Unlikely Advent Reads
There are many good and worthy meditations for the Advent season. There are also stories that would not make an obvious choice […]
Who Was Patricia St. John?
While reading about “Treasures of the Snow” and “The Tanglewoods’ Secret” (and now also “Star of Light” and “Three Go Searching”), I […]
Patricia St. John’s “Treasures of the Snow,” a Credible Story of Conversion
The depiction of Able the gardener, a humble and devout Christian, in “Tom’s Midnight Garden” brought to mind the novels of Patricia […]
Philippa Pearce’s “Tom’s Midnight Garden”: Trading Time for Eternity
Carol Joyce Seid of Homeschool Made Simple suggested the book “Tom’s Midnight Garden” by Philippa Pearce. That was the first I’d heard […]