This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and...

~ ~ 1. The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo Elizabeth Acevedo is a New York Times bestselling author, with a BA in Performing Arts from The...

1. Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata Death Note, Vol. 1 - Black Edition is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and...

~ 1. The Little Virtues, Natalia Ginzburg A glowing light of modern Italian literature. Ginzburg’s magic is the utter simplicity of her...

~ 1. The Island of Sea Women, Lisa See Haenyeo / Haenyo (해녀, literal translation: sea women) def. female divers in the Korean...

~ (written in Dec 2020) ~ 1. Celtic Empire, Clive (and Dirk) Cussler My first Cussler book. Summary: During a routine investigation of...

~ The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa Translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder, Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police is a plaintive commentary on...

Come to me with all prayer and supplication, that words may be given and boldly proclaimed for the revelation and mystery of the gospel,...

~ Peace I leave with you; my peace will I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled or afraid...

Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily...

Devotion: Saying Goodbye to Christmas & New Year in Diary Entries

Be strong and of good courage. Do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you, wherever you may go. ---- Joshua 1:9 Causing...

Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons. -- American journalist Jim Bishop The wind is November's muse --...

~ ~ 1. The Devotion of Suspect X, Keigo Higashino The Devotion of Suspect X is Keigo Higashino's third novel in the Detective Galileo...

~ ~ My friends, In this unprecendented time, when philanthrophic efforts must be reshaped to respect lockdown regulations, I believe art...

This week's Monday Review contains a varied list of novels read over the last couple of months, in order of when I read them ♡ If you...

~ ~ Listen to the wind whip. A storm is brewing. A storm like a sea creature, with tentacles latching hold of the soft, tactile waters of...

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother's womb, so, too, are you unable to u

May we be open to receiving an answer from God no matter what form and time he chooses.

Dear friends ♡ Welcome back to another Monday Review. I'm so happy for the chance to share these favourites with you.

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Better Days, dir. Derek Kwok-Cheung Tsang ~ Note I wrote this review about seven months ago, prior to the coronavirus outbreak and...

~ ~ And it shall be said: 'Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.' For so says the One who...

Devotion: For The Joy Before Us //

I will be your God throughout your lifetime—until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you...

~ But soon, a tempestous wind, called the Northeaster, struck down from the land. And when the ship was caught, the crew gave way to it...

~ ~ // Eli Rose, Dis-moi // Eli Rose, Carrousel // L'Impératice, Vanille fraise // AKMU, Chantey // TAEYEON, Blue // Sufjan Stevens,...

~ ~ 'In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. He had a wife from the daughters...

~ Good morning, afternoon, evening-------I hope you are my well & feeling connected wherever you are at whatever time you read this. This...

~ ~ I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10v10 --- Most believers in Jesus trust in this promise-----in theory....

~ ~ Spirited Away, a studio ghibli film dir. by Hayao Miyazaki Spirited Away is gorgeousness, a beautiful composition of melody, rhythm,...

"It was planted in good soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine," Ezekial...

The Monday Review. Self-isolation reads. Anne Enright. Haruki Murakami. Kate Folk. The New Yorker. Linda Boström Knausgård.

You will seek me, and you will find me, when you seek me with all your heart," Jeremiah 29v13. ~ ~ Dear friends ♡ I've written this...

~ Good morning friends ♡ I'm thinking of you today, as we all hide away in self-isolation and try to remain calm & encouraged in these...

Us and Them, dir. Rene Liu ~ ~ Released 28th April 2018, Us and Them (Hoòulái de Women) is the story of two stranger who meet on a train...

~ ~ Satan (sin) wants to isolate. He seeks the solo competitor------easier this way to overpower. To overshadow the power of...

~ ~ In Mark 6, Jesus sought a space where it was quiet. A place of rest. Him and his disciples had been busy with good, restorative...

~ ~ 1. Bridge Of Clay, Markus Zusak Markus Zusak's Bridge Of Clay has been on The Monday Review list for a long while now, and (because...

~ ~ "You satisfy me as with rich food; my mouth will praise you with joyful lips," Psalm 63v5. Sometimes we feel alone, empty, fatigued. ...

~ Beginning a new devotional week with the story of Jesus' birth. Luke 2:1-7. But let us look at one verse, five words: "And while they...

~ ~ (also, in replace of this weeks' Monday Review), I thought I'd write something new. A couple favorite recipes from my semester. But...

~ ~ A stroke of imperfection runs through everything and everyone we came across in this world; even the things we hope will...

~ "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your site, O Lord," -- psalm 19v14. ~ Good morning lovely...

~ ~ 1. Half of What Atlee Rouse Knows About Horses, Bret Anthony Johnston Winner of the 2017 Sunday Times Short Story Award, Half of What...

~ ~ In the Old Testament, 1s Kings 18, the Lord came to the prophet Elijah and commanded him to approach Ahab, the seventh king of the...

~ ~ 2 Kings 5 tells the story of a man named Naaman. "Captain of the army of the king of Aram, Naaman was a great man, and highly...

~ ~ I listened to a Ted Talk by widely regarded actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt today about how craving attention can make us less creative....

~ ~ 1. Astonishing The Gods, Ben Okri Astonishing The Gods is a book that highlights the theme of invisibility. The notion of...

Devotional, a response to Priscilla Shirer's Awaken. Waiting In A State of Holy Anticipation.