Poetry: Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soteThe droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote,And bathed every veyne in swich licour,Of which vertu engendred is the flour;Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breethInspired hath in every holt and heethThe tendre croppes, and the yonge sonneHath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne,And smale fowles maken …

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Poetry: Beowulf

“Do you want me to read it?” Before me sat half a dozen middle schoolers, watching with that wide-eyed curiosity and amazement that I know will be hidden in only a few short years. They watched and giggled and nodded their heads, some of them even cheering me on. They had already heard me read …

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Thoughts on The Iliad

This story is gritty, engaging, and awe-inspiring. It is a lesson full of warnings. It is history in action. And for all this, it should still be among the great works that we all read and learn from.

Review: The Calling of Ella MacFarland

Image from Linda Brooks Davis website. Author: Linda Brooks Davis I came across this book on one of the Christian author groups I am a part of on Facebook. I believe this was one of the ones I won in a contest. But as life has it, it took me a little while to get …

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Review: Zion Covenant Series

Authors: Bodie & Brock Thoene Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers History, suspense, romance, tragedy, and edification. This is what you will get out of the Zion Covenant Series. I've rarely read a series with such drama and suspense, and so well written, as this one. Though not every book was perfect, and I found a few …

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