Amié-Jayne

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  • Thoughts on Books

    Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

    May 20, 2020 / 0 Comments

    "She lives in a world I do not understand, populated by phrases and philosophies that apply only to people like her. People, maybe, who do not yet know tragedy."

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    Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    May 7, 2020

    Review of Lauren Graham’s “Talking As Fast As I Can”

    February 4, 2019

    Review: Little House in the Big Woods

    June 9, 2020
  • Thoughts on Faith

    Oh You of Little Faith

    May 18, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Who do you trust in? Think about that seriously. Do you trust your mom, dad, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend, cousin, teacher…?  Do you trust God? If you said no, I would encourage you to read this But I would guess you said yes. I mean after all, most of the people reading this blog have made a major decision: the decision to trust in God for their eternal salvation.  You have decided that for a future you cannot see, cannot know about with absolute certainty, cannot fully comprehend because our entire human mindset only views that which begins and ends. You have trusted God for that eternity believing…

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    What Am I Called to Today?

    March 4, 2019

    The Humanity of Bible Characters

    March 2, 2020

    Why I Serve at Youth Group

    April 19, 2019
  • Thoughts on Books

    Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton & Jodi Matthews

    May 17, 2020 / 0 Comments

    "Pay attention. We’ve tweaked minor details. We’ve completely rearranged major details. Some names have been changed to protect the innocent (or not-so-innocent, or simply because we thought a name was terrible and we liked another name better)."

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    Amie-Jayne

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    Review: Little House in the Big Woods

    June 9, 2020

    Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    May 7, 2020

    Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

    May 20, 2020
  • Thoughts on Books

    Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    May 7, 2020 / 0 Comments

    “Do your kind even know what love is? Can you feel anything at all, or is it just... programmed?”

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    The Current Responsibility of the Avid Reader

    July 14, 2020

    Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton & Jodi Matthews

    May 17, 2020

    Review of Lauren Graham’s “Talking As Fast As I Can”

    February 4, 2019
  • Thoughts on Life

    21 Things to Do During Lockdown

    March 24, 2020 / 2 Comments

    South Africa is going to be in lockdown for 21 days and here are my suggestions for what you can do during your extra time at home: Read the Gospel of John. There are 21 chapters so you can read one each day. Write a letter by hand. Particularly if you know an older person who is needing some love and encouragement Knit/crochet a square. Many charities accept squares which they sew into blankets and give to the less fortunate. There are videos online which can teach you how and the website https://www.knit-a-square.com/ explains the details. A square is a very easy way to learn the art of knitting or…

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    Life’s Juggling Act

    July 28, 2019

    Encourage One Another

    August 3, 2019

    Life Update. Including a Soon-to-Be Wedding!

    April 28, 2021
  • But Why,  Thoughts on Faith

    Why Should I Pray

    March 17, 2020 / 0 Comments

    I am a very logical and curious person and sometimes this can be to my detriment. It can also be difficult for the people around me because I will not be convinced that I should do something until it makes sense to me. This means that sometimes I won’t do something that I have been told I should be doing if I don’t understand why I should do it. Because I didn’t understand it, I have neglected to pray for a large portion of my life. I have wondered, for a long time, “Why should I pray?” Maybe you have a similar personality to me, or maybe you’re a new…

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    Amie-Jayne
  • Thoughts on Faith

    The Humanity of Bible Characters

    March 2, 2020 / 0 Comments

    When I was a kid, I had a belief. You might think this belief is weird or strange or doesn’t make sense. But I had it, nonetheless. My belief was that I was the only real human being in existence. Everyone else around me, including my parents, were robots.  Why this huge amount of robots? Well, because God didn’t want me to be lonely so he provided me with some company. Also, don’t worry, I always had a good theology and so of course there had been another human on earth at one point and that was Jesus Christ (the incarnation is important). So why did I think that other…

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    Why I Serve at Youth Group

    April 19, 2019

    Why I Haven’t Given Up on Christ, Christianity and the Church

    April 13, 2019

    Grace Upon Grace

    February 3, 2019
  • Thoughts on Books

    Reading Plan for Modern Mrs Darcy's Reading Challenge

    January 21, 2020 / 0 Comments

    One of the blogs that I follow the most closely is Anne Bogel’s Modern Mrs Darcy. I love how she approaches reading and I find the way she writes and speaks to be extremely calming. Her motto is to help people get more out of their reading lives. Her podcast “What Should I Read Next” is dedicated to helping readers find new books they love. As an avid reader I appreciate her approach and so this year I have decided to participate in her reading challenge. Find it here. For the rest of this post I am going to share the books I am thinking of reading for each category.…

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    Review: Little House in the Big Woods

    June 9, 2020

    When the Bookworm Can’t Read

    November 15, 2019

    Audiobooks and How I Reach My Reading Goals

    July 30, 2019
  • Thoughts on Life

    How I Am Choosing to View This New Year

    January 13, 2020 / 0 Comments

    We are already 3 weeks into the year 2020. If this had been previous years I would have long forgotten my New Year’s resolutions by now and I would be back in the slog of doing life exactly the same way as I had been previously with not much improvement on myself or progress on my goals. This year I treated New Year’s Resolutions a little bit differently.  As 2020 approached I actually didn’t have any idea what my year was going to look like. I had been pursuing an internship with an organization close to my heart but I didn’t know if I would actually get into that internship.…

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    Life Update. Including a Soon-to-Be Wedding!

    April 28, 2021

    21 Things to Do During Lockdown

    March 24, 2020

    Encourage One Another

    August 3, 2019
  • Thoughts on Books

    When the Bookworm Can’t Read

    November 15, 2019 / 0 Comments

    I love to read. You don’t have to spend very much time with me at all to realize this. I talk about books, I have a tattoo of a girl reading on my arm, I write about books, I listen to audiobooks, the list continues. In the past three years my number of books read has gone as follows: 2015: 73 books2016: 80 books2017: 48 books2018: 60+ (I didn’t track all of them) And what about this year? Well, as I sit and write this I have read 25 books. And it is very close to the end of the year.  25 books is a respectable number, nothing wrong with that…

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    Review of Lauren Graham’s “Talking As Fast As I Can”

    February 4, 2019

    Audiobooks and How I Reach My Reading Goals

    July 30, 2019

    Review: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton & Jodi Matthews

    May 17, 2020
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