Gaining Ground
Shannon GuerraThe sweet spot where wholeness, writing, and classic lit intersect, meeting you right where you are and helping you grow where He's called you.
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all things Great Expectations
It’s been a long time since we read anything by Dickens in our group,1 but it’s not for lack of trying. I’m pretty sure I’ve put one of his books in every poll, and we finally got a winner.
I was already in the middle of another book by Di...
mystery & truth
My cousin walked in and said, “Here, maybe you can make sense of this,” as he handed me a small book.
I flipped it over, thumbed the pages. A tiny book, The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung. Of all classic psychologists I studied in high sch...
where we've been, & where we're going
With applause and kudos to those of you who had the foresight to vote for books in a somewhat color-coordinated palette, here are the books we read in 2025:
As you can see, these are not in order, and some of our copies have really been th...
winter journal for word lovers
…but before we get to all that, some quick housekeeping, which we usually save for last:
We are starting At the Back of the North Wind!
Next week. By George MacDonald. If I recall correctly (I’ve only read it once before, several years...
fall 2025 journal
…but not in that order. Can we get the tip out of the way first? Because this has been bugging me.
it’s ‘ve, not of
That doesn’t make sense yet, does it? Here’s what I mean, in a quote from a book I loved earlier this summer in spite...
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Alaskan writer, wife, & homeschooling mom of 8, living deep and wide on a micro-homestead. Loves Jesus, drinks coffee, stays up too late.
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