Fiction
Strange Planet – Nathan W. Pyle
It’s been not quite a year since Nathan W. Pyle graced readers with a four-panel comic strip of aliens trying to be human and exposing some of the weirdest quirks of life. The first strip […]
Year: 2020
Fiction
Collision of Lies – Tom Threadgill
A few years back, a school bus full of children collided with an oncoming train and the resultant explosion meant that there were no survivors. Nobody questioned this narrative. It was heart-wrenching. It was tragic. […]
Fiction
Collateral Damage – Lynette Eason
Bestselling author, Lynette Eason is launching another series with the release of her latest book, Collateral Damage. This time Eason takes on the war in Afghanistan, and its after effects, dodgy orphanages, and shadowy assassins. […]
Non-Fiction
Jonah (Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible) – Iain Duguid
Jonah is one of the most famous and misunderstand books of the Old Testament. Sunday School teachers paint it as a crazy-but-true Bible story meant for kids™. Critical scholars discount the whole thing as a […]
Non-Fiction
Take the Day Off – Robert Morris
I read this book immediately before embarking on 21 days of work without a day off. Bad choice. Or good choice. Probably good choice. As a bivocational pastor that also coaches gymnastics, the competition season […]
Non-Fiction
If You Ask Me – Betty White
You would think that at the age of almost-one hundred, Betty White would be slowing down a bit. Enjoying retirement. Finally stepping out of the spotlight after a lifetime in the television business. (Literally, she […]
Non-Fiction
Born For This – Bebe Winans
In February 2019, I embarked on a Facebook project to highlight a different African-American pastor or spiritual leader each day of the month. I subdivided the centuries into weeks, beginning in the 18th century, leaving […]
Non-Fiction
Unfollow: Loving and Leaving Westboro – Megan Phelps-Roper
Westboro. I probably don’t even have to finish the church’s name for the images of protestors carrying signs with slurs to march through your mind’s eye. For thirty years, Westboro Baptist Church, under the leadership […]
Children's Books
God Made Boys and Girls – Marty Machowski
I feel like I have to preface this review by saying that the previous three books in this series have been probably the three best books I’ve seen come from New Growth and are books […]
Fiction
The Way of the Brave – Susan May Warren
Susan May Warren’s books are synonymous with action packed suspense. This book, The Way of the Brave, is different from the last series I’d read of hers, a series full of danger, mystery and intrigue. […]