G.K. Chesterton lived in the early 1900s and wrote on the issues of his time. He was a great defender of Christian orthodoxy. In this book, Dale Ahlquist compiled a collection of poems, quotations, excerpts, and essays on the family from G.K. Chesterton. In today’s society, we see all kinds of attacks on the family …

This book has been very enlightening for me to read. It gives the perspective of many individuals who are disabled in some way and living with that disability. They tell their stories, providing insight into their lives. But it’s not just about their stories. They also give advice, speak about their faith, and tell us …

I really enjoyed reading Murtagh as a follow-up story in the Inheritance Cycle. It is essentially a standalone story narrated from the perspective of Murtagh and Thorn, his dragon. We really get into their characters and experience what they both are going through. Murtagh had a difficult life growing up in …

Deacon Durban writes about his life and how the Holy Spirit worked in his life. When I first started reading the book, I didn’t quite know what it was going to be about. I’m sorry to say that the book title and description didn’t do it justice. However, as I read further, I came to understand that this was about his …

I very much enjoyed reading this book as it has helped teach me the skills I need to use Git in my professional work. The authors, in my opinion, were very thorough on the topic. They explored not just Git, but how Git can be used by developers in teams. They covered the Git commands, low-level details of how Git …

This book was well done! I have not read a book on co-redemption before and it is not a topic I typically hear about. But, it is a topic that is easy to relate to! The mystery of co-redemption is the free participation of Christ’s followers in the redemption of their fellow men and women. Becoming closer to God, …

Get ready to rhyme and roar, and discover your ABCs like never before! Visit the towering giraffe on the safari, sneak a peek at the lion hiding in the grass, and soar with the majestic eagle through the skies. Crawl with the snail past giant tomatoes or play with the puppy in the park. Which animal will you meet for …

This is an honest memoir of Jamey Toner’s life with all the ups and downs, and the wanderings of his life. Constant throughout his life have been the martial arts (Kai) and his Catholic faith. There are many times he has gone from place to place and sometimes without money or a place to live. As I read along, I was …

This book was a good read for me. It covered many aspects of developing microservices in Python that are relevant to my engineering job. Some of these aspects include developing a REST API with a web server such as Flask; writing, testing, and documenting code; interacting with other services via synchronous vs. …

I had this book sitting on my desk for a few years, recommended by a coworker. Life got busy. I decided to pick it back up and finish it! Here’s some of the insight I’ve learned from it. The author begins by defining legacy code as code that is hard to understand, uncomfortable to change, and causes concern. Attitude …