A Damsel in Distress

‘Is that Billie?’ ‘It is not Billie, whoever Billie may be. I am female, George.’ ‘So is Billie.’ ‘Well, you had better run through the list of your feminine friends till you reach me.’ ‘I haven’t any feminine friends.’ ‘None?’ ‘No.’ ‘That’s odd.’ ‘Why?’ ‘You told me in the garden two nights ago that you [...]

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{Review & Giveaway} Praying for Your Future Husband

Sometimes I’m afraid to ask for too much in my future husband because I don’t want to be disappointed. I give You my expectations. I’ll be faithful to pray and leave the rest in Your hands. (Robin Jones Gunn & Tricia Goyer) I honestly can’t remember the last time I curled up with a book [...]

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Discovering Elisabeth Elliot (in 5 Minutes)

We are called to be women. The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian does make me a different kind of woman. For I have accepted God’s idea of me, and my whole life is an offering back to [...]

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{Review} It’s Not About Me

My mother has been reading books by Max Lucado for years. I’m not sure why I haven’t read – REALLY read – any before now. Maybe because I was too busy reading books by Charles Haddon Spurgeon and proud of myself for reading old, serious, weighty books … ? Oops. Yes, maybe that was it, [...]

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{Review} “Jack and Jill”

Each was slowly learning, in her own way, one of the three lessons all are better for knowing – that cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends; that in ordering oneself aright one helps others to do the same; and that the power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and [...]

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{Review} “The Story of the Bible”

First and last … ? It’s not often a modern book can be described as “beautiful”. But “The Story of the Bible” IS beautiful! Because I love history – especially Jewish and Christian history – and the Bible is one of my favourite books, I was excited about the chance to review a book that [...]

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The Wool Pack

It’s the book that’s shaped me, as a writer, more than any other – “The Wool Pack” by Cynthia Harnett. Has anything happened that is new? My parents read “The Wool Pack” to me when I was tiny and I have a cosy memory of listening to the story of Nicholas, of Cicely and of [...]

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Wives and Daughters

“He told me what books to read; and one day he made me notice how many bees I saw – “ “Bees, child! What do you mean? Either you or he must have been crazy!” “No, not at all. There are more than two hundred kinds of bees in England, and he wanted me to [...]

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An Old Fashioned Girl

A kind little thought, an unselfish little act, a cheery little word, are so sweet and comfortable that no one can fail to feel their beauty and love the giver. I wanted to be just like Polly. I wanted to have brown blue eyes … and brown curls … and rosy cheeks. Most of all [...]

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When Jessie Came Across the Sea

“Once upon a time” … there lived a girl called Jessie. Jessie lives with her grandmother in a little village in “the old country”. The rabbi teaches Jessie to read and write and Jessie teaches her grandmother … who, in turn, teaches Jessie to sew lace. And then, one day, Jessie has the chance to [...]

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