reviewed by Rick Bonn In SPEAK WHAT WE FEEL: NOT WHAT WE OUGHT TO SAY (HarperSanFrancisco, 2004), Frederick Buechner, author of more than 30 fiction and non-fiction works, tenderly traces the bleeding from life to...
Each year on Good Friday, Christian congregations all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary. This fresh resource for congregations and individuals contains 14 stark...
reviewed by Andrea Cumbo Dowdy JoAnne Lyon feels the way all of us do sometimes – depressed, bitter, lonely, helpless. But she also remembers what we often forget – that through the pain and...
Of this lovely collectable Christmas book, Charles Colson writes: "What better way to capture the spirit of this glorious season than this offering of a Gaither family Christmas? Gloria Gaither's Christmas lyrics quickly become everybody's...
Editor's note: These products have been tested and approved by my very own expert panel of three Christmas elves, aged 3 to 11. Enjoy! – Kristyn Komarnicki Christmas-themed books: ONLY A STAR (Eerdmans) by...
Abuse is ugly. It is always wrong. It is never part of God's design for healthy family living. It distorts relationships and shatters dreams. It creates pain and despair. It never produces hope. Nancy...
Does God belong in the public arena of politics, business, law, and education? Or is religion a private matter only – personally comforting but publicly irrelevant? In today's cultural etiquette, it is not considered...
reviewed by Bonnie Raitt & Howard Zinn THE IMPOSSIBLE WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE (Basic Books, 2004) lifts the fog of political despair that envelops so many these days. This book creates a conversation...
Reviewed by Rick Bonn Like a traffic cop, Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor's book, A MATRIX OF MEANINGS: FINDING GOD IN POP CULTURE, holds up a hand – demanding that we stop, look, and...
In BETHLEHEM BESIEGED Mitri Raheb, pastor of Christmas Church (a Palestinian Lutheran congregation), presents a powerful collection of compelling personal stories of desperation and hope in the midst of lethal conflict, bringing the Palestinian/Israeli...
