“The Church is interested in making saints. It’s not interested in making spiritual mediocrities. It wants saints.” Robert Barron is a well-known figure in the Catholic Church, especially to those who are active on social media. He is a priest who has YouTube videos, a Twitter account, Facebook, Instagram and […] To Light a Fire On The Earth by Robert BarronThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on February 19, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“People are like plants: they grow toward the light.” Hope is a scientist. She is a lab girl. She works with plants, discovering new things about the world we live in and sometimes take for granted. Her path to becoming a female scientist with a faithful male lab assistant is […] Lab Girl by Hope JahrenThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on February 16, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Rather than being stifled or stymied in challenging situations and environments, relationships grow deeper and get stronger when they’re tested and survive to thrive.” How many people in your life do you actually trust? We usually only have a handful among the many people we know who can tell us […] The Trust Protocol by Mac RichardThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on February 12, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“My kids were going to need a lot more from me, and I had to find out what that was.” When it comes to faith, children all come to a point where they want to dig deeper into the questions surrounding faith. How do we know God is real? How […] Talking With Your Kids About God by Natasha CrainThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on February 5, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
5 “One of the most powerful things to teenagers is people proving they are devoted to them.” Parenting is hard. Parenting babies is tiring. Parenting toddlers is time-consuming. Parenting children is an adventure. Parenting teenagers is like visiting a different planet. The world teenagers are growing up in today is much […] The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans by Josh ShippThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on January 29, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues.” Most people can name the first president of the United States, but who was the second president? John Adams did a lot for America, but is not always a figure that is […] John Adams by David McCulloughThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Historical Non-Fiction on January 19, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Are parents today facing issues that would have been unthinkable to their grandparents’ generation? Yep.” Parenting children today is hard. There are so many new situations to deal with, especially with technology. Cell phones, social media, cyberbullying – many of these things our own parents didn’t have to deal with […] Fearless Parenting by George Barna and Jimmy MyersThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction parenting on January 12, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
2 “Radium was a silent stalker, hiding behind that mask, using its disguise to burrow deep into the women’s jaws and teeth.” What if the whole world told you something was safe and then that thing ended up being deadly and killed you? That is exactly what happened to the radium […] The Radium Girls by Kate MooreThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on January 5, 2018 by Sarah Anne Carter
“Hunting terrorists was a rough existence. It was a stressful job and I had to give up a lot to do it right.” Brett Velicovich joined the Army after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. He wanted to help America fight its enemy. Little did he know that his path […] Drone Warrior by Brett VelicovichThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biography Military Non-Fiction on December 15, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
6 “Ideas have consequences, and Luther’s had more than most.” Some people really do change the course of history. One such man was Martin Luther, a man who set out to help the Catholic Church change for the better, but ended up being pushed aside. His message was heard and the […] Martin Luther by Eric MetaxasThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on December 1, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter