Betsy Strauss: By the Books

I recently ran across this interview with Wendell Berry, an author I thoroughly respect, and while I’m not a well-published author, these questions are just the kind that I like to know about people. His answers surprised and challenged me, and I thought it would be fun to share my answers to these questions with…

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Art Resources we Love to Learn From

My husband and I grew up in artistic households. His mom is an incredible oil painter, and my dad was a master with watercolors. We both have the artistic bug inside of us, so naturally, we wanted to cultivate that in our kids. It’s been great to have fun art resources to help us along…

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Two Andrew Peterson Books that Will Recalibrate Your Heart

I appreciate being disrupted…sometimes. God has a way of disrupting my flow or routine in some way to help me slow down. Andrew Peterson is one of those artists God has used to help me do that. Consequently, Peterson’s work disrupts my heart. I feel recalibrated and ready to see life differently. Why? Because as…

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Read Widely, Write Wisely

by Andy Strauss Why do we have to read so many books, and write so many papers in school? – these questions hold high popularity among students and rank nearly as high in importance as “what’s the point of math?” This last semester, the second semester of my freshman year at Ouachita Baptist, I took…

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