Posts filed under: Books to Read

From the Battlefield to the Monastery – A memoir not to be missed

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail During my annual reflection and planning session in early January, I realized that if 2017 was the year I discovered podcasts, 2018 was the year I discovered audiobooks. I know I am late to the game... Read More

Announcing The Icon Hunter, the Being in Community 2018 Book of the Year!

By Phoebe Farag Mikhail Art. Intrigue. War. An underground trade on the black market. Spies. Police. Politics. Religion. Family. Love. All of these can be found in Tasoula Hadjitofi’s memoir, The Icon Hunter: A Refugee’s Quest to Reclaim Her Nation’s... Read More

Animals and Advent – My 2018 Holiday Book List (with FIVE book giveaways!)

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

Your Guide to Socially Conscious Gift Giving 2018

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

Changing the Throwaway Culture, One Pair of Pants at a Time (with a Giveaway!)

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

Top Five Back to School (September/October 2018 Edition)

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

Announcing my new book, Putting Joy into Practice!

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

I’d Rather Be Reading – Book Review, Giveaway, and a FREE Guide

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

Top Three (August 2018 Edition)

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

The BEST Place to Spend Your Summer – with a giveaway! (Summer Reading Recommendation #4)

by Phoebe Farag Mikhail Read to the end to find out how you can enter to win one of two copies of This is Where You Belong by Melody Warnick! Whether you have already taken your summer vacation, or are... Read More