My grandparent’s house has been pink for about as long as I can remember. Nestled in a quiet neighborhood, only a few doors down from a church with a bell. The house had a palm tree in the front yard and a giant evergreen near the garage that seemed perennially a home to an owl. […]
The Warren & The World Vol 9, Issue 33
We’ve turned a corner again into a new month. If you live along the path of Hurricane Ida, you may have had a week of destruction or displacement, or you may have faced some other storm in your life over this week. Whatever it was, I hope you can turn the page to a new month […]
Review: Slugs & Bugs Sing the Bible, Volume 4
I’ve got a memory tucked into my pocket from nearly a decade ago: it’s a fall afternoon, and I’m pulling the family car into the local apple farm for an afternoon of picking, two young boys in their car seats in the backseat, and a song about “bears, bears” who’ve “got no cares” jangling out […]
The Warren & The World Vol 9, Issue 32
It’s been a hard week. I know it has been for many—both in our own personal orbits and in the world writ large. I’m praying today for so many friends and family members who are struggling. For friends of friends. For families in parts of the world where I’ve never set foot. For safety, for […]
Reading with Open Eyes & Hearts: A Review of Steeped in Stories by Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins is the author of many wonderful books for children ranging from picture books to young adult novels. But I first heard of her not through her books but through this article she wrote for Christianity Today in which she claims the classic books she read as a child paved the way for her to later […]