Connecting with God | Linda Leigh Hargrove

Linda Leigh Hargrove’s book, Loving Cee Cee Johnson was released this month.

Linda, how do you find time to connect with God?
As you can imagine with three young boys, it’s hard to squeeze in time for yourself. Most mornings I try to rise before they do. So it’s become my habit to have my time with God first thing, bright and early, before I get into work and hopefully before the boys get up. On school mornings that means getting up around 5 am.

When I do the mom-taxi thing (to football or martial arts practice) I usually have a book. Gotta maximize the time. I’m reading a couple nonfiction books now—one on prayer and one on racial reconciliation, of course.

Read the rest of this interview at WrittenVoicesBlog.com.

A Heavy, Sinking Sadness

On April 16, 2007, the campus of Virginia Tech experienced a collective nightmare when thirty-three students were killed in the worst massacre in modern U.S. history. Following that horrendous event, Virginia Tech campus pastor Matt Rogers found himself asking and being asked,

“Where is God in all of this?” The cliché-ridden, pat answers rang hollow.

In his book, When Answers Aren’t Enough Experiencing God as Good When Life Isn’t, Matt Rogers approaches the pain of the world with personal perspective—dealing with his hurting community as well as standing over the hospital bed of his own father—and goes beyond answers, beyond theodicy, beyond the mere intellectual. When Answers Aren’t Enough drives deeper, to the heart of our longing, in search of a God we can experience as good when life isn’t.

There Are Easier Ways to Get Closer to God

The Zondervan NIV Study Bible is the #1 bestselling study Bible in the bestselling NIV translation. Looks like they are celebrating their 30th Anniversary. This is a funny promo from 30NIV.com.

Include God in Your Plans

I’m currently catching up on some reading. Decided to stop in with a voice blog about the book I’m currently reading, The Master Carpenter: Devotions for Woodworkers. This is kind of a different read for me because I am not a woodworker, but I’m enjoying the devotions. I will be posting a full review soon along with a few other nonfiction books soon. Have a Blessed Sunday!

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