The power of fiction, the beauty of words, and the God who made us to wield them for His glory.

The Solace of Water (Elizabeth Byler Younts) – Review

~ About the Book ~ In a time of grief and heartache, an unlikely friendship provides strength and solace. After leaving her son’s grave behind in Montgomery, Alabama, Delilah Evans has little faith that moving to her husband’s hometown in Pennsylvania will bring a fresh start. Enveloped by grief and doubt, the last thing Delilah imagines is becoming friends with her reclusive Amish neighbor, Emma Mullet—yet the secrets that keep Emma isolated from her own community bond her to Delilah in delicate and unexpected ways.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Books for Classically Educated Kids

Okay, bear with me, cause I’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from the girls at The Broke and the Bookish is ‘Top Ten Books I Want My Future Children to Read’. When I started thinking about what books I would include, I came up with all the usual candidates that have already appeared on previous Top Ten lists, many of them more than once: Winnie The Pooh, Beatrix Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, The Hobbit, and so on. I love these stories and other children’s classics, but I wanted to do

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