of Bibles, books & letters...
Recently I came across this list of letter-related books on The Letter Exchange's website that I hadn't ever noticed before. They have some of my favorites as well as many I've never heard of before. Some of them sound pretty good so I'll have to see if I can borrow them from our library. Yesterday, on Nancy Olson, Ink she had a short post about just how much better letters really are for deployed troops. She sites a study of 193 soldiers recently returned from deployment that shows the ones who had received letters from home had fewer symptoms of PTSD than those whose main forms of communication were email, instant messages, etc. That got me curious about the study so I did a bit of googling, and while I haven't found the exact study (unless it's the one at Wiley library that I can't access - I'll have to check with our librarian to see if it's possible to view it through our library) but did find a few other things about it. The first is a newsletter from a church in Arizona about their Military Ministry writing letters to our troops. It's a PDF and you'll have to scroll down to page 12 to read it. (They referenced an article from the June 2012 issue of Good Housekeeping but I haven't been able to dig that up.) The other article I found is this June 2011 blog post from the University of Denver - I had to laugh at the way they refer to snail mail as "delayed communication" in the study but they include email, which makes me wonder if this is the same study or an earlier one. And now for some snail mail pictures.This was the last of my New Year's/Nen Ga Jo cards to Japan. I'm not sure I wrote omedeto gozaimasu correctly - I've forgotten almost all of the little bit of Japanese that I used to know and even then I had to get out a chart to write the hiragana. Guess I'll need to do a little reviewing before next December. :) And here are some of the cute cards I received this month.
Today I only had a little bit of mail to send out and I only remembered to take a picture of these three, while in the post office parking lot. I was all out of air mail stamps so had to buy some for my New Years Cards to friends in Japan. The red writing inside the circle is my attempt at the Kanji for Nen Ga so that the cards will be delivered on New Year's Day. I meant to mail them before Christmas and now that January 1st is less than a week away, I sure do hope they'll get there on time. My daughter drew the snakes on the envelopes for me because it's going to be the "Year of the Snake" and I can't draw, not even stick figures. Nor could I find any New Year's cards with snakes on them (I wonder why... =D) so her drawing will have to suffice. Getting Christmas cards throughout December is fun, but I bet getting all your cards delivered on one day would be awesome and the red circle with the Nen Ga is what alerts the Japanese postal workers to hold that piece of mail and deliver it on January 1st. I bet there's so much that it won't even fit into your mailbox. Of course, I doubt it's that much fun for the mail carriers unless each family gives them big tips or really nice presents for all that hard work. =D The red envelope is a late Christmas card to a relative who we've never exchanged cards with. Years ago I used to send her parents cards but stopped after a few times because they never sent any (to anyone at all). But today we received a card from one of their daughters and since I love mail, I got one off to her immediately. Guess it's a good thing that my daughter and I got a bit carried away at Papyrus this morning buying our Christmas cards for next year. I love Papyrus but can only afford to buy their stationery when it's on sale and today all the Christmas stuff was 50% off. We walked out with two bags worth of boxed cards instead of one but at least I know I'll have more than enough next year. Yes, I know it's almost Christmas and we all have a thousand things that still need to be done but I came across this last night and wanted to pop in real quick to share it. While looking for a group I joined on facebook ages ago, I came across this project that a UK University student is doing - collecting letters of all types and from many places for a project he's doing. (All the mail he receives for this will be displayed in February or March; I don't remember which right now & I'm in a hurry.) If you're interested and are on Facebook, you can find his project here and download the PDF with all the info. As soon as Christmas is over I plan to send a letter off to him. I'll close with a quote he posted on his page: 'A good handwritten letter is a creative act, and not just because it is a visual and tactile pleasure. It is a deliberate act of exposure, a form of vulnerability, because handwriting opens a window on the soul in a way that cyber communication can never do. You savour their arrival and later take care to place them in a box for safe keeping.' And now, back to your regular programming. (^o^) Please excuse my typos, I'm sure there must be dozens, but I'm in a hurry and DH keeps talking to me. So much to do still.
