They had guessed before that this was an island: clambering among the pink rocks, with the sea on either side, and the crystal heights of ...

Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley.  Atheneum, 2011, 240 pages.  Age-interest level: 16-up. UPDATE: Where Things Come Back has won a gold medal ...

A while back, I recommended to you The Jesus Storybook Bible in audiobook format.  Today, I would like to add one more Bible story to ...

Found this prayer/poem, Praying on 9/11, by Mike Cosper tonight on The Gospel Coalition site.  Thought I would share it not only for our adult ...

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, by Tom Angleberger.  Abrams, 2010, 141 pages.  Age/interest level: 9-12. Sixth grade is the witching time for authors of ...

Images of God for Young Children, by Marie-Helene Delval (illustrated by Barbara Nascimbeni) Eerdmans, 2011. Brother Sun, Sister Moon, by Katherine Paterson, illustrated by Pamela ...

"Of course 'successful careers' are important, but I would suggest thinking of them in the very different Christian paradigm of vocation.  Not, what career should ...

The Brixton Brothers, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Adam Rex, published  by Simon & Schuster.  The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity (2009), 179 ...

When we teamed up with Reelthinking.wordpress.com, Janie and I hoped there would be a little interest in the subject.  Little did we know that in ...

In our continuing tradition of slopping over themes to the following week, I wanted to weigh in one more time on our book/movie emphasis.  Partly ...

The basic premise of Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Ted Tripp is this: “Behavior is heart-driven, therefore, correction, discipline, and training—all parenting—must be addressed to ...

Back-to-school time means hitting the books and living more structured days.  All the more reason to look forward to a good, family movie at the ...