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Books are on Sale!

“The Gryphon of Stone” is finally going to be released on October 8th, 2022. The ebook format is available of pre order on both Amazon and Smashwords. For those of you who get my quarterly newsletter ( sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/6b83ea597ee9/laras... ), I had said that my previous books would be on sale one for […]

Devotional: Job 9 – 10 God Won’t Destroy What Is Fixable

In my past posts, I have summarized that Job is a righteous man who has been dealing with extreme hardships. The reason I mentioned this every time is that both Job and his friends continue to debate God’s goodness based on Job current situation. We know that God sees Job as righteous from both the […]

Article: The Case for Classic Books by Lara Lee

Before I earned my Master’s degree in Special Education I did not know that there was a debate about the use of classic books in education. I had assumed that classic books was just standard in the American classroom. I was wrong. What I have learned is that it really depends on the school and […]

Devotional: Job 8 – We Know the Cause By the Effects

In the previous chapters we learned about Job’s losses and illness. According to the narrator of the book of Job, we are told that he is righteous and faultless. We are expected to trust that the narrator is reliable and honest, but Job’s friend, Eliphaz has cast doubt on Job’s godly character and response to […]

Book Review: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Hobbit” is a classic book for good reason. It was originally marketed for children and it often still is, but this novel is great for any age. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” is a sequel to “The Hobbit” and is more epic. It too was marketed to children originally, but because of the […]

Devotional: Job 6-7 Normal Emotions Are Good

At this point in the book of Job we have seen that Job was a righteous man who lost everything. Job then laments the day he was born, but his friend, Eliphaz, responses in critiquing Job’s emotional response. Eliphaz asserts that if Job just repent of some vague sin or foolishness, God would then fix […]

Devotional: Job 4 -5 Almost Truths

Job has lost everything and has cursed the day of his birth to his three friends. Eliphaz is the first of Job’s friends to speak. Even though we know that Job’s friends become more and more his adversaries, they start out as friends who are there to comfort and speak the truth. Had they not […]

Devotional: Job 3 Laments

In Job chapter 1 and 2 we learned that Job was a righteous man who lost everything. Those chapters were narrative sections that told the story of Job and gave us the facts we need as we now enter the poetic section. We must keep in mind the genre to understand what is being communicated. […]

Devotional: Job 2 – Imperfect Friendships

In the last chapter of Job, we learned that he was a godly man, but lost everything to test his faith in God. He passed the test, but the story isn’t over. We now dive into chapter 2. 1) Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the […]

Devotional: Job 1 – A Crushed Life

The book of Job in the Bible has always fascinated me. Very few books of the Bible have such a wide and extremely varied interpretation among both pastors and church members. I have heard people accuse Job of pride and others accuse him of various sins. Most people read the narrative sections at the beginning […]