Most of my incoming mail this month has been Christmas cards from old friends and extended family. People who we only hear from at Christmas (or when I occasionally log onto Facebook - something I don't do as often as I probably should) who aren't into letter writing or mail art so I haven't really been taking pictures of my mail. Here are two though that I did scan: the first is from a US service member who responded to a letter we submitted through Operation Gratitude. It's an awesome 3-D postcard from Dubai, but I'm afraid our scanner doesn't do it justice. This is the first 3-D postcard I've seen since our local stationers went out of business (they carried some cool ones of the redwood forests and the Golden Gate Bridge - I miss that store). :-( The second one is from a fellow snail mail lover who sent a letter in this cute pre-decorated envelope. I hardly ever see stationery like this anymore so am wondering if she found it in a thrift store. I don't think I've ever seen any stationery at our Goodwill store but did recently buy a photo book of wolves for $2. I plan to make it into lots of envelopes in 2013. I'm not Lutheran, although we do occasionally enjoy visiting the WELS church down the street from us, but I am really enjoying this Christian Christmas music that Lutheran Public radio is playing so wanted to share it here. (I can only handle Jingle Bells & Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer so many times. =D) My understanding is that they'll be playing it 24 hours a day through Christmas.
It's a rainy day here in our part of California, perfect for catching up on some of my reading and letter writing. Even though I still need to buy a couple more Christmas presents I'm planning to wait until the rain lets up this afternoon before venturing out. (I'm sure the weatherman can't be wrong about that. =D) In the meantime, while I wait for a break in the weather, here are a few links you may like. Letter writing, pens, paper & ink links: My fellow letter writers will probably enjoy this article by Maria Popova about a book first published in 1876, How to Write Letters: A Manual of Correspondence, Showing the Correct Structure by a J. Willis Westlake. She even links to a public domain site where you have your choice of several options to read the book if you'd like. Even today, some of the tips for letter writing are good and still applicable but others no longer apply and I for one am very glad we're no longer limited to using only white paper and black ink. (For business letters yes, but when you want your paper and ink to help express your mood? No! However would Mail Art survive if we were still limited to that). This was one of my favorite quotes from the article/book but she had several: "Take pains; write as plainly and neatly as possible — rapidly if you can, slowly if you must. Good writing affects us sympathetically, giving us a higher appreciation both of what is written and of the person who wrote it. Don’t say, I haven’t time to be so particular. Take time; or else write fewer letters and shorter ones. A neat well-worded letter of one page once a month is better than a slovenly scrawl of four pages once a week. In fact, bad letters are like store bills: the fewer and the shorter they are, the better pleased is the recipient." Campaign for Cursive linked to this interesting video and short article showing the link between good early handwriting skills in young children and better grades later in school. Books & Reading: Barbara Pym is an author whose book Excellent Women has been on my TBR list for several years now but I have yet to get around to reading it. But after seeing this review of the book at BookSnob's blog I think I should move it to the top of my list and read it in 2013. Turns out there is even a website dedicated to Ms. Pym. (And I just love that great teapot on the portal page to her site!) Jane Austen's World has added another post to their "Advice Column - Dear Mrs. Elton" and this one has a very amusing twist. Ms. Birchall has quite a sense of humor. Merry Christmas! For the last two years I've posted a flash mob version of Handel's Messiah and at first I thought I'd post it again this year but then I found several other YouTube videos of Handel's Messiah. The first one is the London Symphony Orchestra, I'm not sure about the other three videos but I enjoyed listening to them and think some of you may as well. Because I'm not sure I'll have time to post again until after Christmas, I hope you all have a very Merry and blessed Christmas. Years ago, when my daughter was little, we wanted to make our own pen out of a feather but never got around to it, partly because I'd heard it was complicated. So when I saw this short article about "Quills & Correspondence" at Jane Austen's World, my interest was piqued and I did a quick internet search for how to make your own quill pen. If this YouTube video is really all there is to it, it doesn't look so hard after all. Here are a couple more links that I found for how to make your own quill pen:
DIY Japanese-style Envelope Template: Several months ago I posted my "tutorial" showing how I made my own Japanese-style envelope template out of a clear plastic folder. Recently it occurred to me that a template visitors can print out and use to make their own envelopes might be helpful for those who don't have access to this style envelope. So I scanned one of mine and it can be accessed here. The solid lines are of the original envelope and the darker dash lines "outside" the side flaps are to show how much larger I usually make my envelopes because making it a little larger makes it easier for me to glue it together.
