Non-Fiction

Fight Like Jesus – Jason Porterfield

I read Fight Like Jesus over the course of Holy Week this year. It’s eight chapters—an introduction, then daily chapters from Palm Sunday to a combined Holy Saturday/Easter Sunday—and I read one chapter from the […]

Non-Fiction

God Behaving Badly – David T. Lamb

“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, […]

The Flourishing Pastor Tom Nelson
Non-Fiction

The Flourishing Pastor – Tom Nelson

We are in the middle of a clergy crisis. I knew that before beginning my doctoral studies on clergy loneliness, mental health, and burnout, but having inundated myself in the literature I’ve become even more […]

The Catch Lisa Harris
Fiction

The Catch – Lisa Harris

When you read a lot of romantic suspense like I do, many of the stories blur together. You forget details because plots are so similar, and characters have the same types of backgrounds.  The Catch […]

Children's Books

The Prisoners, the Earthquake, and the Midnight Song Board Book: A True Story about How God Uses People to Save People – Bob Hartman and Catalina Echeverri

The Prisoners, the Earthquake, and the Midnight Song Board Book is a toddler-friendly adaptation of a longer picture book from the Tales That Tell the Truth series. Both books tell the story of Acts 16, […]

Children's Books

The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party Storybook: A True Story about Heaven, Jesus, and the Best Invitation of All – Joni Eareckson Tada and Catalina Echeverri

In this beautifully illustrated picture book, Joni Eareckson Tada teaches children about heaven and Jesus’s return, presenting this through the metaphor of us receiving an invitation to a wonderful, eternal party. She uses concrete language […]