Feb 13, 2017 | books, church, review
I’m ever grateful for the written work of colleagues whose words deepen the ongoing conversations about Church & faith in the 21st century. Carol Howard Merritt’s new book, Healing Spiritual Wounds: Reconnecting with a Loving God after Experiencing a...
Nov 2, 2016 | books, review
It’s okay to not know. It’s okay to struggle with God. It’s okay to admit that you’re a little dysfunctional in faith. It’s okay to wake up, look around, and realize that familiar spiritual practices aren’t nurturing growth in your...
Nov 1, 2016 | books, review
It was a random find during a browse of the bookstore shelves in between soccer games at a tournament earlier this year. It’s also the reason why publishers invest in good design work, because a cover can sell a book. This one did. The cover is simple. The...
Oct 31, 2016 | Bible, books, review
I’ve never owned a “Women’s Bible.” It’s a residual objection to the gender-targeting Bibles that I saw on bookstore & church shelves when I was a teen: pink floral ridiculousness for girls, blue camo covers for boys. As if I would...
May 2, 2016 | books, Monday Muse, review
The image of a sweatshirt hoodie on its cover should provide a significant clue as to the stark portrait painted in Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine, but the book’s pages and words are so smooth that you might be lulled into an imagination that the...
Apr 25, 2016 | books, nature, writing
Every writer starts somewhere: The itch begins with a book that makes our spirits soar, or a teacher who affirms our creativity, or a spirit within us that insists on crafting stories. I have my own list of writing influences, but my first taste of publishing itself...
