Mistaking clouds for mountains This week I went to my first Andrew Bird concert. I have his albums so knew I would enjoy the…
Popologetics: Popular Culture in Christian Perspective (Ted Turnau, 2012)
Popular culture in Christian perspective Some of you may recognize the name Ted Turnau. On Ransom’s website you can find an eBook by Dr.…
Political Visions & Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies (David Koyzis, 2003)
I have found the last couple of election cycles in America to be disappointing. Not because of the astounding amounts of money raised and…
Snow White and The Huntsman (Rupert Sanders, 2012)
When beauty is a curse I’m not certain how many people today have been exposed to Grimm’s fairy tales in their original form. The…
The Innkeeper, Immanuel and Herod
The Innkeeper points through his doorway from out of firelight, laughter, to a cold manger. *** Immanuel She rips strips of cloth, placing Him,…
Departures (Yôjirô Takita, 2008)
An awkward time Cellist Daigo Kobayashi (played by Masahiro Motoki), after practicing for years has finally achieved his dream of playing in an orchestra…
The Juvenilization of American Christianity (Thomas E. Bergler, 2012)
A faith stuck in adolescence In the 1940s experts predicted the decline of religious belief in America, and had the survey data to back…
Sharing God’s Passion: Prophetic Spirituality (Paul Hedley Jones, 2012)
The Story of a Passionate God Fifty years ago, the great Jewish scholar Abraham Joshua Heschel published The Prophets, a sprawling, two-volume study of…
Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier,2010)
A forbidding, exotic, abused land Siberia first entered my consciousness through the writings of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. My introduction to him came in his brilliantly…
Margie’s 2012 Christmas Gift List
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett I’m not certain this book will satisfy everyone. But the characters will not leave my head. The sign…