Summer is a time for reading good books for the sheer fun of reading. My 7-year old boy is ecstatic about the summer reading program at our local library, and I’m ecstatic that he is ecstatic. In the summer, I aim to give him plenty of freedom to read the books he wants to read …
2018 Summer Reading List for Christian Women
I can’t believe I’ve never made a summer reading list for Christian women! As much as I talk about books on this site, it’s never occurred to me to put together a reading guide for the summer. Making a summer reading list is one of the ways I prepare for an intentional summer in my …
2018 Reading Challenge Update: What I Read in May
Welcome to my monthly Book-ish post where I share what I’ve been reading and what I’ve been reading aloud to my children. If you missed it, check out my Reading Goals for 2018 and the 2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge. This month we finished up our homeschool year, and it didn’t take long for …
2018 Reading Challenge Update: What I Read in April
Welcome to my monthly Book-ish post where I share what I’ve been reading and what I’ve been reading aloud to my children. If you missed it, check out my Reading Goals for 2018 and the 2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge. One of my main focuses for this year is prayer. I’ve been reading books on prayer, …
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Reading Challenge Update: What I Read in March
Welcome to my monthly Book-ish post where I share what I’ve been reading and what I’ve been reading aloud to my children. If you missed it, check out my Reading Goals for 2018 and the 2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge. This month was a great reading month. I didn’t read as many books as I …
Tournament of Books Reading Challenge
My kids and I love basketball. With March Madness just around the corner, we’ve been feverishly working this week to get caught up on all our school work so we can join in the watching frenzy that starts next week. As we talked about our brackets, who we think will win this year, and all …
Reading Challenge Update: What I Read in February
Welcome to my monthly Book-ish post where I share what I’ve been reading and what I’ve been reading aloud to my children. If you missed it, check out my Reading Goals for 2018 and the 2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge. This month was a very light reading month for me. To be honest, I needed to …
What I Read in January
Welcome to my monthly Book-ish post where I share what I’ve been reading and what I’ve been reading aloud to my children. If you missed it, check out my Reading Goals for 2018 and the 2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed …
Tips for Choosing the Best Devotional Book
Today I’m talking about devotional books and what to watch out for when using them as your sole spiritual nourishment. I think it can be a little bit confusing when we start talking about devotional books because the Christian lingo is so diverse. We use phrases like: “spending time in God’s Word,” “doing devotions”, and …
New Book Club Starting at Intentional By Grace!
Do you want to grow in your walk with the Lord? This brand new book club will help! Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, by Donald S. Whitney is one of my favorite books for Christian living. It was given to me over ten years ago, and it is easily my most dog-eared, marked-up book …
The Ten Best Books I Read in 2017
Reading is one of my favorite things to do, and last year was a record-breaking year for me! I set the goal in 2017 to read 104 books by the end of the year. I didn’t read that many, but I did read 74 books! This was the most I’ve ever read in a year. …
2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge
Do you love to read? Do you want to grow in Christian maturity this year? Then I’ve got something for you – the 2018 Intentional By Grace Reading Challenge. I put together a reading challenge in 2015 which was surprisingly popular. Many of you have been asking for another one since then. Last year I …