You Have a Brain by Ben Carson, M.D. -- A Book Review Even if Ben Carson's mother had foreknown her son's future as a neurosurgeon, she could hardly have come up with a more fitting rhetorical question to challenge him throughout his childhood: "Do you have a brain?" Mrs. Carson never doubted the affirmative response… Continue reading T.H.I.N.K. B.I.G.
Author: Michele Morin
Michele Morin is a Bible teacher, writer, reader, and gardener committed to the truth that women can become confident Christ-followers and students of God's Word. She has been married to an unreasonably patient husband for thirty-plus years, and together they have four married sons and a growing fleet of adorable grandchildren.
Michele loves hot tea and well-crafted sentences, poems that stop her in her tracks, and days at the ocean with the whole family. She laments biblical illiteracy and advocates for the prudent use of “little minutes.”
She blogs at Living Our Days, and you can connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
Everyone’s History
30 Events that Shaped the Church by Alton Gansky: A Book Review I do not envy Alton Gansky the job of narrowing two thousand years of history down to the thirty most significant events. In doing so, however, what he has created is an aerial view of history, a tool for harnessing the parade of names and dates,… Continue reading Everyone’s History
Just One Thing: Rubble
Going through an old journal -- from the days of four kids under the age of nine, I found an entry based on my reading of Nehemiah 4:10. "The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot build the wall." "Wow," I thought, scanning the entry. "That must have… Continue reading Just One Thing: Rubble
Five Thoughts from the Doorway
"Deep in our hearts, we know that the best things said come last," said Alan Alda in his memoir entitled Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself. He's right, of course. We chat for hours of an evening, asking for and receiving updates on mutual friends, alternately bragging on and complaining about our kids; and then "linger… Continue reading Five Thoughts from the Doorway
Brighter, Better, and More Potent
The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts by Joe Rigney -- A Book Review By nature, I have a war-time mentality. I wish I could attribute it to a white-hot gospel fire in my bones, but it probably has more to do with seeing President Gerald Ford wearing a sweater and urging… Continue reading Brighter, Better, and More Potent
Just One Thing: Scorn
Sometimes fictional theologians utter such delightful truths that I have to remind myself as I am reading, "He's not a real person. He doesn't exist outside this book." Jayber Crow is just such a man, stalwart resident and barber in Wendell Berry's fictional town of Port William, Kentucky. I love his thoughtful, meandering reflections on… Continue reading Just One Thing: Scorn
Beside Us to Guide Us — and More!
Jesus, Continued . . . by J.D. Greear: A Book Review As soon as he started talking about guidance, J.D. had my ear. You see, I am THAT Christian -- the one who becomes paralyzed whenever there's a big decision on the table, and even though I know that God is not interested in mindless… Continue reading Beside Us to Guide Us — and More!
Biblical Q and A
The Bible's Answers to 100 of Life's Biggest Questions by Norman L. Geisler and Jason Jimenez: A Book Review It has happened, at least once, to every teacher -- the question that stops you in your tracks. Taking a deep breath, with thoughts racing and nothing coming to your mind, every neuron is straining the words, "I should know… Continue reading Biblical Q and A
What to Do When the Baby Turns Thirteen
A house full of "young men" doesn't happen overnight. Slippery things, boys are, one minute covered in chocolate frosting, And the next minute starting a career and a family. But there's always the baby, right? Sweet voice and smooth cheek in a baritone and bearded world. Until -- I look in the mirror and know… Continue reading What to Do When the Baby Turns Thirteen
Just One Thing: Foreshadowing
My family loves stories, and, together, we have read our way through everything from Laura Ingalls Wilder to J.R.R. Tolkien, either on the living room couch, at the dining room table, or in the car. For this reason, our brood is quite story-savvy, and it is not unusual to hear someone announce at some point in the… Continue reading Just One Thing: Foreshadowing
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