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"Not everyone was willing to listen to John’s assessment of their sin. Many were disappointed that the news wasn’t more spectacular. This wasn’t what they had been hoping for. Where was the mighty king coming in a procession with his servants, his throngs of followers, and his army to set his people free from Rome? Those whose hearts were too crooked and rocky to allow them to agree with God and t...

Welcome to our July 2024 episode of Our Librarian Life where we chat with our dear librarian friends, Kristi Stansfield and Sherry Early, about our reading lives. We are so glad that you are here! Valerie’s Living Library Who Should We Then Read Volumes 1&2 by Jan Bloom 1924 Project Plumfield Library Renewal Template LibraryThing TinyCat Biblioguides   Semicolon Book Review Roundup  Mighty Net...

 “The first thing to understand is that mathematics is an art. The difference between math and the other arts, such as music and painting, is that our culture does not recognize it as such.” There is an astonishing amount of power and truth packed into this 140-page book. If, like me, you feared and resented math in school because it made you feel stupid, perhaps you will understand why Lockhart’s...

“For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: ‘Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.'” ( Isa. 8:11-13 ESV )

"Paths, wagon tracks, and roads are fit for their intended uses but are difficult places for vegetation to grow. Reclaiming them for growing things would take back-breaking work. But if God wants hard-packed earth to produce fruit, it will. Just because a place looks like barren desert to me doesn’t mean it would be the least bit difficult for God to grow a garden there if he chose. “For nothing w...

"Through a series of extremely fortunate events, over the past nine months or so, I have become acquainted with several women scattered around the country who run private lending libraries. The ones I know are homeschoolers or former homeschoolers who collected good books for their children’s education and edification. At some point each of them began to share books with other families. Along the...

Team Burger Shed by Tavin Dillard made my reserved and faintly aloof husband snort and then laugh out loud. And I wasn’t even reading it to him. In fact, he was sitting on the couch reading his own book while the kids and I were talking about Tavin Dillard’s latest antics in the chapter I had been reading. I reached for my phone and turned on the audiobook to play a section for my boys. Before I k...

"Peter later elaborates on this. “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet. 1:13). “Preparing your minds for action” is one way to translate the Greek words that mean, “girding up the loins of your mind.” Picture, then, gathering up extraneous thoughts and fastening the...

"Because God is the all-powerful, all-knowing Creator, it stands to reason that his ways and thoughts are higher than ours . But he explicitly tells us who he is  if we’re willing to seek and hear ."

Tanya’s References The Winged Watchman  by Hilda Van Stockum  Plumfield Reads Book Club Packets: The Winged Watchman Hilda Van Stockum Patsy and the Pup  by Hilda Van Stockum  Little Old Bear   by Hilda Van Stockum The Mitchells Books  by Hilda Van Stockum  The Cottage at Bantry Bay Series  by Hilda Van Stockum  The Borrowed House  by Hilda Van Stockum   When the Dikes Broke  by Alta Halverson Sey...

"Like most of us, I haven’t physically committed the big, obvious sins like murder and adultery. I can honestly say I don’t outright lie or steal. But am I persuaded of what Jesus says about the sins of the heart?"

Brodart Laminate  Southern Skies Publishing – Stephen Meader Purple House Press Living Book Press Bethlehem Books Mistmantle  Card Catalog  Shelf Notes  Find us at The Card Catalog: https://thecardcataloglibrarians.com/  

I decided to listen to Connie Willis’s Bellwether while my seventeen-year-old and I were doing a renovation in my library. He loves science and is starting to love Connie Willis’s writing. This novella was especially fun for us to listen to together. Chaos theory, trends, group behavior patterns, and human nature are all part of the dynamic human experience. And it is fun to poke at the synchronic...

After God had brought the Israelites out of Egypt, he told Moses to tell the people, “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests...

"Huck is terrified when he first sees the stegosaurus. He goes as quickly as he can to Chief Whitewater to tell him there is a monster someone needs to kill. Of course, the chief doesn’t believe him. So, the next time Huck goes to the spring to wash clothes, he takes his grandfather’s gun with him.  Before Huck can shoot the dinosaur, he learns that George is friendly, and he also learns that the...

"It is right, with proper humility, for us to ask God to incline toward us. But it is we who need practice inclining toward God."

In the middle of the 21st century, historian Ned Henry has a severe case of “time-lag.” Exhausted from fruitless time-travel jumps to Coventry Cathedral in various times before the WWII bombing and fire, Ned has not been able to satisfy his boss, and find the hideous but elusive “Bishop’s bird stump.”  Lady Shrapnel is on a mission to have every detail perfect for the Cathedral reconstruction and...

“The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” One last t...

Join us as we discuss barcodes, book tape, inventory, summer reading programs, and renovations! Picture Book Preschool Five in a Row Biblioguides Book Tape Book Tape Dispenser Label Protectors Shelf Notes Barcode Generator  Barcode Scanner Dymo Label Printer Library Thing Barcodes The Card Catalog  

In the last few years, I have heard the great American classic, To Kill A Mockingbird , frequently being recommended for middle-grade readers. I staunchly disagree with the general practice of recommending that tough book to readers below eleventh grade. Could there be a particular child for whom it is a good fit? Maybe. But, it is my opinion that that essential work of American fiction was writte...

"We know that not everyone is called to stand in the spotlight before crowds. In fact, few of us are. We are not all called to fill the same holes in the wall, but we are all called to do something. There is no checklist of day-to-day activities for a breach-stander. However, the more we read the word, pray, and listen, the more the general commands become astoundingly specific and personal.   You...

Join us for our May 2024 Our Reading Life episode where we talk about spies, codebreakers, and geeky grammar.    Tanya’s References  The Pink Refrigerator by Tim Egan D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose Sarah Kim’s References Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott The Little S...

"When the Ferris wheel seems to be running again, Timothy and the duck get stuck at the top. 'Up above, the duck on the seat whispered excited little whispers to Timothy. He liked it far above the noise of all the crowd. He was glad to be away from all that noise. He flapped his wings and whispered. He quirked and jerked his stubby tail. He was proud to be so high.' Throughout Timothy’s adventure,...

"As I think about it in terms of wishing, in the midst of all our moves, for a place to nestle, I can see how gently persistent God was in teaching me to find my true dwelling place in him. He  had moved me from what had become my comfort to a new state where we were strangers. Then he took us to a different country altogether, one where we knew  we were sojourners . After some time to get used to...

1924 Project It was indeed a different era. What was going on in 1924 when these books were being published and read? The 1924 Paris Olympics, Leopold and Loeb murders, the premiere of Rhapsody in Blueby Gershwin. Vladimir Lenin died, and Mallory and Irvine disappeared while attempting to summit Mt. Everest. Robert Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and crossword puzzles were all the rage af...