The Bible- There is no other book that regularly draws me up short and slaps me in the face than this one. So often I read it and think, "Wait, what? Ok, if that's right, how did I get so far off track?"
Lord of the Rings- I read this every few years.
Drawing with Children- So many people say, "I can't draw." I take the methods from this b…
The Bible- There is no other book that regularly draws me up short and slaps me in the face than this one. So often I read it and think, "Wait, what? Ok, if that's right, how did I get so far off track?"
Lord of the Rings- I read this every few years.
Drawing with Children- So many people say, "I can't draw." I take the methods from this book and I watch the lights come on and they actually love drawing! Mona really sets you free to just have fun with drawing! Maybe it's weird to say this is a transformative book, but how many people wish they could express themselves with drawing and can't? It's like learning to read- not so exciting in and of itself but transformative in it's results.
"Range, Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialists World." Helped me be ok with being a wife and mom and not pursuing a caree at the moment (maybe never.) Not just be ok, but see the value of this. We need generalists!
G.K. Chesterton- Almost anything by him. Currently reading "What's wrong with the world." Definitely don't agree with all he says, but he definitely makes me think!
Dorothy Sayers- The Mind of the Maker, Are Women Human - I have not read anything of hers I don't like.
Barbara Kingsolver-Small Matters - really anything she writes
George McDonald- Phantastes- The Princess and the Goblin-I never liked his work for adults (although, I haven't read it as an adult, either! ) but his kid lit is excellent.
Garlic and Sapphires- not transformative, really, but it has stuck with me for sure!
The God who is there - by Francis Schaeffer - really digs deep into modern relativism. Eye-opening for me.
I went through a whole George Macdonald phase. Read everything I could get my hands on. His adult books are very much of his time period. Gothic, religious, and with morals. But there is something about how he does his characters. At the back of the north wind, if you can find a copy written in the Scots dialect instead of one updated - is beautiful and fun to read. He really focuses on dissipation of spirit versus strength of character.
The Bible- There is no other book that regularly draws me up short and slaps me in the face than this one. So often I read it and think, "Wait, what? Ok, if that's right, how did I get so far off track?"
Lord of the Rings- I read this every few years.
Drawing with Children- So many people say, "I can't draw." I take the methods from this book and I watch the lights come on and they actually love drawing! Mona really sets you free to just have fun with drawing! Maybe it's weird to say this is a transformative book, but how many people wish they could express themselves with drawing and can't? It's like learning to read- not so exciting in and of itself but transformative in it's results.
"Range, Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialists World." Helped me be ok with being a wife and mom and not pursuing a caree at the moment (maybe never.) Not just be ok, but see the value of this. We need generalists!
G.K. Chesterton- Almost anything by him. Currently reading "What's wrong with the world." Definitely don't agree with all he says, but he definitely makes me think!
Dorothy Sayers- The Mind of the Maker, Are Women Human - I have not read anything of hers I don't like.
Barbara Kingsolver-Small Matters - really anything she writes
George McDonald- Phantastes- The Princess and the Goblin-I never liked his work for adults (although, I haven't read it as an adult, either! ) but his kid lit is excellent.
Garlic and Sapphires- not transformative, really, but it has stuck with me for sure!
The God who is there - by Francis Schaeffer - really digs deep into modern relativism. Eye-opening for me.
I went through a whole George Macdonald phase. Read everything I could get my hands on. His adult books are very much of his time period. Gothic, religious, and with morals. But there is something about how he does his characters. At the back of the north wind, if you can find a copy written in the Scots dialect instead of one updated - is beautiful and fun to read. He really focuses on dissipation of spirit versus strength of character.