Annie Dillard has an uncanny ability to see—to observe things, creatures, people, and life with a beguiling simplicity and clarity. More remarkably, she is…
Resources for Understanding Scripture
Christian discernment is not the process of applying minds and imaginations to issues of life and culture. It is, rather, applying minds and imaginations…
Engaging the New Atheists (III): Resources
For those who would like a few resources to help think through the claims of the New Atheists, I will suggest three. The first…
A Guided Walk through The Institutes
Last year a friend heard that I was re-reading John Calvin’s Institutes, and wondered why I would take the time. He said it was…
Home (Marilynne Robinson, 2008)
No Place At Home I never finished reading Marilynne Robinson’s earlier novel, Gilead (2006), though I always intended to get back to it sometime.…
Faith At The Edge: A Book for Doubters (Robert Wennberg, 2009)
When God Seems Far Away: There have been times when I have sensed God's presence and grace in a way that seems to me…
A Deadly Misunderstanding (Mark Siljander, 2008)
PRAYING WITH MUSLIMS IN JESUS’ NAME Christians and non-Christians often find “bridges” into each others lives through aspects of the culture which they enjoy--films,…
Pride of Baghdad (Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon, 2009)
A Modern Day Parable The lions had nearly forgotten what it was like in the wild. They had grown accustomed to their keepers, feeding…
Non-Christians Reflect on Calling
Books / Culture / Ordinary Life / Work and Rest
“Vocation and calling, the editors of Calling in Today’s World note correctly, “are Christian concepts. They do not appear in other religions” (p. xi).…
The immigrant who shaped America
I decided to read Alexander Hamilton when I heard it was an excellent biography, that author Ron Chernow combined the careful research of a…