1. An Apple – Honeycrisp – my husband’s favorite – we only have them for a few months in the Fall and are glad when they’re around and especially on special. Welcome back.
2. An Apologist – An apologist is someone who makes a defense of a faith or belief. Nancy Pearcey is an educator and writer. An agnostic in her early life, she became a Christian through a deep study of God. She presents the Christian worldview in such a clear, reasoned way. The subjective, sometimes silly and sometimes sinister, arguments we hear a lot of these days, both inside Christianity and from its foes, are put to rest. I discovered her through a book review by Tim Challies and an article of her own. I was captivated by her clarity on the God I love. Desiring to know better how to both understand and rightly represent God to friends and family. So…I bought both her books and am tearing into them: Finding Truth and Total Truth.
3. A Podcast – The Eric Metaxas Show with Karen Swallow-Prior – Lively conversation about Hannah More – an English poet and supporter of William Wilberforce’s battle against slave trade. This podcast came on the eve of Metaxas’ book release – Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness. Hannah More is one of those seven.
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4. A List of Great Books – Chuck Lawless gives us a list of books that have had considerable impact on his spiritual formation. I’ve read five of them – #1, #2, #4, #6, and #10. Need to read the others.
5. Something We Can Do For Refugees – The plight of refugees around the world moves us to act…but how? What can I really do? Marilyn Gardner has written several blogs this month with practical helps for any of us who want to intervene, effectively. Both short-term crisis care and over the long haul of resettlement. Two of her blogs were especially helpful for me: Self-Sufficiency in 8 Months – How to Settle a Refugee and Trauma-Informed Care.
These are some of my favorite finds this week. What do you have to share? Looking forward to learning from you and enjoying your faves.
Seven Women: and the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas
One Strategy to Rule Them All – How to Answer Skeptics from Romans 1 – Nancy Pearcey
Finding Truth – Tim Challies’ Review of Nancy Pearcey’s Book
Ten Books That Have Shaped My Life – Chuck Lawless
Self-Sufficiency in 8 Months – How to Settle a Refugee – Marilyn Gardner
Thanks, Debbie…we are honey crisp and Metaxas fans here, too…I’m going to have to check out those books you mentioned!
Not surprised. Wish we were neighbors, Blythe. We would push swings, rock babies, talk about great books we’re reading, and resonate with praise of a God who is kind to us. Love you.
I loooove honeycrisp! They were originally made in Minnesota (or, developed, I guess haha) and so there was a whole booth of them at the Minnesota state fair when we went for a visit this summer!
I’ve been loving ebooks from the library lately so I’ve been reading a lot!
Thanks for a bit of history on Honeycrisp apples. What are you reading?
Thank you Deb for this! I found you thru the VA bloggers site…glad I did 🙂
Me, too, thanks, Dee. Looking forward to getting to know you as well.