writing in the margins of life
No matter what our age, race, culture, language, social status, or life circumstances, all Christians should be known as characteristically grateful people. We, above all humans, have overwhelming cause to be thankful. Mary K. Mohler "Growing in Gratitude" About the book... Do you lack joy in your life as a Christian woman? Do you struggle [...]
This first week of May is here, and with it the Corner Shelf Book Club begins! Week One Recap & Suggested Further Reading If you are following along the suggested schedule, you will have read (or be reading) the short biography of John Bunyan by John Piper. I was deeply encouraged by it, and my [...]
Hello Sam! It is such a pleasure to have you join me for an interview. Thank you, so much! My family started reading The Green Ember books aloud after I graduated high school and all the commotion and excitement peaked my interest, and so I read them myself. Wow is all I have to say. [...]
It's here! *Finally* the first five weeks of the companion guide for the summer book club is AVAILABLE!! The second half of the guide will release before it's time to start using it. 🙂 The companion guide was designed to accompany reading through The Pilgrim's Progress as it is divided and formatted by Desiring God. [...]
I suppose Mrs. Allan is too old to dance and sing and of course it wouldn't be dignified for a minister's wife. But I can just feel she's glad to be a Christian and that she'd be one even if she could get to heaven without it. Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables [...]
Hello there friends! WINTER IS OVER. (Mostly...) Spring has finally sprung and with it busy schedules have returned, winter blues are fading, closets are being cleaned out, new goals getting set, and lots of dreaming about flowers beginning. You may have noticed things around here have been a little slow the last few weeks, and [...]
It's early morning. My coffee sits in the window sill of my Dad's office, which happens to be my favorite room in the whole house. No one else has woken up yet, and there's a precious stillness around me. I turned on some soft instrumental music and the morning seems calm and quiet. But it [...]
"Your letter of a month ago has sat on my desk, amid stacks of papers that need grading, and yearbook material, and declamations. Finally, a moment (which is likely to be broken) has come when I could try to answer." A Letter from Elisabeth Howard to Jim Elliot in "Devotedly" About the book... Many are [...]
“Discernment does not change the challenges we face; it changes our ability to face them.” *Hannah Anderson "All That's Good" About the book… All That’s Good is a look at the lost art of discernment and how learning to develop and use this gift from God will enable us to glorify and enjoy Him better, [...]
To love Christ more - this is the deepest need, the constant cry of my soul. Down in the bowling alley, and out in the woods, and on my bed, and out driving, when I am happy and busy, and when I am sad and idle, the whisper keeps going up for more love, more [...]
Madelyn Istrate 