Haven't had much time to search for interesting articles this week - this is just a busy time of year. Books & Reading:
Letter Writing / Pens, Paper & Ink:
The Library of Congress has some Civil War exhibits includes pictures of letters that were written during the war.
So, next month we're reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith for book club and since we (or rather I) volunteered to lead the discussion, I wanted a copy of our own so that I could mark it up. But with money tight, especially at Christmas time, I couldn't really afford to shell out $14+ for a trade paperback and even $7.99 for the Kinkdle version seems ridiculous. As my Gram used to say: "I'm too Scotch to pay that much money for _____." So I started calling around to the used bookstores in the county, checked Goodwill, etc. All to no avail, no one had any copies. Until today that is when I dropped some library books off and stepped into the Friends of the Library bookstore in the off chance that they might have gotten a copy in. And did I ever get lucky! They had just put a copy out on the shelf a few minutes before I got there. And check out that price - only $1.50! I was also able to find a copy of The Book Thief, the club's February selection, at one of the local used bookstores but their price ($6.50) wasn't quite as good. If only I could find and buy all my books at the Friends of the Library store. Still, $6.50 is better than full-price in this economy and for some reason my daughter is thrilled because it's a UK edition. ***************************************** And THIS is what we're hoping to go to tomorrow if everything works out. I'm crossing my fingers and curling my toes. Of course, we have to stop at Japan town on the way. I still need to pick up a few more small Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers at Daiso &/or Ichi Ban Kan. Both are Japanese dollar stores and I almost always find better deals there than at our local dollar store. Pearl Harbor Day, Letter Writing Day & more links Letter Writing / Handwriting / Pen, Paper & Ink
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3 boxes of 20 cards each Last year I decided that making all my Christmas cards & writing a family newsletter to enclose was just too much work so I bought this years cards at Papyrus' day after Christmas sales for 50% off last year. But after so many years of making my own, just slapping labels on them seemed too boring so I thought I'd do a little decorating to spruce them up. I've been working on them in most of my spare time for a week now & I'm almost finished. Kind of wishing I'd gone ahead & typed up a family newsletter to include though, because for some reason I feel compelled to hand-write a short note on each & every card I'm sending out. Even on the cards for those people who never do more than sign their Christmas cards. I wonder why that is; I keep telling myself they don't need a note since they never write one but only signing our names just feels so wrong. But all this decorating is making me feel I haven't saved myself any time or work after all. Oh well, at least it's fun for me. My Christmas mail art kit, the cards that are almost ready to be mailed & a few more that are drying. Since it rained most of the day, I had to use something smaller to hang the envelopes on to dry. Luckily I was able to get the majority sprayed & hung out to dry when there was a break in the weather for a few hours. |
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Snail mail, Books & Reading, Christian, and Miscellaneous sites that I like &/or am challenged by.... (Those with a ♥ or + I try to check at least once or twice each week.) 1) Snail Mail Blogs:
