by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Animals play a huge part in the Christmas holiday season. Christ was born in a stable, surrounded by animals, and all of creation rejoiced at His coming. So this year’s holiday book list is all about... Read More

Today I am excited to share a guest post from my friend Allison Backous Troy on a topic we both hold dear: socially conscious shopping. A few weeks ago I shared a book review of The Grace of Enough by... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail It can seem like no matter where we look, there is pain. The media exposes us to the widespread, unfathomable pain of war and starvation in Yemen. On social media we learn the names of the... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail A few weeks ago my nine-year old son tripped and fell at school, cutting a hole in his favorite pair of russet red cargo pants – a pair I had just recently purchased for him. He... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail This is my second installment of an occasional series where I share three (or four, or five) great things on the internet—something to read, something to listen to, something to watch, and occasionally, something to buy... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail A board member stepped down. Another volunteer quit. Why? Someone misspelled the name of my town in the newspaper ad for our first ever town-wide garage sale. They didn’t quit their roles in the town community... Read More

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail I am thrilled to announce that Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church will be published by Paraclete Press, God willing, in early 2019! I have been working on... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail I just finished Anne Bogel’s new book, I’d Rather Be Reading, and I just loved it. It’s a book you can savor for a few days, or read in a couple of hours. And even though... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail In the span of two weeks, two women I love and admire passed away. Both were older–great-grandmothers—and both had fallen ill in the months before their deaths, so they weren’t surprises. But these were women that... Read More

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail This is my first installment of an occasional series in which I share three great things on the internet—something to read, something to listen to, and something to watch. These range from the important to the... Read More