Fiction
The Dress Shop on King Street – Ashley Clark
The Dress Shop on King Street by Ashley Clark is really a surprising novel for a debut. I found it to be an incredible story that is a richly woven tapestry of textures and designs. […]
Articles by Josh Olds
Favorite Authors
Carrie – Stephen King
Carrie is perhaps better known for what it started than what it is. Although Stephen King had written three novels prior to Carrie (those being Rage, The Long Walk, and Blaze), Carrie was his first […]
Non-Fiction
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes – E. Randolph Richards & Richard James
Thousands of years and vast cultural barriers separate the modern, Western, first-world reader from the situational and cultural context of Scripture. American Christianity, in particular, has been conditioned through centuries of colonialism and civil religion […]
Non-Fiction
Reading While Black – Esau McCaulley
Reading While Black had been on my radar for quite some time and it’s to my regret that I didn’t pick this one up earlier. While the book is hardly the first to mix exegetical, […]
Non-Fiction
Uncommon Church – Alvin Sanders
One of the problems that I’ve experienced within the local church is the lack of community. Or, even more specifically, the lack of the interior community of the church to engage with the exterior community […]
Children's Books
Dreams for Our Daughters – Ruth Doyle & Ashling Lindsay
Dreams for our Daughters is the companion book to Songs for Our Sons, and it’s just as beautiful, poetic, heart-felt, and magical. Ruth Doyle and Ashling Lindsay share their talents once again to craft an […]
Children's Books
Songs for Our Sons – Ruth Doyle & Ashling Lindsay
I rarely cry over children’s books. I have cried repeatedly while reading Songs for Our Sons to my son. It’s something different every time. Let me tell you about them. The first time was the […]
Academic
Love God Greatly Study Bible
Finding a new Bible can be overwhelming. There are dozens of translations, with and without study notes, with and without commentary, and the list goes on. What makes the Love God Greatly Bible stand out? […]
Non-Fiction
They Turned the World Upside Down – Charles Martin
Charles Martin maybe best known for The Mountain Between Us, a story of survival and romance that got turned into a movie with Kate Winslet and Idris Elba in the starring roles. For his whole […]
Non-Fiction
Blessed are the Nones – Stina Kielsmeier-Cook
At the end of Blessed are the Nones, I was left trying to determine if my feelings of unmet expectations were legitimate. It’s always difficult to criticize someone else’s story. It’s not like fiction. You […]