The Cafe Scholar

If I ever put this much in a book, I would think it would be too much.  Too much to keep track of, too many details to focus on (or not).  But somehow, this book wasn’t too much.  It was just enough.  I had high expectations when some of my favorite authors endorsed this book…had to check it out.  I really…
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First, just FYI, State of Lies is not an explicitly “Christian” book.  I want to make that clear since most of the books I review are Christian books (and this is a Bible study blog, although I’ll be moving the book reviews to a new site soon. More on that later. This post was originally shared on the Real World Bible Study…
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It’s almost a timeless tale.  The immature city girl – usually the heiress who loses her money – has to get a job.  Although, Meghan’s story may have more in common with the basement-living-video-game-playing offspring that gets kicked out of the house. Except no basement.  No video games.  And technically she doesn’t get kicked out.  It’s 1871, and Meghan is…
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It’s a different thing, being a pastor’s kid.  My mom wasn’t a PK – she was an MK, missionary kid. I wasn’t either, but my parents were ministry directors at our church in various seasons.  Everyone expects pastors to have it all together (and everyone sees when they don’t!).  But the thing is, pastors are normal people.  They have normal,…
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