The Bookery Podcast

The April meeting of the Bookery Book Club starts now! Host Mandy Crow leads a brief discussion of our April book club selection, J.T. English's Remember and Rehearse, with a special guest appearance from her twin brother, Jason. Mandy and Jason discuss the power of stories — including a few family stories — then Mandy dives into Remember and Rehearse and the invitation to embrace the true story of Scripture: redemption.

As we continue to explore our Spring 2026 theme, Lean In, host Mandy Crow guides us in a reflection on Hebrews 12:1-2, delving in what it looks like to endure in following Christ — when it's easy and when it's not.

Bookery Podcast host Mandy Crow explores ways to find your next favorite book and shares your tips for adding selections to your TBR lists. Plus, Mandy offers three book suggestions, including two novels and an audio book.

As we continue to unpack our Spring 2026 theme, lean in, host Mandy Crow invites us to meditate on Luke 9:23. Jesus' invitation is the same now as it was then — to count the cost of following him, to lay down our cross daily and follow where he leads. Join us as we lean in to God's Word and ponder what it means for us to fully invest in following him.

Don't miss our first Bookery Book Club meeting of 2026 with our discussion of Virginia Evans' debut novel, The Correspondent. Host Mandy Crow is joined by Peyton Christenson to talk about the value of letter-writing before jumping into a thoughtful discussion about the book.

As we continue to explore our spring theme, Lean In, The Bookery Podcast host Mandy Crow invites us to consider what committing to and trusting God really looks like. Rather than trusting the ways of the world, old patterns of thinking or coping or our own knowledge and understanding, we're called as believers to trust God. Join us in Joshua 24 today!

We love food, trying new recipes and easy, fulfilling meals at The Bookery, and host Mandy Crow shares three of her recent favorite recipes: one-pot chicken and rice with carmelized lemons (yep, you read that right!), banana crumb muffins and instapot spaghetti!

Join host Mandy Crow for the first episode of Season 2, a meditation episode focusing on Proverbs 3:1-6 and the invitation we have to lean in, trust God with all our heart and trust his path and plan for our lives.

As we begin the second week of Advent, Mandy Crow offerings a short meditative reading to help prepare our hearts and minds for this week's study in The Way Home: light and darkness.

The Bookery founder and main writer Mandy Crow guides readers through a brief recap of the first week of "The Way Home," The Bookery's 2025 Advent Reading Plan.

The Bookery Book Club is back in session with our October selection, Daphne Du Maurier's gothic classic, Rebecca. Join Bookery founder and host Mandy Crow in a discussion of the novel, background on the author and a few thoughts on if the novel will hold up in future generations. Looking for a spooky-adjacent read this spooky season? Try Rebecca! Learn more about The Bookery at TheBookery.org.

Bookery Podcast host Mandy Crow introduces the Fall 2025 theme, remember, and announces the final Bookery Book Club selections of 2025: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, Dustin Crowe's Your Wilderness Is Not a Waste, and Charles Dickens' Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol.

Join host Mandy Crow as we finish up our Summer 2025 theme, relax, with a short meditation on Sabbath and what it means for us as believers. This week, we're praying you rest in God as your provider, the source of your salvation and trust Jesus, who is your eternal Sabbath rest.

As we conclude our 2025 Summer Reading Plan, Mandy Crow guides us through the major themes of our Week 3 study of 2 Peter 3, offering insight and questions as we meditate on God's Word together.

We're celebrating Austen in August here at The Bookery with our August 2025 book club pick, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Join host Mandy. Crow and her friend, Mindy, as they discuss the novel, Jane Austen, the benefits of audio books and a few Bookery Bests.

As we complete Week 2 of our 2025 Summer Reading Plan, The Bookery's founder checks in with the community, recapping and seeking to apply what we've learned in this week's study of 2 Peter 2.

A short check-in as The Bookery community completes Week 1 of our 2025 Summer Reading Plan, "Steadfast: Reminders for Faithful Living in an Unbelieving World," a study of 2 Peter. In this episode, Mandy Crow draws out a few big points from the week's reading and asks a few introspective application questions designed to help you better engage with what you've learned.

As we continue to delve into our Summer 2025 theme, "Relax," The Bookery's founder, Mandy Crow, guides us in a short meditation on Philippians 4:6-8. The peace and rest God promises us doesn't mean the hard things disappear, but rather that his peace covers us and helps us to shift our gaze from our circumstances to his goodness.

In this episode, The Bookery founder, Mandy Crow, chats with her friend, Alisha Russell, about Matt Haig's latest novel, The Life Impossible. The book Haig described as his "least realistic" but "most true" delves into topics like grief, escapism and what it truly means to live life—and, yeah, things get a little weird and supernatural here and there. Mandy and Alisha discuss the themes, what the book helped them to learn and share a few favorite quotes and scenes before sharing their Bookery Bests.

The Bookery's Summer 2025 theme is "Relax," so we're delving into what that really means for us spiritually with this short meditation on Matt. 11:28-30. We can feel weighed down by a sense that we're just not good enough and just need to try harder, but Jesus calls us to a different way of life. The freeing, real rest he offers us can only be found in Jesus, and it's time to take him at his word.

The Bookery's founder, Mandy Crow, discusses observations from our June Book Club selection, Hannah Brencher's The Unplugged Hours.

Ready to do a little summer reading? Join us for the first-ever Bookery Book Club. We'll be reading three books this summer and want you along for all the fun—and the snacks. Don't forget the snacks!