A Christmas Carol & Detachment
I recently attended a live performance of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. The cast did an excellent job portraying the well-known tale in a new
I recently attended a live performance of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. The cast did an excellent job portraying the well-known tale in a new
Readers of Leila Lawler’s popular blog Like Mother, Like Daughter found her advice so helpful that they asked her to write a book. The result
One night I had a lot of questions about life and serving others. I felt like I wasn’t doing enough, or that I wasn’t doing
Guest post by Karen Ullo. Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell Great Plains Teen Fiction, 2010; 176 pages Gold Medal, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, Young
Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness
Once upon a time — that is how all the old stories start. And they do have a certain inkling of romance attached to them
Have you ever encountered a story – whether in the form of a book, film, television – that seemed written especially for you? As I
(Warning: spoiler alert for A Tale of Two Cities after the image.) ___ Franz Kafka, author of the highly disturbing The Metamorphosis, wrote: “If the
What makes a book great? A great book touches people across cultures and nations; it is a tome that reflects the realities of humanity in
Imagination is twofold, retentive (reproductive) and creative (productive). The object of the first is a sensible reality, which we have previously perceived as such. The
I saw a funny meme about writing, which said, “Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet”: Vanity of
Me with Dante’s Statue in Florence All of my friends know how much I rave about Dante’s The Divine Comedy, and how much I have
Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron are two monumental works of the late Middle Ages. The Purgatorio from the Divine Comedy explores the
As a young mother of a young baby, the opportunity to do something purely for my own entertainment comes around very rarely. On one of
This is a heartwarming children’s book, but it will make readers of any age feel closer to the birth of our Savior. In 40 pages,