When I was a child, my mother passed along to me a deep appreciation for the life story and writings of Elisabeth Elliot. As a teenager I read her book Passion and Purity, convinced that my own Jim Elliot was right around the corner. In my twenties I often read from Keep A Quiet Heart… Read More Becoming Elisabeth Elliot (Book Review)

Don’t let the title fool you: The Common Rule: Habits of purpose in an age of distraction is not a pedantic self-help book—it is a clarion call to a life of loving God and loving others. Author Justin Whitmel Earley begins his narrative by describing an experience exactly like my own in my mid-twenties: an overachiever,… Read More Book Review: The Common Rule

I just spent an unforgettable week in Oxford, England, whisked away by the articulate pen of Carolyn Weber. It’s no easy task to hold my attention captive for 450 pages, but this book did just that. In her memoir, Surprised by Oxford, Weber invites the reader to journey with her through her conversion story in the mid-1990s among… Read More Surprised by Oxford