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Vanessa is 79% done with God Does His Best Work with Empty

— Mar 24, 2026 02:00PM Add a comment

Vanessa is 63% done with Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope

2nd time reading this. I can’t believe I read this as a middle schooler.

Lots of traumatic moments but beautifully written about from a perspective of hope in Christ.

— Mar 20, 2026 01:50PM Add a comment

Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope

Vanessa is 57% done with God Does His Best Work with Empty

— Mar 15, 2026 11:46AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 66% done with Miscarried Hope: Journeying with Jesus through Pregnancy and Infant Loss

— Mar 15, 2026 11:45AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 83% done with The Longest Goodbye: A Family's Hope-Filled Journey Through Alzheimer's

David and I listened to the author read this via her podcast BUT SHE DIDNT RECORD THE LAST 2 CHAPTERS😭 now I have to buy the book to finish it

— Mar 12, 2026 11:54AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 75% done with The Longest Goodbye: A Family's Hope-Filled Journey Through Alzheimer's

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Vanessa is 47% done with Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

— Mar 09, 2026 01:57PM Add a comment

Vanessa is 42% done with Heaven: Biblical Answers to Common Questions

Short sweet and to the point. Good resource to point others to for quick questions.

— Mar 04, 2026 04:36AM Add a comment

Heaven: Biblical Answers to Common Questions

Vanessa is 75% done with What Grieving People Wish You Knew about What Really Helps (and What Really Hurts): about what really helps (and what really hurts)

— Feb 26, 2026 06:21PM Add a comment

What Grieving People Wish You Knew about What Really Helps (and What Really Hurts): about what really helps (and what really hurts)

Vanessa is 77% done with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

— Feb 25, 2026 10:37AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 30% done with Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

— Feb 24, 2026 05:47AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 32% done with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

— Feb 24, 2026 05:46AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 47% done with Stop Calling Me Beautiful: Finding Soul-Deep Strength in a Skin-Deep World

— Feb 09, 2026 12:03PM Add a comment

Vanessa is 62% done with Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion

Enjoying this a lot. So much history and philosophy as well as beautiful gospel truths.

— Feb 06, 2026 10:01AM Add a comment

Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion

Vanessa is 61% done with To the Moon and Back (The Baxter Family, #3)

— Feb 03, 2026 11:03AM Add a comment

Vanessa is on page 61 of 362 of To the Moon and Back (The Baxter Family, #3)

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Vanessa is 46% done with Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion

Learning a lot about history. Lots to follow up on.

— Feb 03, 2026 10:55AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 20% done with Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion

— Feb 01, 2026 10:19PM Add a comment

Vanessa is 86% done with Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies

I figured out my issue with this book.

It’s interesting but opposite of what I expected from a book about apologetics.

Rather than defending core Christian beliefs this book is attacking secular beliefs and discussing why they conflict with Christian ones.

— Jan 31, 2026 01:10PM Add a comment

Vanessa is 57% done with Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies

Enjoying this a lot more the further I get into the book.

— Jan 28, 2026 06:35PM Add a comment

Vanessa is 41% done with Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies

— Jan 27, 2026 04:55PM Add a comment

Vanessa is 31% done with Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies

Feels a little more political than I was expecting. Somewhat disappointing. Still like the concept but not loving the execution of the book. Will probably still finish it.

— Jan 26, 2026 11:14AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 88% done with The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

— Jan 26, 2026 06:12AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 78% done with The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

— Jan 25, 2026 02:51AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 16% done with Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies

Interested to see how the rest of the book plays out. I like the idea

— Jan 25, 2026 12:19AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 70% done with Labor with Hope: Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

— Jan 21, 2026 10:29AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 37% done with Labor with Hope: Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

“In motherhood, a woman mimics the grand narrative of redemption, as she tastes a thousand deaths to give the child life day in and day out”

Overspiritualizing much?

— Jan 19, 2026 10:46AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 30% done with Labor with Hope: Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

So far agreeing with many of the 2-3 star reviews. Not what I was expecting. Repetitive. Not necessarily encouraging about motherhood specifically. Mostly just explaining the gospel over and over.

Probably will finish because it’s short. But not leaning towards recommending it.

— Jan 18, 2026 11:15AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 71% done with The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

— Jan 18, 2026 05:05AM Add a comment

Vanessa is 50% done with Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys

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