The Yellow Lady Slipper Lake Agassiz was an ancient glacial lake of the Pleistocene which covered much of present day northern Minnesota, northeastern North…
Abraham Kuyper (Richard Mouw, 2011), Portraits of a Radical Disciple (Christopher Wright, 2011)
Two 20th century leaders worth knowing St. Paul says that God cares for his church. One way he does so is by raising up…
Bad Religion (Ross Douthat, 2012)
The Slow-motion Collapse of Traditional Faith In Prague there stands a monument to an odd couple: Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. Tycho, the Catholic…
Heroine Addiction: Jane Austen’s Sinful Character
Sometime ago, when apparently there was nothing worthwhile to be seen, I watched a sketch comedy show which poked fun at the sorts of…
Three Theories of Everything (Ellis Potter, 2012)
Wondering whether things make sense I am going to recommend a book in this piece—recommend strongly that you read it—and perhaps the best way…
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak, 2005)
In 2005 Markus Zusak published The Book Thief, a novel about a young orphan in Nazi Germany living in a small town near Dachau.…
Empire of the Summer Moon (S.C. Gwynne, 2010), The Killing of Crazy Horse (Thomas Powers, 2010)
A deadly clash, an unfinished story By the middle years of the 19th century white European immigrants had spread across the eastern half of…
Can We, Will We Redeem the Vampire?
Dracula (1897) In 1897 Bram Stoker published a book that drew upon numerous ancient myths from a variety of people groups that spoke of…
The Insulted and Injured (Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1861)
A world of wicked self-interest Good stories—really good stories—touch on the deepest questions and yearnings of the human condition. The story may be set…
Phlox: A Natural History and Gardener’s Guide (James H. Locklear, 2001)
A flower by any other name If you were to walk around Toad Hall in the summer you’d notice that though the city lot…