The Eowiggle

Here is a great book to recommend to weary moms. It is coming out in April but you can pre-order a copy! A tsunami of self-help books on parenting has hit the Christian coastline and flooded bookstores and homes. The cyber tidal wave of practical tips is not any weaker and engulfs much of social media. When I scroll through my Facebook news feed, I am, in fact, drawn to some of the posts that seem to offer quick fixes to my parenting problems. Want to raise successful kids? No problem, just do A, B and C! Want to make sure your kids don't get cancer? No problem, just feed them X, Y and Z. It is not that these questions are unimportant but the way they are approached often leaves parents guilt-laden and exhausted. You will find Gloria Furman's little book Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full -Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms to be an antidote to the ills of self-help.   You will not find any practical parenting tips here. In fact, her explicit goal as a writer was to

  Edmund Clowney, my sweet grandfather, who passed away in 2005, has been honored with a new edition of his amazing book, The Unfolding Mystery . If you have not read it, I recommend it wholeheartedly. It will help you see how the whole story of the Bible is about Jesus. I was surprised to find the study and application questions I wrote when I was 22 years old included and unedited (!) in this edition. In my opinion, there are way too many but they are great for personal reflection or Bible study. To view the book, click here