When Nigeria is Home I was handed a book, told I should read it, did, and now want to recommend it to you. Our…
Denis Haack
Denis is the author of The Rest of Success: What the World Didn’t Tell You About Having It All and has written articles for such journals as Reformation & Revival Journal, Eternity, Covenant, and World. He holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis.
I Am Addicted to Diversion. Are You?
Maturity and Flourishing / Pluralistic World
Here are two anecdotes, and the point I want to make. One. This past weekend I checked a spy novel out of the library,…
A Very Comfortable Alienation
Community / Hospitality / Maturity and Flourishing
There is a phenomenon slowly spreading over the social landscape that is worth noting. I suspect it’s been around since the moment our first…
Hearing amidst the clamor: 4 reflections
Maturity and Flourishing / Spirituality
On learning to hear A couple of years ago I published an essay on Art House America that I titled, “On Learning to Hear.”…
A beautiful, unrelenting foe
In the late sixties we moved from Minnesota to New Mexico. Perhaps because we were used to the rich black soil of the Plains,…
Cross and Crescent (Colin Chapman, 2007) Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith (Eds. Roger Allen & Shawkat Toorawa, 2011)
Islam: Christians seeking understanding If you haven’t done much reading on Islam it might be time to begin given its importance as a religion…
Of Things Unseen
One day, in the early seventies, I walked into the bookstore instead of just past it, as was my habit. As a lover of…
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East (Eugene Rogan, 2015)
When National Self-interest Begets Trouble The First World War has always seemed like a distant reality to me—a horrible conflict that engulfed other people…
Fishsauce & Mayonaisse
An issue of Food and Wine included a recipe for Thai fish sauce. I read it because I like Thai food, at least the…
Get Scared, Built for Blame, Laced with Shame (2012)
The lament of a burdened heart Though moving is no fun, developing new friendships is. So I asked a young woman I am getting…