Sarah Anne Carter

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Monthly Archives: August 2018

Daily Question Journal — “With the frenetic speed of modern life, it’s important to take some intentional time to bond and make lifelong memories.” As a parent, it’s sometimes hard to have something tangible to show your child’s growing up. Baby books are hard to keep up to date and photos are often […]

The Daily Question For You and Your Child: A Three-Year ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on August 31, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Day After Night — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]If you are stopping by to find questions for your book club, please leave a note for me telling me where you are from! Welcome to the August Online Book Club. This month we’re discussing Day After Night by Anita Diamant. In Day After Night, four women are […]

Online Book Club: Day After Night by Anita Diamant

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged historical fiction Online Book Club on August 29, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

A Simplified Life — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “A simplified life means that what has to get done will get done. And when we pare down life to its simplest, most beautifully basic parts, we’re left with room to enjoy each other, to rest, and to truly savor life with all our hearts, minds, and […]

A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living by Emily ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational self-help on August 27, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Ginger Kid — “I was a pretty unhappy teenager. And then I wasn’t.” Steve was a typical kid dealing with typical things when he entered the world of junior and senior high school. Living in New York, his family’s idiosyncrasies put him in a place where he didn’t have new clothes, had a […]

Ginger Kid: Mostly True Tales from a Former Nerd by ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on August 24, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Divergent — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren’t all that different.” Beatrice lives in the Abnegation faction of her city, where all the residents are supposed to be selfless. She is only allowed to look in a mirror once a year when her hair is cut. […]

Divergent series by Veronica Roth

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on August 20, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Better Mom — “In the middle of the messiness of momming, we need to embrace the mission of momming.” Motherhood can be a struggle to all moms at some point. For some of us, it can be daily or even hourly. In The Better Mom, Ruth Schwenk explores how moms should search for […]

The Better Mom: Growing in Grace Between Perfection and the ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Religious on August 17, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Aviator's Wife — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] For September, the Online Book Club will read and discuss The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin. I have read one other book by this author – The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb and I really enjoyed reading that book. It was historical fiction about a performer for P.T. […]

September Online Book Club Announcement (The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie ...

This entry was posted in Online Book Club Reading and tagged Online Book Club on August 15, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Any Dream Will Do — [sg_popup id=”17″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup] “I was falling in love with him, and the one thing I couldn’t, wouldn’t, do was put him in a position where he had to choose between me and the church he served.” Small decisions can send your life down a path you never thought you’d go […]

Any Dream Will Do by Debbie Macomber

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious on August 13, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Eternal Current — “What are the practices – ancient and new – that form us into Christlikeness for the sake of the world?” The Kingdom of God is like a river – an eternal current running through history, according to Aaron Niequist. Through his search for a relationship with God that was relevant […]

The Eternal Current: How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Religious on August 10, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter

Blue Bottle Club — “The real challenge of life was not fulfilling one’s dreams, but being willing to give them up for the sake of a greater call.” On Christmas Day in 1929, four best friends meet in an attic to share their life dreams vowing to support each other in reaching those dreams. […]

The Blue Bottle Club by Penelope J. Stokes

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Religious on August 6, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter