Author Archives: Andrea R Huelsenbeck

About Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Andrea R Huelsenbeck is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a former elementary general music teacher. A freelance writer in the 1990s, her nonfiction articles and book reviews appeared in Raising Arizona Kids, Christian Library Journal, and other publications. She is currently working on a middle grades novel and a poetry collection.

Review of Searching for Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I loved Rachel Held Evans’ blog, and I was heartbroken by her death last year. Searching for Sunday is Evans’ story of her Christian upbringing, her eventual disillusionment with religion, and the long journey that brought her back to the Church. In … Continue reading →

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Scripture Break #25

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Toilet Training Breakthrough

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

You know when you think your kid is perfectly capable of using the toilet, but he’s still having accidents, and you think he’s doing it on purpose or out of laziness? Back 30+ years ago when I was going through … Continue reading →

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Scripture Break #24

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Scripture Break #23

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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In Memoriam: Donna Clark Goodrich

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I met Donna Goodrich about thirty years ago, probably at the now-defunct Tempe Christian Writers Club. She was well-known there, as she was a sought-after speaker at Christian writers conferences across the United States. She had a reputation for helping … Continue reading →

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Review of Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship by Gregory Boyle

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

My son gave me Boyle’s first book, Tattoos on the Heart, a few years ago, and I loved it. When I heard he’d written a second, I knew I had to read it. Barking to the Choir is more of … Continue reading →