♥ Letter Matters (Mrs. Duffy's blog) ♥ Sharing Doubles the Joy/Carol Ann McCarthy (if link doesn't open try her home page & then click on "blog") ♥ Dosanko Debbie's Etegami Notebook ♥ Everyday Should Be a Red Letter Day ♥ Letter Writers Alliance ♥ Winnie's Girl ----> Pie Post - The Suburban Pen Pal - Cappuccino & Art Journal - Stamp of Approval ---> USPS Stamps - Your Postal Blog - Sarah's Scribblings - East...West... Everywhere - Leigh Reyes's Blog ~ My Life as a Verb - Letters & Journals - Save Snail Mail - Scribbling Glue - Songs in the Key of Ink: The Art of Personal Letter Writing - Bywater Wisdom ("or lack thereof+) - 365 Letters - Oh, Write Me! - Billet Doux & Little Mercuries - Mrs Murphy's Mailbox Magic! - The Postman's Knock ♥ The Lost Art of Letter Writing . . . Revived ♦ The Jane Austen Letter Writing Society (sounds like fun) - US Zip Codes lookup & map ♦ More links on Mail- Art & Letter-writing Resources page ***************** - My DIYJapanese- style envelope tutorial and template 2) Books & Reading:
+ Books & Chocolate (Karen's) - Lit Lovers site & Blog - Rated Reads - Compass Book Ratings ♥ Redeemed Reader ♥ Gospel e-books (Kindle deals) * Kindle Price Drop Tracker - Inspired Reads (Kindle deals) - Pixel of Ink (Kindle specials) - Christian Novels blog - Shelf Awareness - Books & Chocolate (Cindy's) ~ defunct(?) - The Republic of Pemberley - Deborah Yaffe's blog (author of Among the Janeites) - The Jane Austen Society of North America - Jane Austen's World - JASNA: Greater Sacramento, CA - My Jane Austen Book Club - AustenProse - Jane Austen Today - Jane Austen in Vermont - Central Valley Jane Austen Society - Austen Authors (for readers who "need more Austen") - The Gaskell Web - Mental Multivitamin -> now called Nerdishly - A Literary Odyssey - Across the Page - 5 Minutes for Books & What's on Your Nightstand? - Journey-&- Destination - Windows & Mirrors: sisters reading books - Christian Bookshelf Reviews - The Indextrious Reader - LiterariTea - Becky's Book Reviews and Operation Actually Read Bible - Smoke & Mirrors (& her Borders Bookclub) - Great New Books ♥ A Great Book Study (was originally called An Experiment with the Well- Educated Mind) ♥ Semicolon: Books We Must Have Though We Lack Bread - The Captive Reader ♥ Reading to Know - A Living Pencil + Worthwhile Books + Reading Ladies Book Club - Hope is in the Word - Book Nut - Sarah Clarkson (Sally Clarkson's daughter) - Mollie Reads (9/2018) - No Thanks We're Booked (9/2018) ♥ Country Girls Read - Southern Girl Reads - Books & Things (Katie L's) - Stuck in a Book - Yummy Books - A Large Cup of Tea - In the Bookcase - The Sunny Patch - Fanda Classiclit - Lost in a Great Book - Classical Carousel ******** YA & Kid's Lit: - Trelease on Reading (author of The Read Aloud Handbook) ♥ Read Aloud Revival (blog, podcast & more) Sept.'16 - The Planet Esme Plan: The Best New Children's Books from Esmé's Shelf ~ not Christian so use discernment, but she does have lots of good kid's books listed - Plumfield and Paideia - After Thoughts (new May'17) - Story Warren (Allies in Imagination) - The Rabbit Room - The Midnight Garden - The Book Smugglers - Reading Addicts (UK) - Becky's Book Addiction ********** - Dickensblog - AustenBlog - Book Sale Finder - Oxford Dictionaries - GoodReads - Shelfari ~ Amazon has combined it with GoodReads so they're now one and the same :( - the Barbara Pym Society - BronteBlog - Inspired by Life...& Fiction - Jamie Langston Turner - Julie Klassen's site - Sarah Sundin's blog - Tricia Goyer's site...& her Blog - Francine Rivers' blog/site - Kristy Cambron's blog/site - Joanne Bischof's blog/site - "The Grove" (where story finds a home) & also on - Katherine Reay's blog/site - BookSnob - Mocha with Linda - Reading with Tea - Project Gutenberg - The Online Books Page - Read Central - Page by Page Books - Bookpeople of Moscow (ID) - free book sites/public domain sources - Eldritch Press - Digital Book Index - Google books - Internet Archive: Million books - Internet Archive: Children's library ♥ LibriVox - The Chronicles of Narnia podcasts * Oxford English Online Dictionary (US) * Grammar Girl - My ever expanding TBR list - My Books read list ♦ more links on Books & Reading page 3) Miscellaneous: ♥ The Pioneer Woman - All Things Bright and Beautiful --> moved