There are, to over-generalize only slightly, three basic ways of understanding the relationship of religion to public life. First, there are those who believe…
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Suketu Mehta, 2004)
Bombay population Greater Bombay's population, currently 19 million, is bigger than that of 173 countries in the world. If it were a country by…
U2 by U2 (2006)
This large format book is full of pictures and commentary in which the band members tell the story of U2, remember highs and lows,…
Margie’s 2007 Christmas Gift List
Books / Hospitality / Ordinary Life
Christmas 2007 Gift Suggestions from Toad Hall Candy-freak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond (non-fiction) Totally, completely, this book…
To Own a Dragon: Reflections on Growing Up Without a Father (Donald Miller & John MacMurray, 2006)
Reflecting on fatherlessness I have a confession to make: I’m not a fan of Donald Miller. Many people told me I had to read…
Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential (Gordon T. Smith, 1999)
Several books have been published recently that take as their topic one of the great, liberating teachings of grace, a topic that has been…
Forgiving and Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope (Everett L. Worthington, Jr., 2003)
“We talk a good forgiving line as long as somebody else needs to do it,” Christian ethicist Lewis Smedes noted, “but few of us…
Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective (Leland Ryken, 1991)
In Realms of Gold, Dr. Ryken, a professor of English at Wheaton College, has written an introduction to the classics that is helpful to…
Reading Scriptures with the Church Fathers (Christopher A. Hall, 1998)
Many Christians appear to believe that their primary task in reading and studying Scripture is to determine what the text means to them. And,…
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Editor Thomas C. Oden, 1998)
Many Christians appear to believe that their primary task in reading and studying Scripture is to determine what the text means to them. And,…