Lakeisha Heeringa

  • The Friday Review: The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura Frantz

    As Mary at the Covenant Christian Resource Center in Randolph knows, I have been waiting for this book for a year. Laura Frantz releases these historical fiction gems every January and I clear my reading schedule for them. Each book… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura Frantz

  • The Friday Review: Rise to Rebellion

    By Jeff Shaara After my trip to Boston, I’ve been super-excited to dive deep into Revolutionary War history. Using Audible, I got the 23+ hour audiobook by famed historical author, Jeff Shaara. It took a while to get through, but… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Rise to Rebellion

  • The Friday Review: The Lacemaker

    By Laura Frantz To celebrate the start of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, I decided to reread this gem in (almost) real time. This was the first Laura Frantz book I read. Quite a few years ago, my… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Lacemaker

  • The Friday Review: Finding Lady Enderly

    By Joanna Davidson Politano Cinderella meets My Fair Lady in this stunning Gilded Age mystery novel! Raina practically lives on the streets of London where she works as a rag woman and mourns the loss of the sailor she loved.… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Finding Lady Enderly

  • The Friday Review: You’re Not Enough (And That’s Ok)

    By Allie Beth Stuckey You need to love yourself before you can love others. You’re perfect the way you are. You determine your truth. These messages have wound their way throughout our culture, touted by Christians and non-Christians alike. Women,… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: You’re Not Enough (And That’s Ok)

  • The Friday Review: The Fur Trader’s Lady

    By Gabrielle Meyer As a kid, I loved reading books about the frontier and the fur trade. Sadly, there’s not a ton of good adult historical fiction on the subject, so I was eager to read this new release by… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Fur Trader’s Lady

  • The Friday Review: Yee Yee Apparel

    5th Friday, time for a different kind of review. Let me introduce y’all to my favorite apparel company!  Yee Yee Apparel is a faith, freedom, and outdoor apparel and lifestyle company founded by three brothers in Texas. Originally the catch-phrase… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Yee Yee Apparel

  • The Friday Review: Top Gun: Maverick

    Starring Tom Cruise Which movie was better? The original or the sequel? While the 1986 movie is a classic, I think the editing and music pushes the 2022 movie into the lead. If you haven’t seen Top Gun: Maverick, you’ve… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Top Gun: Maverick

  • The Friday Review: The Tempest at Annabel’s Lighthouse

    By Jaime Jo Wright I couldn’t sleep after finishing this book. Not because it was scary (though it was), but because it was SO GOOD! The twist at the end was… just phenomenal. Set in the Porcupine Mountains on Lake… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Tempest at Annabel’s Lighthouse

  • The Friday Review: Our Hymns, Our Heritage

    By David and Barbara Leeman I absolutely love the Leeman’s Christmas carol Advent devotional, so when I found out that they had also released a book on general hymns, I snapped it up! (And then I read that they’re releasing… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Our Hymns, Our Heritage