Five books that promote rediscovery, from refocusing on what’s most important to developing deep relationships, becoming more like Christ...

Write the Psalm Psalm 131 God, I’m not trying to rule the roost,     I don’t want to be king of the mountain. I haven’t meddled where I...

Read the Psalm Psalm 131 A Childlike Spirit A song of ascents. Of David. 1 Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I do not...

Memorizing Scripture reorients our thought patterns, encourages our heart in difficult seasons, calls us back to Christ when we face...

Pray the Psalm Psalm 130 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 From the depths of despair, O Lord,     I call for your help. 2...

A promising premise with too many unanswered questions and plot lines Blame it on my Missouri roots and my deep love of Laura Ingalls...

Write the Psalm Psalm 130 Help, God—I’ve hit rock bottom!     Master, hear my cry for help! Listen hard! Open your ears!     Listen to my...

Read the Psalm Psalm 130 A song of ascents. 1 Out of the depths I call to you, Lord! 2 Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be...

Reread Psalms 128-129 . As we draw closer to Easter, the Psalms of Ascent we’ve studied this week invite us into an important moment of...

Pray the Psalm Psalm 129 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.     Let all...

Write the Psalm Psalm 129  “They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young”     —this is how Israel tells it— “They’ve kicked me around...

Read the Psalm Psalm 129 A song of ascents. 1 Since my youth they have often attacked me— let Israel say— 2 since my youth they have...

Pray the Psalm Psalm 128 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 How joyful are those who fear the Lord—     all who follow his...

Introducing The Bookery’s Spring 2025 theme, a focus on remembering, reconnecting and nurturing meaningful things from the past About a year ago, I rediscovered crocheting.  As a child, my mom had taught me how to chain along with single and double crochet stitches, but, to be honest, I never really got past chaining. Somewhere in my parents’ basement there may still be the world’s longest crochet chain hidden away in an unsuspecting pile of yarn.  But I’m someone who loves t

Write the Psalm Psalm 128 All you who fear God, how blessed you are!     how happily you walk on his smooth straight road! You worked...

Cookbook Chronicles is an on-going series at The Bookery. Over the course of the next year, we’re exploring Denise Gee’s Southern...

Read the Psalm Psalm 128 Blessings for Those Who Fear God A song of ascents. 1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his...

Meditate on the Psalms Reread Psalms 126-127 . I’m a farmer’s daughter. Though I live in a city now, each spring I have an inexplicable...

Pray the Psalm Psalm 127 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.  A psalm of Solomon. 1 Unless the Lord builds a house,     the work...

A review of Nita Prose’s latest installment in The Maid series, with Molly the Maid back for her best mystery yet!   Nita Prose's latest...