“Let There be Light” is our latest free review book! It’s written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and is illustrated by Nancy Tillman, who’s done lots of best-selling books I haven’t actually read. It’s a lyrical, colorful portrayal of creation. The text is taken from “The Children of God Storybook Bible” by the archbishop. This book…
“Let There be Light” by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Flock of Seagulls
The best part of living in the Florida Panhandle is THE BEACH. Isaac has preschool one morning a week, and if I have time after running the necessary errands, Pensacola Beach is where I go. Once I tried to jog, but all I end up doing is looking for seashells. I love the beach, even…
Freezing Florida Flamingos
I didn’t migrate to Florida to be THIS cold! The flamingo in normal conditions last September, hiding behind the hibiscus Santa Rosa County, where we live in the Florida Panhandle, has been under a State of Emergency this week thanks to Winter Storm Leon. Leon? Does any form of winter precipitation in the South get…
Sweet Home Alabama
USS Alabama, Mobile Bay, Alabama We are moving this year. Don’t know when, don’t know where, just that it will happen. That means it’s time stop talking about wanting to go see the USS Alabama (2703 Battleship Parkway, Mobile, AL) and go see the USS Alabama, just across the shimmering wetlands of north Mobile Bay. It is…
All You Want to Know About Hell (by Steve Gregg)
1. Scriptural arguments for and against three views of hell make up the bulk of Steve Gregg’s “All You Want to Know About Hell.” Before that, Gregg spends several chapters explaining how words about hell are translated from Greek and Hebrew to English, contextualizing specific phrases and parables, and discussing a timeline for when commonly…
2014
It’s a whole new year. But we can’t quite seem to shake off some of 2013. We wrote “2013” on the sand and watched the waves wash it away. We wrote “2014” above the high tide line, as per tradition. Let’s hope it sticks.
Fort Pickens
We are trapped in January for another three weeks. WE HATE JANUARY. It’s nothing personal, beloved family and friends with birthdays in January. It’s not you. It’s JANUARY. WE HATE IT. Did you know 40 percent of Americans feel blue in January? I read that somewhere. Go figure. Anyway, we went to the beach the…