Book Reviews

This post contains affiliate links Praying for Girls by Terri Lynne Underwood is a helpful guide for moms who want to pray for their daughters but might not be sure where to start. Terri is the mother of a teenager, so she’s been through a few seasons of raising a daughter and it was delightful…

This post contains affiliate links I initially learned about author Ann Swindell by reading a post she had written for The Gospel Coalition titled, Don’t Write Just to Get Published. As a blogger, I could relate to the sentiments expressed in her post and was encouraged by her truthful and intelligent writing. I began following…

This post contains affiliate links Home is Elyse Fitzpatrick’s latest book one that spoke to my heart and greatly encouraged me in my own journey of what it means to long for home. Fitzpatrick’s book is a Biblical dissertation on the desire every human has to belong somewhere. For those who are in Christ, we…

This post contains affiliate links 60 Days of Happiness by Randy Alcorn is adapted from two other books he’s written on the topic. This devotional book takes readers through 60 days of looking at what the Bible says about happiness and how it should effect the lives of Christians. Alcorn argues that Christians often assign a…

This post contains affiliate links A few years ago, I had the privilege of going through the book Becoming A Woman of Purpose by Cynthia Heald with a group of women at my church in California. I remember being both challenged and encouraged by that book and was ecstatic when I received the opportunity to…

This post contains affiliate links If you’re a fan of HGTV’s Fixer Upper, you will certainly enjoy Chip and Joanna Gaines’s first book, The Magnolia Story. Being a fan of the show, I was excited when I found out they would be releasing a book and stopped by my local Walmart on the day of its release…

This post contains affiliate links About a year ago, I began reading Lysa Terkeurst’s book The Best Yes. I wasn’t too familiar with Lysa so I did some research and was disappointed to learn that her church permits her to have authority teaching over men, which I don’t believe to be in line with 1 Timothy 2:12 (please…

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and assume that most of y’all already know, #momminainteasy. Last week in the DuPrez home, Derek and I were down and out with colds. He was able to recover faster than I was due to his diligence in taking elderberry capsules twice daily. I can barely remember what…

This post contains affiliate links When I began reading Missional Motherhood: The Everyday Ministry of Motherhood in the Grand Plan of God by Gloria Furman, I found it interesting that the book consisted of two parts. The first part titled, Motherhood in the Grand Plan of God, gives a broad overview of the Bible and part two,…

This post contains affiliate links When I saw the book I Don’t Wait Anymore: Letting Go of Expectations and Grasping God’s Adventure for You by Grace Thornton, my heart skipped a beat. The title instantly caught my attention because when I was single, I read a blog post Grace had written with the same title…