Read & Journal Read Isaiah 7:10-17 and Matthew 1:20-23. Use any or all of these journal prompts to guide your study: What does Isaiah’s...

Week 1: The Light of Hope In the words of the prophets, spoken centuries before the incarnation of Christ, a glimmer of hope began to...

In a little over a week, we'll launch , our 2020 Advent Scripture reading plan. It's an invitation for you to set aside a little time...

Cookbook Chronicles is an on-going series at The Bookery. Over the course of the next year, we'll delve into Joanna Gaines' first...

We love literature in all its forms here at The Bookery, and audio books are a great way to delve into stories, from familiar classics to...

The Bookery is devoted to creating community around the Bible, books and baking, but what does that really mean? Here are a few things...

As 2020 drew to a close, I knew it was time to make a job shift. It wasn't really how I'd planned to end the year, but it was apparent to...

In the darkness, the smallest glimmer of light can change everything. Walk outside in the country, and you’ll be overwhelmed by the...

The frenzied midnight drive to the hospital an hour away, my mom sick the entire way. The words of the doctor as he came into the labor...

Today is Sept. 11. On that Tuesday morning 18 years ago, the world changed. And I remember those moments and the days and weeks that...

I’ve been AWOL from blogging for a bit, but want to get back into the habit. So, I’m setting a goal to publish something here once a...

I said I’d be back this week with my 2019 reading list, and I’m a woman of my word. Check out the entire list! It’s going to be a busy...

In 2018, I opened the year by being pretty brutally honest about my lack of reading in 2017. I did improve in 2018, but not as much as I...

As 2018 drew to a close, I found myself thinking time and time again about this blog. When I started blogging a decade or so ago, it was...

Today’s my birthday, so my coworkers decided to turn the tables on me by writing a story about me. . . Click the photo below to read the...

Part of my job involves editing the quarterly alumni magazine for the University. This also means that for a few weeks after each issue...

Anna Quindlen is one of my favorite modern authors, and I picked up this book almost as soon as it hit the bookstore shelves. In 2016....

So it’s highly likely you’ve noticed my absence of late. Despite my best-laid plans—and handwritten content calendar—Unfinished Business...

It’s probably well documented on this blog that I like podcasts. More often than not, I fill my drive to work or survive Nashville...

Truth be told, when I got up this morning, I didn’t really have any desire to write a blog post called “Good Things.” The school shooting...