Non-Fiction
Young, Gifted, and Black – Sheila Wise Rowe
“You are young, gifted and black” / We must begin to tell our young / There’s a world waiting for you / Yours is the quest that’s just begun. Nina Simone’s Civil Rights anthem To […]
Genre: Christian Life
Non-Fiction
Peanut Butter and Dragon Wings: A Mother’s Search for Grace – Shari Zook
Peanut Butter and Dragon Wings is a unique, artistic, soulful, and poignant look at parenthood (motherhood, specifically) that offers readers permission to be real about their own needs, shortcomings, struggles, and doubts. Mostly memoir, somewhat […]
Non-Fiction
Beyond Racial Division: A Unifying Alternative to Colorblindness and Antiracism – George Yancey
In this unique, well-argued book, sociologist George Yancey pushes back against the excesses and inherent flaws in colorblindness and antiracism mindsets, arguing that we need to be able to engage in “collaborative conversations” to move […]
Non-Fiction
How to Heal Our Racial Divide – Derwin Gray
Growing up, I thought that racism was a thing of the past. Like, I understood it was recent past. My (white) mom talked about how a Black family she babysat for in the late 70s […]
Non-Fiction
Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew About the Bible – Michael Bird
For years, I’ve longed for a text to use with high-schoolers to introduce them to the Bible. Even if you’ve read the Bible your whole life, or perhaps especially if you’ve read the Bible your […]
Non-Fiction
Are You Good With God? – D.A. Horton
Are You Good with God? is a book that made more sense as a book in pre-Internet times, but in an online age would probably have been better off as a blog post. At about […]
Non-Fiction
I Forgive You: Finding Peace and Moving Forward When Life Really Hurts – Wendy Alsup
Forgiveness is a difficult and complicated topic, especially since people have so many different definitions for what forgiveness means. Wendy Alsup is clear and biblical, and she is realistic about the differences between forgiveness and […]
Non-Fiction
The Six Seasons of Calling – Brian Sanders
Life has seasons. That’s something I’ve been reflecting on recently as I’ve gone through a sort of extended period of transition, following God and figuring out what the next steps in life are. Sometimes I […]
Non-Fiction
The 5 Apology Languages – Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas
Imagine a scene with two children and one child does something to the other that’s intentionally or unintentionally mean or rude. Cuts in line. Takes their toy. Shoves them. You get the idea. We’ve all […]
Non-Fiction
Choosing Us – Brian and Gail Song Bantum
You’ve not read a marriage book like this one. Choosing Us is less marriage manual and more marriage memoir. It’s the story of Gail Song Bantum and Brian Bantum, the challenges they’ve faced, the lessons […]