Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield. “In the pages that follow, I share what happened in my private world through what Christians politely call conversion. This word–conversion–is simply too tame and too refined to capture the train wreck that I experienced incoming face-to-face with …
Category Archive: Biography/Memoir
Apr 18
One Year Lived by Adam Shepard
Adam Shepard, the author of Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream, has a new book out. It’s called One Year Lived and like Scratch Beginnings it’s a memoir of a a year in the life of the author, Mr. Shepard. However, this time Mr. Shepard decided find out how the …
Mar 25
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
At first, there’s just darkness and silence. “Are my eyes open? Hello?” I can’t tell if I’m moving my mouth or if there’s even anyone to ask. It’s too dark to see. I blink once, twice, three times. There is a dull foreboding in the pit of my stomach. That, I recognize. My thoughts translate …
Mar 18
Duck Dynasty and The Duck Commander Family
Other than K-dramas, the other culture I’ve been exploring via television lately is that of redneck Louisiana and duck-hunting as portrayed in the A&E series Duck Dynasty. It’s just as fascinating, if not quite as foreign, as Korean drama culture. Duck Dynasty is a “reality TV” series starring the Robertson clan, owners of a multi-million …
Feb 15
Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic by Matthew Lickona
My Protestant sensibilities are put off and, yes, somewhat offended by what Mr. Lickona and the Catholic Church call “sacramentals”. A scapular is a sacramental (sacred object or action) worn by lay Catholics to remind them of their devotion to the church and to the Lord: “The devotional scapular typically consists of two small (usually …
Jan 30
Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard. One of my children used to be particularly interested in naming and researching the four U.S. presidents who were assassinated: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy. This book about the life, presidency, and assassination of President James Garfield …
Dec 08
Christmas in Kobe, Japan, 1912
Lottie Moon was born into a comfortable life on an antebellum plantation in Virginia. She died on Christmas Eve, 1912, on board a ship off the coast of Japan, some say of sickness due to malnutrition, after a life of ministering to and suffering with the Chinese people she loved. Between her birth and death, …
Oct 21
Me, Myself and Bob by Phil Vischer
“If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life and God shows up in it, and then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what is more important to you –the dream or him. And once he’s seen that, you may get your dream back. Or you may …
Jul 24
Texas Tuesday: Goodbye to a River by John Graves
Published in 1959, this nonfiction narrative tells the story of a November 1957 trip down a piece of the Brazos River in central Texas, just before several dams were built along the river to change its course and character forever. Hence, the title: Goodbye to a River. Mr. Graves grew up along the Brazos, in …
Jul 18
More History and Heroes: 55 Biographies and Memoirs I Want To Read
Anthony, Carl Sferrazza. Florence Harding: The First Lady, The Jazz Age, And The Death Of America’s Most Scandalous President Berg, A. Scott. Lindbergh. Brookiser, Richard. James Madison. Buechner, Frederick. The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days. Byrne, Paula. Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. Carter, Jimmy. An Hour Before Daylight: Memories …
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