Reading Recap 2025 (Quarter 1)
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Reading Recap 2025 (Quarter 1)

35 books that I’ve read so far in 2025: Anna Karenina, The Chronicles of Narnia, Sally Clarkson, a new favorite fiction series, and more!

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Women’s History Month and Biblical Womanhood
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Women’s History Month and Biblical Womanhood

Is Women’s History Month really about power, feminism, and encouraging mothers to only produce little liberals—when abortion is not desired, of course?

It is a wonderful thing to be a woman, and it always has been since God created women.

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Book List: Books About Books
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Book List: Books About Books

What is the best gift that you can give a reader? Well, a book, of course—but what about a book about books? There’s nothing better than to relax with an author (really, a fellow book nerd) and enjoy their take on books, reading, literature, and the entire bookish culture.

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Favorite Books from 2024
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Favorite Books from 2024

My top ten books from 2024 out of 106 total, my reading goal for 2025, and links to all my book reviews.

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Reading Recap: Quarter 4
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Reading Recap: Quarter 4

I was able to read 42 books this quarter. Some notable books reviewed in this post include the Witnesses of the Light series, The Green Ember series, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion,—and my Christmas reads, which include fiction, nonfiction, and classics.

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Waiting For Something Greater
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Waiting For Something Greater

Just as we thank and praise God for sending Jesus Christ to be born, we need to be expectantly waiting for His return.

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A Bookish Gift Guide
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A Bookish Gift Guide

What gift is more meaningful than a good book? If you need suggestions for the reader in your life this Christmas, then keep reading!

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More Than Partners: The Depth of the Marriage Covenant
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More Than Partners: The Depth of the Marriage Covenant

Today, it is common to refer to your spouse as your partner. But in this terminology shift, culture is actually changing the focus of marriage from God’s design to a self-centered, self-pleasing view of relationships.

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Don’t Just “Get By”
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Don’t Just “Get By”

Have you heard the song “Get By”, performed by country music star Jelly Roll? I couldn’t help but notice a problematic message as I listened to this song—but it’s not what you think.

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Reading Recap: Quarter 3
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Reading Recap: Quarter 3

Reviews of 27 books that I read this quarter, including The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, Surprised by Oxford, and several new fiction authors.

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Strength in Weakness
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Strength in Weakness

My grace is sufficient for you. My power is perfected in weakness.

I prayed these words many times recently, begging God for strength and sustenance in a unique circumstances: pregnancy.

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Deconstruction: How Can The Church Do Better?
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Deconstruction: How Can The Church Do Better?

Deconstruction is not the first obstacle that has been set against Christianity or the local church. God’s Word will not fade away and the true church will stand—alone—but on the truth.

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Deconstruction: A Quick Church History
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Deconstruction: A Quick Church History

A brief study of prominent movements in the last thirty years of church history: Certain movements and events influenced and paved the way, not only for the deconstruction movement, but how the church has responded to it as a whole.

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Deconstruction: First, a Worldview
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Deconstruction: First, a Worldview

Understanding our own worldview and the worldview of others will be crucial to these conversations. Whether we know it or not, our worldview leads and influences us in our decisions, including the decision to deconstruct.

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Podcasts I’m Loving Lately
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Podcasts I’m Loving Lately

Since a podcast is in many ways a “one sided” conversation, when I find one that I really enjoyed or gleaned helpful information from, I have been desiring an outlet to share that with my friends and family.

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