I have a tough time finding good fiction for my kids, especially my boys. Most of my favorites have zero appeal (he’s just not into Anne of Green Gables and Trixie Belden). My son is almost ten, and we’re in this awkward phase in which books like “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” are too easy…

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UPDATE: Jared posted a genuine apology and removed the original post. I really appreciate what he said and accept his explanation for leaving the original post up for a time. Thank you Jared. have been thinking a lot about Jared Wilson and wondering what he really thinks, in the privacy of his thoughts, about his…

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For a year now, I’ve committed to write Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday here on the blog. It has been excellent writing discipline and the consistency is something I hear that blog readers like. (Do you like consistency?) I’ve felt this pull in my spirit for the last few weeks to step away from this schedule, at…

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He reads slowly, painfully slow to a speed reader like myself. But he savors every word, every nuance, and looks up with full grasp of what the black-and-white says. I so easily forget what the letters and spaces say I get so buried in the dialogue and context in my head. He thinks for a…

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