Mary Jo Tate INTRODUCING THE 2024 AVID READERS CHALLENGE! Have you ever participated in a reading challenge? I used to avoid them because they seemed too constricting . . . or competitive . . . or weird. However, I finally realized that I could design my own challenge that would be manageable and customizable for a wide variety of … Read more
Fellow Mississippian Eudora Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) is one of my favorite authors. In fact, I wrote about her in my 2014 book, Flourish: Balance for Homeschool Moms, in the section on bidding farewell to fear: Twice in my life I have let irrational fears hold me back. These are two … Read more
Do you want to read through the Bible in a year? Or maybe you want to read the Bible daily, but you want to move through it more slowly. Justin Taylor points out that it takes the average person less than 10 minutes a day to read the entire Bible in one year. He also … Read more
Life is a surprise, a mystery, and an incredible adventure. It can also be straight-up hard! I was excited to join veteran homeschooling mothers and classical teachers Jennifer Dow, Kristen Rudd, Jessica Jensen, and Angela Burke for some real talk about homeschooling when life is hard. Whether you’re brand-new to homeschooling (and maybe you never … Read more
Join me for a lively and engaging exploration of the some of the greatest American authors! You’ll learn to understand, appreciate, and love literature in ways you may never have experienced before. Class Schedule American Literature – grades 9-12 – Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Central American Literature – adults – Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Central Course Description … Read more
Come join the Mitford Book Club on Facebook! www.MitfordBookClub.com The Mitford Series by Jan Karon At Home in Mitford (Book 1) trade paperback mass market paperback hardcover Kindle audio CD (abridged, read by Jan Karon) audio CD (unabridged, read by John McDonough – out of print; sometimes available used) Audible (unabridged, read by John McDonough) … Read more
Jan Karon’s newest book, Bathed in Prayer: Father Tim’s Prayers, Sermons, and Reflections from the Mitford Series, is dedicated “For my readers, with gratitude.” This delightful volume is certainly a welcome gift to all who mourned when Jan announced that To Be Where You Are would be her final Mitford novel. Bathed in Prayer is an anthology, not … Read more
In To Be Where You Are, Jan Karon welcomes readers back to Mitford and Meadowgate in alternating chapters. We’ve gotten so immersed in Jan’s delightful books that it’s like we’re “livin’ in a whole other place,” as Coot Hendrick thinks about his current read. As always, Father Tim ministers to the people around him, reflecting, … Read more
Hi! I’m Mary Jo, and I’m a book addict. Everyone: “Hi, Mary Jo!” Seven months ago I moved from Mississippi to Tennessee, and I still haven’t unpacked the last 20-30 boxes out of the 160 boxes of books I hauled across the state line. Even so, in addition to randomly buying a few books now … Read more
It’s my grandmother’s fault. Every time I visited her during my childhood, she’d give me books. Not just two or three books, but a boxful of books. She was a fourth-grade schoolteacher, and when she ordered from the book club for her class, she stocked up for me as well. Actually, my love of … Read more