As seems to be the case here lately, I find myself unable to adequately review a book that both requires and demands a thoughtful review as well as a large readership. In other words: it’s good and you need to read it. Few books have messed me up—in a good way—like Radical: Taking Back Your…
Author Archives: Lisa
You Can Still Wear Cute Shoes
You Can Still Wear Cute Shoes: And Other Great Advice from an Unlikely Preacher’s Wife addresses many of the challenges and questions faced by women married to the ministry, pastor’s wives wondering about their role—and the expectations thereof–in their husband’s calling. Written from the trenches by real life pastor’s wife Lisa McKay, You Can Still…
This Fine Life
This Fine Life, a novel by Eva Marie Everson, opens in the summer of 1959 with young socialite Mariette Puttnam returning home upon graduation from boarding school. Mariette is torn between her mother’s desire that she take her rightful place among the privileged society in which they move in order (and thus find a husband)…
Some resources for the college bound
I have officially entered what has to be one of the more surreal stages of parenthood, a stage marked by nearly daily letters from various prospective colleges, a stage with its own unique vocabulary comprised of words and acronyms like “ACT,” “GPA,” “dual enrollment,” and “AP.” Yes, you guessed it: in a short two years…
I Will Carry You
I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy by Angie Smith is another book that I have no idea how to review. Even offering a synopsis of sorts fails, in my opinion, to do justice to the strength of the book’s story and the emotion it evokes. So, I will resort as…
The Long Way Home
Did you know that when the US entered the Great War, World War I, one-third of its population had been born overseas or had a parent who was an immigrant? In fact, at the height of the US deployment, nearly one in five American soldiers was foreign-born. These are the facts at the heart of…
This Body of Death
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m a big fan of a good mystery. I’m pretty partial to a British detective novel and its usual psychological suspense. So I was excited for the opportunity to read Elizabeth George’s This Body of Death and wasn’t undaunted in the least by hefty tome with its 650+ pages. As…
Motherhood is Murder
In Motherhood is Murder, author Diana Orgain continues to charm and entertain us with the exploits of new mom turned sleuth Kate Connolly. Motherhood is Murder picks up where Bundle of Trouble left off, with Kate wanting to begin work as private investigator all the while juggling the demands of a weeks-old baby. Everything I…
Leaders Who Last
Author Dave Kraft wrote his book Leaders Who Last in response to a disturbing statistic that only 30 percent of leaders finish well. He writes in the Introduction: Too many are dropping out of the race, losing heart, and letting go of their dreams and lofty purposes. They are simply giving up and throwing in…
My Bangs Look Good and Other Lies I Tell Myself
My Bangs Look Good and Other Lies I Tell Myself: The Tired Supergirl’s Search for Truth follows on the heels of Susanna Foth Aughtmon’s first book All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans (linked to my review). Both books seek to offer encouragement to “tired supergirls,” Aughtmon’s title for those of…
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