Courageous

My family and I went to see Courageous last Tuesday. It is an absolutely amazing movie! As soon as it finished, I wanted to go see it again :D. It was super hilarious, sad, and had a very good message. I just finished reading the book on Monday. It was really neat how they weaved a backstory into it... I really enjoyed both. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you should go soon!


In Christ Alone,

Library Raffle

Yesterday, the phone rang. We let it ring until the message came, as usually. It began "Hi, this is Dan calling from the library..." I expected that a book that we requested came in, but... "Angela is one of the teen winners for the Barnes & Noble gift certificate..." At that point my mouth dropped open! We had a summer reading program at our library, where for every book (as in one book = 50 pages) that you read, you put a ticket in a container for a raffle. The winner of the raffle wins 100 dollars to spend at Barnes & Noble. And this year, I hadn't read nearly as many books as last year. That was definately a surprise!

In Christ Alone,

Day 3: Favorite Books :)

Of course, the Bible is my favorite book of all! But other than that...

Alone Yet Not Alone

Through Gates of Splendor

The Chronicles of Narnia

Anne of Green Gables

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Which book I picked & Skiing

Since, with the pole, it was a three-way tie, I decided I'd pick from those three books. Finally, I settled on "Stepping Heavenward." You know, (well, I guess you don't), Mom had at least started it about 8 years ago. She didn't really enjoy it very much; she hates it when people die in books. Anyway, today I found the bookmark where she'd left off! That was pretty funny. So far, I've really enjoyed the book. I really like how the author compares the Christian life to some of the examples that the Bible gives. For example, at one point ("Stepping Heavenward" is basically a girl's diary), she says that she feels like she's in a race. In the book of Corinthians, I think, Paul compares the Christian life to a race. I just thought that was neat. I hope what I typed made sense :).



On Sunday, again, we went skiing. I was better this time; I only fell 2 or 3 times. It was fun! Emma and Mom came this time, too. I was surprised how much Emma liked it; she gets very, very, very nervous with things like that, even really panicky. On the last run that Dad took Jess and I on (everyone else had gone home), we'd just got on the lift, and were suspended in the air when it stopped. It didn't start back up for about 15 minutes! That was really frustrating! Dad had to get up early on Monday, and I was getting cold. Apparantly someone had gotten hurt or something. Finally, it started to move - right after I'd said that I'd take a nap and to wake me up when we got to the top. LOL! Every thing else was fun. Even when Dad took me on the terrain park (though I didn't go over the bumps). The scarriest part about the terrain park was that, at the top, there was a bit of a drop at the edge of the trail.







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Which book should I read next?

Today, I had to return the "Canterbury Tales" to the library - someone else is "in line" for it, so I can't check it out again right now. I'm sorta glad I got a break from the book! Now, though, I have to read "Beowulf." So far, it's okay, but it is a little grusome. Anyway, the reason for this post is to explain my pole a little. I've sort of come to a dilemma in which book I should read next. I know I should start reading instructional books, but I also want to finish a serious.



First, "In My Father's House" and "Daughters of Destiny" Are both books that are basically essays on things. The essays in "In My Father's House", I think, have something to do with learning that marriage isn't the only thing God has for you. I'm not sure if that's excatly what it's about, but I read the inside cover and sort of paraphrased :). "Daughters of Destiny" has essays, poems, and stories - basically on being the daughter that I should be.



I think most people have heard of "Stepping Heavenward," right? Well, I want to read this book because... well, I've heart it's a really good book that all young ladies/women should read.



And then, to explain the last two choices - Book #1 or Book #3 of "The Shadowcreek Chronicles." I have read books 1 and 2 of the series, but that was a little while ago. I'm debating, if I read these books next, whether to read the whole series together, or just the last two books.


So, vote ahead!



In Christ Alone,

The Canterbury Tales

I just started to read the Canterbury Tales, and realized it's 542 pages of poetry (with 84 pages of prose). That's pretty intimidating, especially since it's an older book. I have nothing against poetry (I love it!) but after reading 542 pages, I wonder how long it'll take me to be able to read prose without automatically trying to apply rhythm to it?

Sorry 'bout the Christmas pics. Hopefully, I'll be able to post them today (they still haven't been transfered from the camera to the computer).