by Janet Ruth | May 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s been a long time since I posted something to my blog. I created this blog and the website around it to promote the books I had written and mostly self-published. My books never had much success, and my blog had even less. After 20+ years of trying to be a...
by Janet Ruth | Apr 27, 2023 | Devotional
I witnessed something upsetting today. A woman came into a hair salon, checked in, and was taken to a seat to have her hair cut. The entire time, she complained loudly about the way the employees had treated her disrespectfully when she came in earlier. I was there...
by Janet Ruth | Dec 30, 2022 | Christian Living
I have often heard people talk about choosing a word at the beginning of January as a guide for the rest of the year. Some Christians also recommend choosing a Bible verse for each year. A year ago, I did both of those things. The verse I chose popped up in an email...
by Janet Ruth | Sep 7, 2022 | Movies and Books
Guest post by Constance Hastings. Stories of war, spies who risk their lives in service of their country’s security, daring civilians who step up in heroic measures, are the stuff of good tales and great movies. When based in historical fact, the appeal is all the...
by Janet Ruth | Jul 18, 2022 | Movies and Books
This weekend, I watched a delightful movie: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. The movie is based on a novel by Paul Gallico. In the story, Mrs. Harris is a cleaning lady and a war widow living in London in the 1950’s. She is a simple, lower-class working woman, who has an...
by Janet Ruth | Jul 11, 2022 | Movies and Books
This past weekend, made over 10 million people went to see Marvel’s newest superhero movie, Thor: Love and Thunder. Most of those people were probably fans of Marvel movies, maybe even fans of the comic books that inspired them. More than a few of those people were...
by Janet Ruth | Jul 4, 2022 | Christian Living, Movies and Books
I think this might be the first time I’ve blogged about a fairy tale, but Cinderella has been one of my favorite stories for a long time. Did you know that IMDb lists 200 movies containing “Cinderella” in the title. I’m sure you’ve seen at least one of them. I’ve seen...
by Janet Ruth | Jun 27, 2022 | Christianity and Culture, Movies and Books
A new installment of the Jurassic dinosaur films released a few weeks ago. Jurassic World: Dominion held onto to the top box office spot in the US the first two weeks it was in theaters. Jurassic World is a big film, best seen on a big screen. It also comes with a big...
by Janet Ruth | Jun 20, 2022 | Movies and Books
I was excited to add a new DVD to my collection of Marvel movies this weekend. I wanted to see Spider-Man: No Way Home on its opening weekend, but I wasn’t able to. Even a week later when I went to the theater people were still cheering to see some special guests...
by Janet Ruth | Jun 13, 2022 | Movies and Books
In my last post, I answered the question I’m sure was on everyone’s mind: Why do I write about secular movies instead of more traditional Christian subjects? In this post, I would like to answer another question that some of my Christian friends may have asked: Why do...
