I’ve been reviewing quite a few board books lately, and I’m back with another round for the littles. These playful books are especially suited for infants, and bigger babies who aren’t quite toddlers yet.
Continue reading “Baby Gym Board Books (A Timberdoodle Review)”
The new school year tumbles in, with torrential rains, soaked earth, and flickering electric power. Online classes begin, with technology connecting us to classrooms in Serbia and Romania, classmates in Ethiopia and the United States, and language studies in Russian, Chinese, and Greek.
Continue reading “Psalm 23: Board Books for Christian Formation”
You know what I’ve done during this pandemic? I can tell you what I didn’t do. I didn’t write a book, learn a new trade, renovate a house, become fluent in another language, or read Anna Karenina (I’m on page 77 of 963).
I didn’t do any of those impressive things “they” say you should have done during lockdown.
What I’ve done? I’ve read a lot of board books.
Continue reading “Board Books are Just as Important as Shakespeare”
At 22, I sat in a doctor’s office and listened as the doctor told me I’d likely never have kids. My body, she said, wasn’t 22. It was 60.
“Give us faith to be strong
Father, we are so weak
Our bodies are fragile and weary
As we stagger and stumble to walk where you lead
Give us faith to be strong…” -Andrew Peterson
Time marches on.
Continue reading “Jesus Heals: a Baby Believer book (& my story)”
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