here - The Good Life - Beth's Favorite Recipes - Carlsbad Cravings (her recipes look delicious!) - Budget Bytes - Add a Pinch - Three Many Cooks - Good Cheap Eats - Hurst Bean Blog - DaVita's Kidney- Friendly Recipes (we still make - & love! - quite a few of these recipes) - My Double Life - Felt & Wire - Susan Branch blog - The Matt Walsh blog - Tony Reinke (author of Lit!) - Laughing With Lizzie - Jane Austen's World - Make Do and Mend - Down to Earth - Rosie's Ramblings - Creekside Cottage (Mrs. Rabe's blog) - ScribblePreach - Campaign for Cursive - (another) Campaign for Cursive + StoneGable - Fresh Eggs Daily - Living Homegrown ♥ Living on Less Money + The (Mostly) Simple Life + Prairie Home Therapy - My cup runneth over - Imperfectly Happy - Home Ready Home - This Simple Home --- -> Simple Everyday Home - The Frugal Girls: Living Well with less $$$ - Spendwise Moms - Money Saving Mom - Living Well, Spending Less - Melissa K Norris ~ Inspiring Your Faith & Pioneer Roots - Thrifty Jane Austen - Reluctant Entertainer - Lehman's (great catalog) - Thriving Home - Letters from Midlife ♥ Cakes, Tea and Dreams - Karen's Bookshelves ~ (added August 2015 ~ books reviews from a Christian perspective) - The Vicar's Wife - The Cross & the Kitchen Sink (defunct?) - The Green Mockingbird - Stray Thoughts - Kayla's Lifestyle Blog ♥ Coffee, Tea, Books & Me + Cottage Life on Pilgrim's Farm ~ on hiatus + Georgia, Plain and Simple + Modern Mrs. Darcy - Not Quite Amish - Nesting Place - Finding North (lots of BuJo info & ideas) - Plant City Lady (for dementia caregivers) - GasBuddy - CA & NV Earthquake data - Charity Navigator ********************* (♥ Christian links ~ Bible Study & Reading plans: ♥ Bible Study Fellowship - BSF class locator ~ not as hard or in-depth as Precept but a good place to start & free - Scripture Compilations for BSF lessons (Not affiliated with BSF but very handy) - also BSF Buddy ♥ Precept Ministries - Precept's Online Community - class locator - interactive guide - blog + Beloved Truth - site + Beloved Truth Facebook - Precept Austin - my Precept Key word markings: (based on my 1st Precept leader's system): bookmark 1, bookmark 2 / 2A or bookmark 3 ~ not sure what happened to this last file - 5 W's & H chart - How to do a chapter study (This one isn't mine but I can't remember where I got this handy worksheet - if it was a free download from Precept or if one of my Precept Bible study leaders created it) - Kim's How to Study the Bible Timesaver bookmark (from an online Precept Bible study leader) - Biola's Unbound Bible - Crossway's English Standard Version - ESV Online Study Bible - ESV Online Bible - HCSB Study Bible - BibleGateway - Bible Logos (NKJV) - Bible Logos (ESV) - NetBible - Biblia.com - Reformed Books Online - Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD)- new Aug'17 but looks pretty good - Biblearc - for deeper study of Scripture - Bible Study Online (ESV) - Precept A-U-S-T-I-N-S ESV "Bible on One Page" - Precept A-U-S-T-I-N-S NAS "Bible on One Page" - StudyLight - Precept Camden --> Kari Dent's blog - her Key word symbols - her favorite pens for marking Just be careful when using the FrixIon pens - I like them but it will fade off of the page if left in the sun. Ask me how I know! ;-) - Precept Revival's study tips - Blue Letter Bible - E-Sword (free but donations help) - Biblos.com - Bible Explorer (looks similar to E-Sword) - Logos - Olive Tree - BibleHub - Prof. Grant Horner's Bible reading plan & more info here - George Guthrie + Monergism - Westminster Bookstore Women & Theology ♥ HouseWife Theologian (aka Aimee Byrd) ♥ A Daughter of the Reformation + Theology Gals podcast at Bible Thumping Wingnut (there several podcasts there but I haven't listened to them yet) ♥ Tried with Fire (Persis) ♥ The Upward Call (Kim Shay) + Sally Clarkson (I don't agree with everything, but I like a lot of her posts, especially the homey, tea, & bookish ones =D) - Out of the Ordinary (esp. Persis' posts) + Reformed Baptista + Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife (Lutheran) + enCourage (PCA blog) + A Narrow-Minded Woman + Beautiful Thing (Pickowicz) - Wit's End (Melissa Kruger) - Elyse Fitzpatrick's blog & podcast - I've been troubled by some of her recent comments so may be removing this link - The Thinking of Things (new 9/2017) DITTO + Janet Mefferd - One Quiet Life (♥ but she rarely posts) - Rebecca Writes - Daily On My Way to Heaven (Becky Pliego) - By Grace Alone (Jessica K's ~ Lutheran) - The End Time (Elizabeth Prata ~ some good but some?) - Gritty Grace + Heavenly Springs (Christina Langella) - Conforming to the Truth (Lisa Morris) - Adorned (Jen Thorn) * I'm All Booked (mostly Christian book reviews by a Reformed Baptist) - The Verity Fellowship (new to me so....) - Renewed in Truth - A Little Leaven (Beth S.) - The Outspoken TULIP - Michelle Lesley ~ books - Satisfaction Through Christ - Abandoned to Christ / Sunny Shell's site - Brown Sugar Toast (her Bible study series is pretty good) - Naomi's Table (not 100% sure about this one) - With the Master (Susan Heck ~ lots of women like her studies but I have yet to try one) - Nancy Guthrie - Equipping Eve - Sojourner & her 2nd blog: -> Solid Food Ministries ~ Deb Martin's blogs but she changes them so often it's almost impossible to keep up) - Danielthree18 (another new-to-me blog) - Whole Magazine - newish blog from Australia - added 6/17 - The Verity Fellowship (added June 2017) - Jasmine Holmes: Not a Mommy Blog Reformed Baptist: - 1689 Federalism + A Commentary of the London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689 + The Confessing Baptist (but on a really long hiatus) - Reformed Baptist Fellowship + Contrast - Reformed Baptist Blog (Jeffrey Johnson's blog) - Chantry Notes ~ this is sad but I'm removing the link to his blog until the court outcome - see here & here). Yes, innocent until proven guilty, but Pastors shouldn't hide the story either. - Means of Grace (BH) - Reformed Baptist Blog (?) - Reformed Baptist Academic Press Apologetics / Discernment: Even here, use discernment as some discernment blogs are more discerning than others! Also, several of the links listed under Women & Theology are sort of discernment related. ♥ Fighting for the Faith Chris Rosebrough's podcasts - Stand to Reason - CARM -- Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry - Stand Up for the Truth (seems good except for their endorsement of David Hocking - info about that here & here) - Sola Sisters - no longer updating - Christian Answers for the New Age - DiscernIt (Kim Olsen -seems ok) - Discern.org - TruthKeepers - earnestly contend for the faith - Lighthouse Trails (some good, some iffy) - Apprising Ministries - Do Not Be Surprised - Herescope Podcasts/Internet Radio: ♥ Fighting for the Faith (Chris Rosebrough) ♥ The Whitehorse Inn ♥ The Mortification of Spin (ACE) + The Thinking Fellows site and podcast - Gentle Reformation blog & podcast - The Confessing Baptist (no longer updating :-( + Issues, etc. ~ Christ- Centered Cross-Focused Talk Radio (Lutheran) - SermonAudio - Bethel Evangelical Free Church (UK) - RefNet (from Ligonier) - Jess Ranch Community Church semons - Echo Zoe (blog & podcast) - Pilgrim Radio (new to me) - For the Church (Gospel-Centered Resources from Midwestern Seminary) - Voice in the Wilderness radio (new to me & not sure about a couple of the pastors they have on) Misc. Christian Blogs & web sites: - Mortification of Spin - Whitehorse Inn / Modern Reformation blog - Core Christianity - CCC Discover - High Plains Parson - The Riddleblog (one of the WHI co-hosts) +Reformed Arsenal + The Museum of Idolatry (Chris Rosebrough) - Mere Orthodoxy - Steak and a Bible - HeadHeartHand (David Murray) - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (Reformation21) - ACE/Ref.21's blog - Informing the Reforming (Tim Challies' blog) + Echoes & Stars (Matt Redmon's blog) - Veritas Manet - Truth Remains (*New to me) - By Grace Alone (Scott's) - Canon Fodder (Michael