Grandparenting: Strengthening Your Family and Passing on Your Faith, by Josh Mulvihill | Review by Rosa Byler
The birth of our first grandchild ushered in the grandparent stage of life with deceptive simplicity. While my husband and I rejoiced with the baby’s parents, there was a certain relief in knowing we were not responsible for the intense investment of the next few years: financial provision, night feedings, toilet training, and Christian nurture […]
Continue ReadingGood & Angry, by David Powlison | Review by Rosa Byler
The term “righteous indignation” is a familiar one; however, most of us are not quick to apply that label to our own anger. Nor do we usually welcome the anger of others as a “good” and righteous thing. Yet according to the apostle Paul, it is possible to be angry and not sin. God does […]
Continue ReadingThe Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place, by Andy Crouch | Review by Rosa Byler
Technology has been around for a long time—when God assigned man dominion over the rest of creation, He gifted him with the creative abilities to bring about scientific discoveries and technological progress (see Genesis 4). Technology has always had the potential for straying from “its proper place,” but the pace of development in the last […]
Continue ReadingHabits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms, by Justin Whitmel Earley | Review by Rosa Byler
Every household develops patterns for basic everyday activities, whether by default or with intention. These eventually become so familiar that we don’t think about them unless we spend time in another household—or marry. As young parents soon discover, the arrival of children intensifies the urgency to establish helpful routines! Habits of the Household is a […]
Continue ReadingPeople Problems
Would you hire some additional employees if you could find them? And maybe even let a few under-performers go if you could be assured of finding stronger replacements? If you answer “yes” to these questions, you certainly aren’t alone. In my coaching work with businesses, the challenges to success that I most frequently hear about […]
Continue ReadingGod, Technology, and the Christian Life, by Tony Reinke | Review by Rosa Byler
Tony Reinke has written about technology in Competing Spectacles and 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You. This book is his “biblical theology of technology.” Note the word order of the title; most of us tend to start from where we are, observe what is happening around us, and make conclusions about what we should […]
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