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...
Jul 4, 2016 | Monday Muse, music, review
The album of my summer is most definitely SOULROCKER, the new release from Michael Franti & Spearhead, the globally-conscious, awareness-provoking, justice-crying, love-believing artist & band that have been the creative soundtrack of the Gospel for me since I...
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 4, 2016 | books, Monday Muse, review
I fully expected to like the new book Christ Beside Me, Christ Within Me: Celtic Blessings by Beth A. Richardson, because I already admire Beth’s writing, blogging, instagramming, and editing. What surprised me is the tangible impact of this slight, beautifully...
Nov 23, 2015 | books, review
File this book under: There is nothing new under the sun. Also file this book under: Must read. Written by historian Stephen O’Shea, The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars is a fascinating and thorough dive into...
May 11, 2015 | books, justice, Monday Muse, review
“Cheap reconciliation generates further injustice. True reconciliation implies accountability. True reconciliation means recognition of genocides and reparations.” ~ His Holiness Aram I, speaking at the National Cathedral earlier this month 2015 marks the...