Kruger) - Biblical Woman - Flying Scroll (Lutheran) - Martha Peace ~ (some good but some I disagree with) - Credo Magazine - Time-Warp Wife - John MacArthur / Grace to You - PyroManiacs (Phil Johnson & others) + The Spurgeon Archive (June'17: recently updated & improved) - Denny Burk - Tim's Blog - Just One Train Wreck After Another - Creeds of Christendom - London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) - 1689 London Baptist Confession for the 21st Century - Heidelberg Catechism - The Canons of Dordt - Center for Reformed Theology & Apologetics - The Reformed Reader - The Didache - The Confessing Baptist - Founders (Reformed Baptist) - 1689 Federalism: Confessional Baptiist Covenant Theology - Randy Alcorn's blog - A Cry for Justice - Brent Detwiler: Helping Christians judge righteously, think biblically and live courageously (some good, some not-so-good) - Thou Art the Man (Todd Wilhelm) - Joyful Exiles - The Reformed Reader - Voddie Baucham - Heidelblog (R.Scott Clark) - Blogging Theologically (Aaron Armstrong) + Cranach (Gene Veith's blog) --------- - The Cripplegate - Spirit Empowered Preaching (Art Azurdia) - The Spurgeon Fellowship - Abraham's Seed - Joe Thorn ^ his Valley of Vision reading schedule ******** - A Gentle & Quiet Spirit - Christian Reformed Ink Archives - Inerrant Word - Speaking the Truth in Love - Susan's Sitting Room - Telling of His Wonderful Deeds - Being Taugth That We May Teach (Al Martin) - World View Weekend (Brannon Howse)? - Chapter 3 Ministries - The Aquila Report - Growing Together in Grace and Knowledge - Musings from Under the Bus - Steadfast Lutherans - Daniel's Place - (Reformata et semper reformanda) - Helm's Deep (?) - Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary / CBTS Blog - Credo Covenant - Gospel Homemaking - Reformed Libertarian - The Wardrobe Door - Reformed Report - Dee Brestin - Stand Firm (???) - The Gospel Project - blog - Grace Gems! - Sunday Gatherings - Writing & Living (Staci Eastin - defunct?) - Internet Monk - All Things New (Deb Welch) - First Thoughts - Entreating Favor *** With reservations (not sure about yet - may be semi-Reformed &/or Reformedish): - the Gospel Coalition & their the Gospel- centered woman (Reformed-ish but the way they defended Driscoll and Mahaney/& here is shameful so I no longer have a high opinion of TGC) - SGM Survivors - The Wartburg Watch - the Beginning of Wisdom (Jen Wilkin's) - Pulpit & Pen (some good posts & some not- so-good) Advent/Christmas related: - Christmas Bible readings (NJ's page) Missions/Missionaries: - Ali's Adventures - Gleanings from the Field - A Letter from Kabwata (Conrad Mbewe's blog) - Rafiki Foundation, Inc - Coles in Japan 6) Pen, Ink & Paper:
♥ A Place to Flourish ♥ Margaret Shepherd's Calligraphy blog - IAMPETH (master penmen) - Fountain Pen Network - Fountain Pen Geeks - Gourmet Pens - Addicted to Pens & Paper - Inkophile ♥ Pen Addict - JetPens' Blog - Ink Nouveau + Goulet Pens - The Well- Appointed Desk - JStationery - Fountain Pen Revolution - Quo Vadis Planners & Notebooks - Delectable Pens - Fahrney's Pens - Fountain Pen Hospital - Papyrus - American Stationery - Kate's Paperie - Paper-Source - Paper & Ink Arts - Pomegranate Press - Flax Art Store - Cat's Life Press rubber stamps - Highlander Celtic Stamps - Rifle Paper Co. & their blog - Maido - Paper Tree - Castle in the Air shop and their class listings - Scrapbook Territory - Nostalgic Impressions ********************* ********************* To read fast is as bad as to eat in a hurry.
—Vilhelm Ekelund poet (1880-1949) LWA member since 2009
Staples - what speed do you read? This is kind of fun. :)
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I'm not sure where to put this blog or how to classify it. This blogger is a daughter of a friend and while I'm pretty sure she's a Christian, it isn't a Christian blog, or books & reading or letter writing & mail art. It's basically about their travels so I'm putting it here for now:
Jen's blog: 3toGo |