Today's prompt was to share 5 books that have impacted my life the most. When I first read that I started thinking about fiction that I fell in love with that had a lasting impact, but when I walked over to the bookcase, these six books were all stacked together and it seemed like a sign. Yes, I have an extra book in my stack, but I'm hard pressed to tell you which of these I like more than another. Platt, Chan and Hatmaker pretty much rocked my world when it came to Christianity and how to live the Gospel out loud. I had been living a pretty comfortably ignorant "Christian" life until we started reading these books as a part of my small group several years ago. I fell in love with the bold way these authors were living their faith and the ways they interpreted scripture in the face of an ...
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Blogtember | Friday Night with My Girl
It's Friday night and we're staying in. Because it's this Belly's BIRTHDAY. You guys, how is she already nine years old? NINE. This is our last year before double-digits and I can't even begin to wrap my mind around that {Also, how am I old enough to have a 9 year old. I'm only 20... right?!}. We did all of our big celebrating a few weekends ago, so tonight it's just family night dinner with my three favorites. Of course, the birthday girl requested Zaxby's and mint chocolate chip ice cream, so it's looking like a picnic in mama's room.And because what's a birthday post without a letter to my biggest girl, I'm sharing some of my favorite words again. I wrote much of this post on a previous birthday, but it says all the things I need to share with my beautiful girl on her day. My ...