My Reading Plan Was Random; God’s Wasn’t

This year for Lent I gave up reading all fiction (Christian and secular) and all secular nonfiction and read only Christian nonfiction. I did not have a reading plan of specific books or topics. I simply read free Kindle books in the order I downloaded them, as follows: The Disciplined Life (Ebook Short) by Calvin … Read more

Reading Across America in Memory of Dr. Seuss

Today is the 15th observance of the National Education Association’s Read Across America.The purpose of the event is to encourage and motivate children and teens to read. Read Across America happens on March 2nd because that is Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Imagine how many kids have developed a passion for reading from Dr. Seuss! Schools, libraries, … Read more

Develop Your Social Skills: Read a Novel

I recently described my love of reading that began in childhood and continues today. The article Get Lost – In a Book talks about research done at the University of Toronto that shows: Frequent fiction readers may thus bolster or maintain their social abilities unlike frequent readers of non-fiction. The article also quotes from Robert McKee’s book … Read more