Non-Fiction
bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision – Nadra Nittle
I must admit that before bell hooks died in December of 2021, the sum of my knowledge about her was that she eschewed the use of capital letters in her nom de plume and that […]
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Non-Fiction
In Church as it is in Heaven – Jamaal Williams and Timothy Paul Jones
What interested me the most with In Church as it is in Heaven was the subtitle: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture. I thought that phrase was interesting since, in my experience, many churches desire diversity, […]
Non-Fiction
From Pandemic to Renewal – Chris Rice
COVID changed everything. It didn’t just expose the vulnerability of humanity despite all our technologies or the inadequacies of some health care and governmental systems, it disrupted us in our very souls. From the perspective […]
Non-Fiction
All God’s Children – Terence Lester
Though the furor seems to have died down in the current cultural moment, there was a time just a few years ago when the removal and replacement (or even just contextualization) of statues honoring Confederate […]
Non-Fiction
What Makes You Bloom – Kevin Garcia
What Makes You Bloom is a shocking affront to my conservative evangelical upbringing….and that’s okay. Every time I think I’ve deconstructed to a place of progressivism, I meet someone like Kevin Garcia who reminds me […]
Academic
Evangelism: Learning from the Past – Michael Green
The late Michael Green was a British evangelist and theologian whose work is even more relevant today in the United Kingdom than it was during his years of ministry. Eerdmans has been publishing his writing […]
Academic
QAnon, Chaos, and the Cross – ed. Michael Austin and Gregory Bock
Why is it that Christians seem to be the most susceptible to conspiracy theories and wild beliefs? I mean, there is the whole thing where the central concept of our belief system is predicated on […]
Non-Fiction
What Jesus Intended – Todd Hunter
The title of What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Religion left me a bit uncomfortable. On one hand, I absolutely believe that the name of Jesus has been co-opted for the […]
Children's Books
Lies Boys Believe: And the Epic Quest for Truth / A Parent’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe – Erin Davis and Jason Davis
In my experience, the boy versions of things are ALWAYS better, and this is no exception. To be fair, I never read the girls’ version of this book, which didn’t exist until I was an […]
Non-Fiction
Persevering Power: Encouragement for When You’re Oppressed by Life – Bruce D. Strom
Bruce D. Strom writes about important paradigm shifts that can help people endure suffering, sharing a combination of biblical advice, personal experiences, and touching stories from Administer Justice, the legal aid ministry he founded. He […]