by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 24, 2018 | Books
In honor of Hobbit Day this past Saturday… here’s my ode to Tolkien – and his good friend Lewis. This post contains affiliate links. From the Back Cover: “J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis enjoyed one of the most consequential friendships of the...
by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 20, 2018 | Theology, Thinking
It started in third grade. Her two “BFFs” from the neighborhood (sisters) demanded that she give back the necklace proclaiming their friendship because they didn’t all end up in the same class together. She was devastated, so hurt that the friendship...
by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 17, 2018 | Books, Thinking
From the Back Cover: Julia Child singlehandedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn’t know the...
by Ruth Verkaik | Aug 23, 2018 | Creativity, Theology, Thinking
I can’t believe it’s done, but summer officially is over. Yesterday, the busses came and all three of my backpack-laden creative people got on and left. For the first time, I wasn’t ready. Oh, I had all the school supplies collected and labeled, but I still had more...
by Ruth Verkaik | Jun 7, 2018 | Theology, Thinking, Writing
It hit me today. Summer break starts next week. I knew in my head it was coming – my planner and list of things to do have been screaming at me for quite some time. But today it really hit me. How am I going to keep this habit of creative thinking through the...
