My hope is not in essential oils…or Tylenol. My hope is in Christ. We live in an age of quick fixes. Your head hurts? Turn to one person, and he’ll tell you to pop two Tylenol tablets. Turn to another, and she’ll give you the perfect essential oils to rub on yourself and drop into your diffuser. A third person…
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Mini Book Review #7: Mere Motherhood: Morning Times, Nursery Rhymes, and My Journey toward Sanctification, by Cindy Rollins. Mrs. Rollins is known best for her championship of “Morning Time,” a homeschooling practice of reading and memorizing together as a whole family each morning. Mere Motherhood is far more than a how-to of homeschooling, though. It is a humble and funny…
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Why It’s Ok to Be Unappreciated: Playing to an Audience of One We’ve all had days, sometimes years, of feeling that our work goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Whether at work, at home, or in our church, there is behind-the-scenes work always lined up for us. Sometimes, it feels as though no one else knows or cares unless we forget to…
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A Quick Review of Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: One of my favorite reads of the last few years. Ortlund makes Puritan writers accessible, and he focuses on the merciful heart of Christ toward all of us sinners and sufferers in a way that’s greatly refreshing to those of us burdened by legalism and/or guilt. I recommend Gentle and Lowly…
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Mini Book Review #6: Alone with God: Rediscovering the Power and Passion of Prayer, by John MacArthur. THIS IS THE SHORT-AND-SWEET 6th EPISODE OF THE RESTFUL HOME’S NEW SERIES OF MINI BOOK REVIEWS. Check back each week for a new installment of short book summaries and favorite quotes! Alone with God is one of my new favorite, accessible books on…
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