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Our 2012 Bible Reading Challenge: an Introduction

I was raised in a denomination that took the Bible very seriously: “We speak where the Bible speaks, and are silent where the Bible is ...
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Intern-al Machinations

I'll be honest, Janie and I didn't really know what to expect when we decided to advertise for an intern.  We hoped to rangle up ...
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A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole

A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by Henry Cole.  HarperCollins, 2010, 336 pages. Reading Level: Middle grades, ...
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2012 Reading Challenge and Bible Adventure

ONE STORY, ONE BIG ADVENTURE Judging by the success of Sally Lloyd Jones' The Jesus Storybook Bible and R. C. Sproul's new book, What's in ...
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Top 5 Posts of 2011

It's been an exciting year.  We launched Redeemedreader back in February of 2011, and since then we've been sprinting to keep up.  So most of ...
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Dystopian Download

Yesterday on our site, we offered a review of both book and movie, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  But of course, it's not the ...
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My Dragon Tattoo: A Book and Movie Review

Last Wednesday, I sat down with a friend at the Regal Cinema nearby to watch "the feel bad movie of Christmas." For the uninitiated, that's ...
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A Poem for Christmas Morning

ADVENT II The year the tree fell: Little bits of brittle angels all over the floor, bent up boxes, and torn paper. I cut myself ...
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What’s Lefse?

The Invention of Lefse: a Christmas Story, by Larry Woiwode.  Crossway, 2011, 63 pages.  Age/interest level: 8 and up. “Lefse? What’s lefse?” is the epigraph ...
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Winter Audiobooks (and More) for Kids

Ah, winter...Christmas parties, New Years resolutions, dashing through the snow to Grandma's house with a minivan full of sugar-crazed kids.  What better time for a ...
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War Horse

War Horse, by Michael Morpurgo.  Scholastic, 2011 (originally published 1982), 192 pages.  Age/interest level: 8 and up. Michael Morpurgo was already established in the UK ...
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The Word of God for Kids

ESV Seek and Find Bible.  Crossway Bibles, 2010.  1, 888 pps.  Ages 5-up. The Action Bible.  David C. Cook, New edition 2010.  Illustrated by Sergio ...
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