The Mystery Guest
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The Mystery Guest

“It underscored just how hazardous a maid’s work can be. It’s not the backbreaking labor, the demanding guests, or the cleaning chemicals that present the greatest danger. It’s the assumption that maids are delinquents, murderers, and thieves: the maid is always to blame.”

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Don’t Follow Your Heart
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Don’t Follow Your Heart

“Self-worship not only robs us of awe, originality, freedom, authenticity, humility, courage, and adventure; it also strips us of the joyous capacity to give and receive a love that is truly redemptive, like God’s love.” 

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Every Good Boy Does Fine
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Every Good Boy Does Fine

“If you forced me to sum it up, I’d tell you that is the point of this book: a love for the steps, the joys of growing and outgrowing and being outgrown. And— just as in the Mozart— how time seems to stop, or even go in reverse, when you are learning.”

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What Do I Say When…?
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What Do I Say When…?

“We are called to witness to the truth for the sake of truth itself, not because it will be met with total gladness or joy by all, but because the proclamation of the gospel is the means by which the Lord redeems those he’s called to salvation.”

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The Midnight Garden
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The Midnight Garden

“Tessa’s casual use of the word ‘we’ makes me wince. Her life is full of ‘we’… I didn’t realize the joy of ‘we’ until I became just me.”“If you are looking for answers you can’t find, you need to change the question.”

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Better
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Better

In depth study of Hebrews and why Jesus is the better priest, the better sacrifice, and brings a better covenant. Hebrews encourages us to live a faithful life as others who have gone before us.

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Golden Son
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Golden Son

“Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark. Find your home, Darrow, and you’ll never be lost again.”

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Bad Therapy
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Bad Therapy

“We parents have become so frantic, hyper vigilant, and borderline obsessive about our kids’ mental health that we routinely allow all manner of mental health expert to evict us from the room.”

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