We love a good road trip, and a highlight for us is using our time in the car to learn something new. So during our week away, we enjoyed listening to three podcasts hosted by Melvyn Bragg. The series, In Our Time, features specialist academics, who are guided by Bragg in a discussion of a… More Holiday Reflection on Three Podcasts
If you or your loved ones like reading science fiction, theology, or nonfiction, then you are sure to find something worthwhile in his list. Click on the titles of the works to link to each book on Amazon for further information. Graham’s Top 15 Reads of 2019 Fiction: This year, I’ve read a number of dystopic… More Graham’s Top 15 Reads of 2019
We love to read, and books have been a Christmas gift tradition in our family. If you are looking for some ideas about what to read next, or what book a friend or family member might enjoy, then we hope you will find Ellie’s top reads from this year helpful. Here are 13 books she… More Ellie’s 13 Top Reads in 2019
If you are thinking about getting someone (or yourself) a book this Christmas, here are ten suggestions from Ellie based on books she’s read this year. Have you read any of these? Click on the title of each book to link to Amazon Smile. We trust you will find this helpful! 1. The Hidden Life… More Ellie’s Top 10 Reads in 2018
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben captivated me. Be warned though, I had to stop reading it in bed because I kept saying, ‘Wow!’ and waking up Graham. I love books that help me discover, and this book made me appreciate God’s creation so much. Although it is written from an evolutionary perspective, this… More The Hidden Life of Trees
This collection of 52 prose pieces compiled by Anita Heiss captures the incredible breadth and diversity up what it means to grow up Aboriginal in Australia. Each contribution contributes the unique voice and experience of its author, and together the whole expresses the pain, joy, and often the ordinariness of everyday life, for indigenous Australia.… More Growing up Aboriginal in Australia
On my recent trip to Indonesia, I took an old friend, G.K. Chesterton with me. And he served me very well – good company with a coffee waiting for flights, amusement and wonder for flights, and a peaceful escape after long days of meetings. Napoleon of Notting Hill was Chesterton’s first published novel (1904). The setting… More G.K. Chesterton, Napoleon of Notting Hill (Graham)
Graham introduced to us a great commentary on Ecclesiastes when we studied Ecclesiastes at church last year – ‘Destiny’ by David Gibson. It is full of gems like this quote, “When life ends, or is about to end, absolutely everything else comes into focus. The things that don’t really matter, but which we gave so… More Destiny by David Gibson
Bill Gammage’s book, The Biggest Estate: How Aborigines Made Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2012) radically changed how I see and understand the Australian natural landscape as well as my understanding of Australian history. Gammage shares of a number of early European landscape paintings of the Australian bush and matches it with written descriptions of the… More Bill Gammage, The Biggest Estate: How Aborigines Made Australia (Graham)
A book that God has used to help me recognize Him personally in my life is ‘Experiencing God’ by Henry and Richard Blackaby. I love how Blackaby highlights the ways God is at work in and through us to accomplish His good and loving purposes. As he says, “God wants a watching world to come… More Experiencing God by Henry and Richard Blackaby