This Life.

I love to read! I'll read a book assuming someone else might've read it -- maybe I put "feelers" out there to see if anyone knows what I'm talking about with such and such book, because I'm desperate to talk about or process it or enjoy said book with someone else. Any time I see someone asking for recommendation I open my long "Notes" section on my phone that has ever book I've read since January 2020 recorded, and I begin the beautiful process of putting my recs out there. I decided it might be best to just share here what I've been reading, so you can add it to your growing list too! Maybe? .. Here are the rules to my book reviews. 1) I don't have a set "type". Well, maybe I do.. but I don't stay in one place. You'll see I'm a little all over the place. 2) I want say too much because I don't like to give much away. 3) Leave your own recs in comments please!

This feels foreign and unfamiliar. What was once the premiere platform of social media, the blog has quickly faded into ancient history. In its stead are Reels and TikToks -- fast clips and bits of information that only require our attention span for seconds. Are we able to condition ourselves to sit and listen, sit and read for longer than that? I suppose we can. I need to try. And so, for me, this platform will open back up. It's been a love, hate .. or an effort that requires more time than I can give. Yet, it is therapeutic, cathartic? Yes, it is.

This school year I decided to try something different. I needed a Bible study. I needed something that would require of me to sit and digest the Word in a way that I can't very well do on my own. Well, I can. But maybe I just lack the discipline. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy reading my Bible, but low on the totem pole is me who journals about any specific thing I might be learning. Discipline. I sense a pattern. This semester we are taking a deeper look at several books of the Bible including Colossians. You may notice a theme of sorts over the next couple of entries. It's quite interesting to me about God uses a Bible study to get my attention about various life circumstances.