This blog is my place. Here, I think aloud about the issues. I try and put parts of my life which I feel deeply into words. I also share my planner set-ups with others who are interested in such things. This planner is very much a personal blog, and as such deals with a variety of topics.
If you don’t like a post (e.g. you couldn’t care less about planners), don’t read it. If you are offended by a post (e.g. in a post about issues), please please comment and tell me – but be gentle with the way you say it. I am very much in process – I’m trying to figure out what I believe, who I agree with, and how (or if) those beliefs should be put into practice in my actions. I welcome input, but I reserve the right to delete comments which ridicule others’ beliefs, do not contribute to the discussion, or are filled with profanities. I haven’t had any comments like that yet..let’s keep it that way, shall we? :)
A bit about me: My name is Hannah C. I love Filofaxes and other planners, theology, and learning about all sorts of things! I am a Christian. I have a B.A. in history. I am a wife and a mama, and work at a local library. We live in Texas.
A bit about the blog name: Originally, this blog was called “Reading in the Bluebonnets.” Bluebonnets are my favorite flower, and reading is one of my favorite things! I ended up shortening it to Bluebonnet Reads, to match the URL.
If you wish to contact me by email, it is bluebonnetreads at gmail.
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I just discovered your blog and I’m so thrilled to discover a fellow (soon to be) convert to Catholicism. Your writing is rich, articulate, and your reason is sharp. If there is anything I can ever do to help during or after your conversion–I’m especially handy with book recommendations–let me know.
Grace and peace!
Thank you, Brandon! I appreciate it very much. I’ve actually been following your blog for a little while and find it quite interesting and helpful.
Do you happen to know of any good books on reading Scripture with a Catholic perspective? As a Protestant I’ve done a lot of Scripture reading, and I’ve realized that framework is a bit hard to shake when reading the more familiar books.
Hannah, the aboslute no-brained, must-have book would be Mark Shea’s “Making Senses of Scripture”.
Besides that I you’d also really like “Lovely Like Jerusalem” by Aidan Nichols and “Your One-Stop Guide to the Bible” by Kevin Perrotta.
Hope these help!
Wow–sorry for the atrocious misspellings and horrible grammar! That’s what you get when you write too fast.
Hannah, It’s great that you are reading the Bible. However, please please do NOT get involved in Catholicism! I was brought up in a Roman Catholic environment, and did a lot for the church growing up. However, they heavily promote man’s traditions over the word of God. They do NOT follow the word of God. They do NOT believe that the word of God is all you need, or indeed can be understood ‘properly’ without a priest explaining it to you. They do NOT believe that you can saved. The eucharist is completely unscriptural – I challenge you to find it in the NT where the actual body and blood of our precious Lord is present in a wafer. I challenge you to find where baby sprinkling is in scripture. I challenge you to find where confessions to a priest is in scripture. I challenge you to find that there is actually a preisthood today other than the priesthood of ALL believers. I challenge you to find where Mary worship is in scripture, or where she was so-called sinless. I don’t care what Catholics you meet who say that they do not worship Mary, it’s a LIE! All Catholics worship and pray to Mary. I know Hannah, my family are still heavily involved in Rome. They are not saved. I challenge you to find purgatory mentioned in the Bible. Catholicism is false! It is deception. I did not find Christ until I left that deceptive organisation. John 3:3, Jesus said that ye must be born again of the Spirit of God. We are all born into sin, with the devil as our father as Christ tells us in his word. We must be adopted into the family of God by believeing on the Lord Jesus Christ and trusting Him alone for salvation. There is none other mediator between man and God, other than Christ Jesus. Please, please call upon the name of the Lord instead of man. God bless you as you seek to know Him.
Tom, thank you for your comment and your concern. This space does not allow room enough to correct your many misconceptions about the Catholic Church. I suggest you check out the website Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com), the blog Shameless Popery (http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com), and the book If Protestantism is True, written by Devin Rose.
Blessings.