To my dearest Kaia, I know you long for the letters to make sense, to unite themselves and speak to you. I know each syllable is a battle for you and I see you fighting. By the time you are able to read this well, you will have won the battle. You will have put in the hours of tracing your finger along the page and sounding out each painstaking phonics rule with your brows knit tight and the corner of your lower lip tucked between your teeth. You will have arranged letter tiles, your tiny …
Books
Disunity in Christ: A She Loves Book Club Discussion
I'm over at SheLoves Magazine snagging a spot on their Red Couch for a book club discussion of Christina Cleveland's Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart As I read, I kept thinking of all the groups, people, cultures that have excluded and marginalized me. Of being a third-culture missionary kid at the throat of the Himalayas. Scraping dahl and rice into my mouth with my tiny hands, squatting to go to the bathroom, and living with the watery sway of rice fields on …
Lessons from Heroines of the Faith: God Calls the Flawed
I love history and I love story. I love the way we can look back to see forward. I love the way story connects us all. So I am so excited to share this guest post by my friend, Michelle DeRusha. She's worked to compile both a dynamic history that's anything but dull and a complex story of women that are much like you and I. Flawed, imperfect, average, and extraordinarily called by God, she introduces us to women we'll not soon forget in her new book, 50 Women Every Christian Should Know: Lessons …
