Take Heart {Book Club}
I’ve been thinking about how we (humans) try to control risks. For some reason we act as if, when we take a risk intentionally, the results are more in...
Geography, History and Themes {Book Club}
Since I’m a nerd and the book we’re reading, Jewel of the Nile by Tessa Afshar, is historical fiction, let’s start this week with a little geography and history...
Listen First {Book Club}
After reading Part 3 of Rethinking Sexuality by Dr Juli Slattery, I was filled with questions (as evidenced by the post I wrote last week). I am pleased to...
In Humility, Consider Others {Book Club}
“The world will see the gospel when we are people with both a high view of truth and tender hearts toward all people.” Possibly one of...
Broken and Poured Out {Book Club}
I came of age as “purity culture” strengthened in America in the 1990s and early 2000s. I wore the purity ring, read I Kissed Dating Goodbye, and committed to...
A Safe Place to Talk {Book Club}
If you had told me a few months ago I would be starting off a discussion about sexuality in Velvet Ashes Book Club, I would have laughed nervously and...
Light {Book Club}
During a recent season of transition and grief, a mentor shared with me that at one time, her husband refused to go to psychotherapy for his childhood trauma. He...
The Key {Book Club}
From what I have read, These Nameless Things is supposed to be loosely based on Dante’s Inferno. Up until this point, I have had a hard time seeing the...
Darkness {Book Club}
Is it just me—or is anyone else like WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS BOOK?!? Every time I turn the page, I am expecting to understand...
An In-Between Place {Book Club}
This month we are excited that Amanda is going to be leading us through our Book Club discussions! Amanda has been part of Book Club for awhile now, and...
