Nonfiction

  • Biography,  Christianity

    Art Lesson

    I’m really enjoying Madeleine L’Engle’s The Irrational Season, and trying not to read it too quickly. Today I read her commentary on some works of art. L’Engle writes, “Christian graphic art has often…

  • Biography,  History

    Hiroshima

    This is a must-read. It was given to me about 20 years ago by a friend cleaning out his bookshelves. I’ve put off reading it, sensing that it would rock my world —…

  • Essays

    Stray thoughts on war and pacifism

    I wanted to gather a few comments from thinkers I respect, and see what comparisons emerge. First, Wendell Berry. Here’s a brief excerpt from “The Failure of War“: What could be more absurd,…

  • Christianity,  Nonfiction

    Sweet solitude

    My pastor has been preaching a series on knowing God. Last Sunday he made reference to a book called Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas. I haven’t read it, but I’m going to for…

  • Nonfiction

    Eat This, Not That

    I picked up this book because it seemed consistent with my goal to make more real food and less processed stuff. I haven’t been disappointed. Apparently not the first of the series, Eat…

  • Bible,  Poetry

    Sarah

    This week I read the story of Abraham and Isaac and was confronted with its difficulty again. Sometimes poetry finds a dwelling place in the midst of a tangle, so I’ve looked around…