Category: Reading List

  • Becoming Elisabeth Elliot: A Book Review

      I thought I knew Elisabeth Elliot well. I’ve read many of her books and have listened to her talks, enough to think I had a handle on her life experiences, her personality, her struggles, and even quirks. But I could not put down Ellen Vaughn’s biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot.   …

  • Resource Roundup – 1/25/19

    A few articles and a few highly recommended books (to read to your kids!) this week.   WALSH: You Can’t Give A Lethal Injection To Criminals In New York But You Can Give It To Infants – “Speaking of lethal injection, in case you haven’t yet grasped how twisted this…

  • Resource Roundup – 1/18/19

    I’ll be a student until the day I die, and I’m thankful for the many teachers to learn from. I pass some of the best from this week off to you!   Six Reasons Why Some Members Resist Church Growth – “Growth brings new members to ministries, groups, and church…

  • Resource Roundup

    I’m a bit of a resource geek. I want to be a lifelong learner, one who sets her face toward wisdom (Pr. 17:24), listens to wisdom (Pr. 13:14), increases in wisdom (Pr. 9:9), and much more! And, as each of these Proverbs suggest, a primary source for growing is through listening…

  • Books I’m Reading in 2018

    It’s been said, “Good leaders are good readers,” and I agree. To read is to learn. And in order for people to learn from us, we must first be learners (and from sources other than books, I might add). And, while deserving of another blog post, I’ll insert that I…

  • Homemade Gatorade

    Fact:  water tastes a little “off” to me during the first trimester of pregnancy.  Can anyone relate?  The hard part is that I need to be consuming even more liquids than normal, and am perpetually behind.  I’m sure this is part of the reason I am susceptible to migraines during…