“Grace and active obedience are complementary. There is no faith without good works, and no good works apart from faith.” What does it actually mean to live a life being a follower of Jesus? That question is the very topic of The Cost of Discipleship by Detrich Bonhoeffer, who was […] The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Non-Fiction Religious on September 1, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
“My dear Mother, you can see that I am a very little soul and that I can offer God only very little things.” At the age of 15, young Therese enters into life as a nun with the Carmelite sisters in Liseiux. She was initially denied the request to enter […] Story of a Soul by St. Therese of LisieuxThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Inspirational Non-Fiction Religious on August 28, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 “Ideas have far-reaching consequences, and one must be ever so careful about what one allows to lodge in one’s brain.” One might think that the man responsible for removing the slave trade and even slavery itself from England might be a household name. However, William Wilberforce is not a […] Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End ...This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on August 11, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “All of the orphans in the orphanage that day learned that there was indeed truth that prayer is powerful.” Miracles are not often thought about in our modern-day society. They are legends from Biblical times when people were healed, made to see or brought back to life. John P. Herzog […] A Medley of Modern-Day Miracles by John P. HerzogThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction Religious on August 7, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “We are meant for so much more than technology can ever give us – above all, for the wisdom and courage that it will never give us. We are meant to spur on another along on the way to a better life, the life that really is life.” Technology […] The Tech-Wise Family by Andy CrouchThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on August 4, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
4 “It would be the ultimate irony if the most connected, the most media-saturated population in history failed to disseminate the most elementary survival plan until the power was out and it no longer had the capacity to do so.” Scary. Imagine a scenario where a cyberattack takes down one of […] Lights Out by Ted KoppelThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Dystopian Non-Fiction on July 28, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
1 “Faith does not ask whether good works are to be done, but before it is asked, it has done them. It is always active.” Martin Luther is a pivotal person in history, best known for starting the Reformation with his 95 Theses. Almost every Protestant denomination can trace its […] Martin Luther in His Own Words by Jack D. KilcreaseThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on July 14, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
5 “Above the sounds of misery, the sergeant called out, ‘Next stop boys, the Gates of Hell.'” World War I sent Americans across an ocean to fight on foreign soil to save the lives of people who they didn’t know. World War I had Germans gaining ground and taking more […] To the Last Man by Jeff ShaaraThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on July 10, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
I have 58 books on my have-read bookshelf so far this year – a lot more already than my usually 52 books a year! I really think that setting reading goals each month is not only helping me read more, but also read a wider variety of books. I’m glad […] Sarah Anne’s Bookshelf: July 2017This entry was posted in Reading and tagged bookshelf Classic Fiction Historical Inspirational Non-Fiction on July 5, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter
3 “A church that looks and talks and sounds just like the world has no reason to exist.” For many Christians, society today is moving farther away from having a moral standard very quickly each day. What is the best way to live a Christian life in a secular society? […] The Benedict Option by Rod DreherThis entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on June 26, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter