Mama's Recent Reads

The Austen Escape, Katherine Reay Because sometimes you need a sweet story with nothing objectionable in it.

Home, Marilynne Robinson And sometimes you need thoughtful fiction.

The Day the World Came to Town, Jim Defede When bad things happen, look for the people helping. On 9/11, U.S. airspace was closed and all planes were ordered to land. A small town of 10,000 in Newfoundland, Canada took in 7,000 passengers and cared for them for days.

Teaching from Rest, Sarah Mackenzie I re-read this book every year before I start teaching. "If God expected you to get thirty-six hours' worth of work done in a day, He would have given you thirty-six hours to do it. If you have more to do than time to do it in, the simple fact is this: Some of what you are doing isn't on His agenda for you."

Parenting, Paul David Tripp. The best book on parenting I've ever read.

God and the Transgender Debate, Andrew Walker. Thoughtful, compassionate, Biblical, and grace-filled.

A Crazy, Holy Grace, Frederich Buechner. Buechner's reminders of the ever-present grace of God even in hard times: a blessing.