Not a Waste of Time {Book Club}
“By the big red barn in the great green field…” So begins my eldest son’s first favorite book, Big Red Barn. I could probably type out the entire story...
Author: Rachel Kahindi
Social Butterfly {Book Club}
Over the course of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Eleanor underwent a drastic transformation. She reminds me of a butterfly. It’s not a perfect metaphor, but the transformation is...
Social Life {Book Club}
My kids are fully capable of making their own breakfast and lunch, but they usually ask me to fix them food. Twenty times a day. That particular day, my...
Socializing {Book Club}
I haven’t been out at all since we last met here for book club. (I write these a week ahead of time, so maybe I should say that I...
Social Distance {Book Club}
A meme has been going around that says something about realizing your normal lifestyle qualifies as “social distancing.” Um…that would be me. Every few days, the government of Kenya...
All Courage. All Strength. All Light. {Book Club}
In his book Subversive Sabbath, A.J. Swoboda says, “The litmus test for true Christian ethics is how those who follow Christ love and serve and bless those who do...
Danger {Book Club}
My generation of Americans are labeled as “the most risk averse generation since the Great Depression” (source). The source article is focusing on financial risk, but we are risk...
Right, Wrong or Different? {Book Club}
“It’s not right or wrong; it’s just different.” My first year overseas, I lived on a ship with an international crew. We visited many countries, but...
Gandhi, Francis of Assisi, Jesus, and Muslims {Book Club}
About seven and a half years ago, we took a day trip. A friend of ours drove us from Nyahururu, Kenya, to another town, Nanyuki, in the name of...
Rachel’s Top Five of 2019 {Book Club}
I can easily get sucked into reading a lot of forgettable fiction. I consume it in a few relaxing hours and forget almost everything about the book within days....
