Alabaster Box

Tonight I opened a fortune cookie and read the following speculation while I munched on the cookie:
“You are a lover of words, someday you should write a book.”
Hum… I wonder if this one holds any merit?
It would be wonderful if it did…

Filed under: Books, My Life, Writing on December 30th, 2008 | 15 Comments »

Here I am again falling off of the edge of this month without posting my monthly book and tea post. Oh, well. This month has been one of those months in which I have picked up too many books, read halfway through them, and then sat it aside and began another. So I have decided [...]

Filed under: Books, Tea on December 29th, 2008 | 15 Comments »

So I am a little delayed in getting this post published… November is an inch away from ending, but better late than forgotten. This month has been a rather good reading month for me, which is surprising considering the rise in activities for me lately. I have been working on making time for reading consistently, [...]

Filed under: Books, Tea on November 30th, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Most of you may have noticed that I don’t read much fiction. It’s not that I don’t have time, or would not invest in a good novel, but honestly I lack interest. (I can hear you gasp!) When I was younger, I only read fiction. By the time I reached high school, my fascination and motivation for [...]

Filed under: Books, Reflections, Scripture on November 9th, 2008 | 17 Comments »

With all the conferences going on in my life lately (praise God for them all), I have slacked up a lot on my book reading – minus the Scriptures. Plus, God has been redeeming areas in my life involving books… but maybe that’s another post. So this month all I have managed to read thus [...]

Filed under: Books, Tea on October 13th, 2008 | 8 Comments »

At last, the highly anticipated (just kidding) Tea and Books post! I am thrilled to be adding this feature to my blog and hope you enjoy and discover new books and tea to taste and savor. I don’t have a huge list for this month, due to the craziness of the season, but I hope [...]

Filed under: Books, Reflections, Tea on August 6th, 2008 | 24 Comments »

I have been tagged by my friend Ella to speak about my favorite authors. (yeah, books!) So here is a few comments on my favorite authors.
Who is your favorite author and why?
… this is harder than I thought! I will have to say (besides God, the Author of Scripture, of course) that John Piper, Jerry [...]

Filed under: Blogging, Books on July 1st, 2008 | 10 Comments »