptive arc if ever there was one. It also showed me L. M. Montgomery’s Christian worldview. Her worldview jumps from the pages so clearly that I began to highlight the many Bible references, though none of them are given a chapter and verse.
