I'm sitting at my desk, and through my open window, coupled with the sound of a passing train (I love that sound...remind me someday to tell you why) comes the twitters of birds who are obviously very glad to be alive...you can just tell! And occasionally a deliciously cool breeze blows in, laden with the scents of early spring...mmmmmm (*deep ( Read more... )

C.S. Lewis is definitely one of my mom's favorite authors and he is quickly becoming one of mine also. I didn't used to like his writing much and when I had to read Mere Christianity for school, I basically just got through it and thought that is was a rather dry book. But then, last spring, at my mom's suggestion, I read Mere Christianity again ( Read more... )

One of the things I really miss from home is my bookcase…or more specifically, all my books. I’ve rambled other times about my love of books and whenever I move somewhere, it’s always a hard decision as to what books to bring along since I’ll never have room for all of them until I have a house of my own…something that probably won’t happen until I ( Read more... )

Yesterday I returned from Christmas Break and since I don't have much to do until classes start on the 9th, I hope to be blogging a bit until then! *all readers laugh*  I know I've said that before and it ended up not working out, but this time it probably will because 1) I have the time now, and 2) I drafted/wrote several blog posts over break so ( Read more... )

So I didn't think that I'd get around to writing this update until at least Wednesday when Thanksgiving Break begins, but yesterday I ended up finishing all my homework that's due on Monday (specifically a "study"/short paper on Christ being "the end of the law" for Romans, and study questions on pneumatology [doctrine of the Holy Spirit] for ( Read more... )

I just finished reading 70+ pages in The Promise and the Blessing for my Survey of the Old Testament class and 60+ pages in The Moody Handbook of Theology for my Survey of Theology class and I decided to take a quick break before moving on to my Introduction to Missions reading, Introducing World Missions...but thankfully that's only twenty some ( Read more... )

Before today, I had never been "tagged" for a meme before...but no longer!  This morning, upon opening my Google Reader (a wonderful convenience!) to read any new posts on the blogs I subscribe to, I was delightfully surprised to see that John had tagged me with the "One book" meme!   He must've gleaned from my blog that I love books (now HOW could ( Read more... )

Two times before this ( here and here), I've quoted Elisabeth Elliot's words, "Heaven is not here, it's there.  If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next."   I first came across that quote back in April and it quickly became one of my favorite.  It's SO true (like most of Elisabeth Elliot's ( Read more... )

Media mail is a beautiful thing.  This morning I shipped roughly twenty-seven pounds of books from here to home for just around twelve dollars.  Much, MUCH cheaper and less of a hassle than what I originally thought I was going to do...have to buy and tote with me and pay extra for a whole other suitcase just for my books.  Oh, the trials of being ( Read more... )

Yes, I admit it...I am a bibliophile...or maybe more of a bibliomaniac...hmmm, well either way, I LOVE books!   As I've admitted before, books and the buying of them are one of my weaknesses and that is clearly evidenced by my VERY full "Wishlist" at Amazon...it's where I keep track of the books (and some CDs)that I want to buy and it's currently ( Read more... )