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Afghanistan: The Kite Runner
Recently, some friends and I decided to start a book club where we are reading books from around the world. You can find the list we are using here. It is called “Around the World in 80 Books” and I will dedicate a new category on my blog in its honour. I hope you will enjoy taking the journey with us. For the first month, we decided to read the Afghanistan pick “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. I, unfortunately, didn’t get around to finishing the book, but my friends Elri, Macy, and Rachel all wrote reviews for you to enjoy: (Please note each review brings a unique perspective and…
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September Resolutions
I don’t know about you, but I love September. In my country it means spring is here and summer will be following shortly. If you live in America it probably means you’ve just gone back to school. It is a time of new beginnings, almost as much as the New Year is. I do not remember any of my New Year’s resolutions, except that I wanted to read 75 books (not going to happen). The beginning of my year went fairly well, and then a pandemic hit. It threw all my plans out of the window. But September, as it always does for me, seems to be bringing some new…
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Hi, My Name is AJ
Hi, my name is AJ. It’s nice to meet you. Let me tell you some basic things about me. I am a 23 year old woman who lives in the beautiful country of South Africa. I am not a missionary kid, I was born here and so were my parents, and so were their parents. I like the colour purple and I like to eat out of yellow things. I like to read, and to read about reading. I am a crocheter and spend many hours making items in front of the TV. My favourite shows are Friends and Gilmore Girls or true crime documentaries. I don’t like to exercise,…
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The Current Responsibility of the Avid Reader
If you are interested in what it means to be an avid reader, take a look at the post What Avid Readers Do Differently by one of my reading icons, Anne Bogel (aka Modern Mrs Darcy). The reason I am directing this post at avid readers is that we set the trends in the book industry. We are the ones who go to bookstores. We are the ones who buy books (maybe too many). We are the ones who impact the book industry through our reading choices. I am not the first person, nor the last, to broach the topic of the reader’s responsibility in the current climate. However, I…
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Review: Little House in the Big Woods
“They were cosy and comfortable in their little house made of logs, with the snow drifted around it and the wind crying because it could not get in by the fire.”
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Great (Fiction) Books to Read in Winter
Here are some of the best books to pick up during my favourite season
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When My Phone Owns My Time
I fit neatly in between two generations, that of Millenial and Gen-Z. I tend to identify much stronger with the Millennial generation in that I feel I have been a witness of technology taking more and more control over our lives. I am only 23, but I remember the first time my dad ever used a GPS. It wasn’t on his phone. It was a piece of technology that only had one purpose–to get you places. I remember when phones didn’t have cameras and when the only game you could play on them was Snake. I remember when you would only call people after 8pm because it was cheaper, and…
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Walking in a Manner Worthy to Our Calling
“Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called” Ephesians 4:1 (ESV) “Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:10 (ESV) This word worthy is used to mean “as if you deserve it”. “Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord”, boils down to: you have received God and His gift and now walk as if you deserve it. As Christians we know that what we deserve is death because of our sin (Romans 6:23) and that the eternal life which we have received is not…
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The Blindness of Judgement
“By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Why Should I Care About God?
Sometimes we think of God as a far off being who takes no interest in our lives. We don’t think of Him as caring about our worries, desires, problems, and joys. We know that Jesus is supposed to be our best friend, God like our daddy; but this is just head knowledge that doesn’t serve us very well when deep down we think that God is actually just waiting to catch us out when we do something wrong.
