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‘Myth’ Revisited
I know, I know — I already reviewed this book. But I’m dissatisfied with my review. It doesn’t capture how deeply The Myth of a Christian Nation resonated with me and challenged me.…
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The Myth of a Christian Nation
During the last election season, I began to realize that I didn’t really believe the presidential election was a religious issue. For one thing, running a country is about things the Bible doesn’t…
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Two Ways of Reading
…I believe that most people who read the Bible as Scripture do so in one of two ways: compliantly or conversantly… …Compliant readers are individuals whose basic instinct is to read the Bible…
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The Violence of Scripture
“Is this a good story, or a bad story?” Some friends were over, and the kids were watching Prince of Egypt. They were up to the plagues, before we even got to the…
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You Are a Writer
I downloaded Jeff Goins’ You Are a Writer (So Start Acting Like One) for free on my Kindle a few days ago. It’s not a long book, but it’s one that refreshes and…
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Introvert Power
From a young age, most of us are taught the value of social skills. We learn how to introduce ourselves, how to smile and be polite. We are told to be friendly and…
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If Jesus Were a Parent
We’ve been reading Hal Perkins’ If Jesus Were a Parent: Coaching Your Child to Follow Jesus in a Sunday school class for a couple of months. It’s a book that has stimulated some…
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The Poisonwood Bible
There are currently 1,545 reviews of this novel already listed at Amazon. What can I possibly add? Nothing. Yet I’ve just had my own personal experience of the book nonetheless. I blog partly…
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Praying for Strangers
There are so many ways a book like this could go wrong. It could be super-saccharine. It could be self-righteous, or narcissistic, or overly introspective. It could be pushy. But in telling the…
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Dragons Galore
It’s Edith Nesbit all the way this week. Well, for the purposes of this post, that is — I’m writing about Edith Nesbit. In our reading we’ve zipped about among some other writers…
