Last year, I republished an memoir from 1850 about Susan Allibone, a remarkable woman from Pennsylvania who lived the last 21 years of her life in great suffering. After she died, a friend wrote the following to her family: “I have often been struck by the unselfishness of your sister. Most persons, afflicted as she…
One of the things I most enjoy about Susan Allibone is that while she examined herself regularly, she never got bogged down in self-absorption or self-abhorrence because of her sin. She knew Who to take it to in trust and thankfulness. From her diary Feb. 4, 1833“To become a devoted Christian is the earnest desire…
As my mother-in-law is dying from cancer, I’ve been reading excerpts from Susan Allibone’s memoir to her. It’s been such a precious time together and Susan has truly grown into a dear friend to both of us, a comforter to me and an encouragement to mom. Right now we’re reading through Susan’s thoughts on heaven…
I am working on my 2025 goals and will share them next week, but thought first we might need to catch up a bit. 2024 was a good but hard year and I was pretty quiet here on the blog. In January 2024 my father-in-law died and my mother-in-law was a widow for the second…
As a fan of many Puritan writers and pastors, I’ve studied self-examination for years. What used to be a very common Christian practice has fallen out of use with most believers today because we don’t know how to do it, or what it is, or understand how much we need it. Susan showed me not…
The memoir of Susan Allibone is available at a special low price for just a few more days. Be sure to get it (and all the freebies!) before the price goes up next week! But maybe you want to know who this woman was who lived such a life as to inspire a memoir in…
As most of you know, I just retyped and republished an old memoir from 1850 about Miss Susan Allibone.The reason I typed out the entire almost 700 page memoir is because I needed a copy of it so I could mark up and highlight it because there is so much that I need to learn…
I hope to make a semi-regular habit of posting what’s going on around here. These posts will be things that aren’t really worth a full post themselves, but things that I think you might find interesting or helpful or fun. Seed Snail starting Have you heard of this? A couple of YouTubers I follow have…
We are up to chapter 23 of 26! Can you help me by reading the chapter and noting any typos for me? I’ve uploaded it onto Google Docs here. ALSO! I’d love your thoughts on which version of the spine you like best. (Ignore the light red marks and background stuff, that’s all part of…
We are up to chapter 22 of 26! Can you help me by reading the chapter and noting any typos for me? I’ve uploaded it onto Google Docs here. ALSO! It’s time for the COVER reveal! I’m so excited to share it with you! Why this design? Susan spent almost the entire last 20 years…