According to an article in the LA times, the fastest growing genre in literature right now is labeled “YA”, books geared specifically for young adult readers. As children who love to read enter junior high, they are confronted with a whole new physical world as well as a whole new world through the pages of books.
A word of caution here: these books truly run the gamut from innocent and fun to very heavy themes of alternative lifestyles, bullying, and even suicide. So how can you guide your junior high…
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It has been said that “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. Could it also be that a “Proverb a day keeps the devil at bay”?
Many years ago I began reading a Proverb a day, which corresponded with the day of the month, and which resulted in reading the Book of Proverbs 12 times a year. I have lost count now as to the exact number of years that I have been doing this, but it could very well be that I have…
Being a transplant from the Deep South (Mississippi) to the Northeast (Pennsylvania), I am often asked two questions. The first one invariably addresses my still thick Southern accent and the second is almost always about the weather.
“So, how do you like the winters here?”
My answer regarding the cold and snow most often takes people by surprise. I don’t mind the cold and snow so much during what I consider “winter months”. Nothing compares to a white Christmas and…
I have a tried and true motto when it comes to food: “If I didn’t have to cook it or clean it up, it tastes good to me.”
Nothing brings as much joy as eating food for which I did not have to forage, pluck, start, or stoke a fire. Food just tastes better when someone else makes it. Not much can beat being ravenously hungry and then having food quickly appear that is tasty (a bonus!) and made by someone else. So it won’t surprise you…
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me” (African Proverb)
“Reckless words pierce like a sword …”
(Proverbs 12: 18)
When I was five years old and mastering a two wheeler, I had a serious encounter with a crack in the sidewalk and a wobbly front wheel, which sent me sailing over the front handle bars of my bike onto a rock in some neighbor’s lawn. The end result was a concussion and the family doctor telling me, “You are one lucky young lady. …
“What are you wearing?” This question is tossed around among teenage girls as often as teenage boys toss their clothes on the floor. Adults aren’t exempt from this dilemma either. At any given function, the dress code can be defined as casual, business casual, smart casual, or business informal, just to name a few. What we wear often, if not always, matters. After this winter, I’m sure I’m not the only one who is wondering if we will ever wear short sleeves and flip-flops again!…
Today marks the end of the third week in January and some of you may have decided that 2011 would be the year to read through the Bible. Depending on the plan you use, you have probably made it well into Genesis and have for sure by now hit at least one of the many dreaded genealogy passages – the ones that usually trip people up even though they are determined to travel straight through to Revelation. In fact, the very first list of descendents is named…
According to an article in the LA times, the fastest growing genre in literature right now is labeled “YA”, books geared specifically for young adult readers. As children who love to read enter junior high, they are confronted with a whole new physical world as well as a whole new world through the pages of books.
