Don’t Waste Your Life Book Review
“This book is about a kind of joy that never ends. The peculiar twist is that this joy makes God look like the supreme treasure that he is. The unwasted life is based on the discovery that our gladness and God’s glory reach their apex together.” Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper is a…
The Green Ember Book Review
The Green Ember begins as an idyllic story centering around two young rabbits, Heather and Picket. However the plot quickly evolves into a suspenseful sequence of events. Conspiracy, betrayal, loss, and love all vie for the reader’s attention. A truly well written novel that draws both children and adults to higher standards and thoughts. Though…
Great Aunt Jane’s Chocolate Chip Cookies- Teatime Recipe
Everyone in my house loves a special teatime snack when it’s read aloud time, and these Chocolate Chip Cookies are a definite favorite! Easy to make and not super time consuming, these are easy to whip up quickly before afternoon tea! Ingredients: Instructions: Let me know in the comments if you make these and what…
The Broken Way Book Review
The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp is an honest and intimate look at what could happen if we placed all of the pain, the hurt, and the broken that is in our hearts into the hands of our suffering Savior. Ann tenderly opens up her heart in The Broken Way and dares the reader to…
Mr. Pipes and The British Hymn Makers Book Review
“The music slowed and the final chord ended with a flourish. Annie and Drew held their breath as the music slowly faded and only stillness remained. Suddenly the curtain below the pipes flew back. An old man sitting on an oak bench squinted over the top of his glasses at the wide-eyed children. Neither the…
The Tournament’s Price Book Review
“Coated in dirt, sweat, and the thrill of combat, Gage kicked his horse into a gallop down the tilt. He tightened his armored fingers below his lance’s vamplate and lowered the shaft across his mount’s neck. Focusing on his opponent, he confirmed his aim. The crowd surrounding them went silent.” The Tournament’s Price by Given…
The Candle In The Window Book Review
“It was thus we turned back reminiscently, as homeless men are want to do sometimes, recalling the outstanding Christmas days with each of us when the street door opened suddenly and Todd Witherspoon blew in.” The Candle In The Window by Margret Hill McCarter is a delightful little Christmas tale set in the Smoky Mountains.…
Safe All Along Book Review
“We are thirsty for His peace, His deep rest, soul rest that remains true regardless of our circumstances. And we cannot find this peace in the world or in our outward circumstances. This peace can only be found in the person of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, who meets us in our turmoil, who…
Rose Daughter Book Review
“In her dream she had been walking-she could barely walk yet in her waking life-toddling down a long dark corridor, only vaguely lit by a few candles set too far in their sconces, too high up in the walls. The shadows stretched everywhere round her, and that was terrible enough; and the silence was almost…
Once a Castle Book Review
Once a Castle by Sarah Arthur is the second book in the Carrick Hall series of novels. Once a Castle picks up the story multiple years after Eva and Frankie’s adventures in Once a Queen. Centering around the adventures of Frankie’s younger siblings and their comrades, Once a Castle is a rollercoaster ride of a…
Advent Book List for Younger readers
I’m so happy to welcome my mom on to Two Fir Tea to write a guest post for us! She is all about finding good reads for all ages, and as we’re marching through the Advent season towards Christmas, she has put together a list of her favorite Advent and Christmas books for young readers.…
A Little Princess Book Review
Once on a dark winter day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father, and was driven rather slowly through the…
