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Can you believe it? The Read-Aloud Revival Podcast is ten years old!!That means it’s time for a party! 🥳🥳Ten years is a long time to have a podcast, but we’re not slowing down anytime soon. We’re having WAY too much fun for that.In honor of this milestone, I’ve got a Casey Kasem-style countdown for you of the top ten episodes from the first ten years of Read Aloud Rev

When you hear the name Max Lucado, what comes to mind for you?Max Lucado is best known as a pastor, speaker, best-selling inspirational author, and, in many Christian families, he’s a household name.His books are written for everyone—especially those who are hurting, lonely, and discouraged. In his writing, he constantly points his readers back to the truth: that God loves you

Do you ever find yourself wishing you had more time to read? Oh, every day? (Yeah, we get that.)We’re pretty confident that every mom wishes she had more time to read. Carving out a little time to enjoy your own reading life is worthwhile, even in those seasons when you think it’s impossible. (Sarah has six kids, and when three of them were babies age one and under, it definite

We all want our kids to read, right?If you’re listening to this podcast, it’s probably safe to say that you want your kids to grow up to read more often than the average adult does. We want them to be lifelong learners and avid readers who read for pleasure.So it’s worth considering how we can cultivate the habits of real adult readers in our kids so that they grow up to be t

Today, I’m sharing two recent episodes from my weekly coaching podcast, Circle with Sarah, that is available exclusively to members of RAR Premium.I wanted to share them with all of you because I think the message applies to most of us.A lot of us have this funny habit of focusing on getting DONE with the thing we most want to do. Of getting it over with and checking it off the l

This year at Read Aloud Revival, we’re focusing on reading for joy.It’s so easy for reading to become another thing on your to-do list, but when we make reading a source of joy, of respite from our busy lives, it’s like running into a clear creek on a hot, dusty hike. Nurturing your reading life nurtures you, which in turn helps us be better moms, better homeschoolers, better

There is something kind of tragic that happens when our kids become readers of their own right. It doesn’t always happen, of course, and there are ways for us to prevent it. But it’s awfully common. That thing I’m talking about? When reading starts to feel like school.It happens to all of us at one point or another, and it’s very common especially at this time of year when

What are fairy tales? Why do we love them so much? And why do these stories continue to capture the imaginations of countless generations?To help me answer those questions, I’m welcoming author Sarah Arthur to the podcast.Personally, I fell in love with Sarah’s writing through A Light So Lovely, on the spiritual legacy of Madeleine L’Engle. And when I found out she was workin

Today, I’ve got another Best Of RAR episode for you.I wanted to revisit this episode because it feels extra relevant this time of year as we’re thinking about setting goals and resolutions for the year ahead.Personally, I tend to feel a little overwhelmed by it and I bet some of you can relate.And when it comes to books and goals for our reading lives, one of the things we hear

Today we’re airing one of my favorite episodes from last year, all about Jolabokaflod, which is a Christmas “book flood,” in the Icelandic tradition.What if I told you this tradition makes your life easier, not harder? During Jolabokaflod, you gift members of your family with new books, and everyone drinks hot cocoa and spends the whole of Christmas Eve reading. If I didn’t