Arts & Culture

With raw honesty about his internal struggles, D’Allaire helps readers understand what the term post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) means. His “cri de coeur” is a plea for understanding of fellow veterans, rethinking how the military is trained and deployed in modern conflicts, and improving both treatment and community support for those who suffer as a result of our wars.

In his new book The Tech-Wise Family, Andy Crouch writes “if there is one word that sums up how many of us feel about technology and family life, it’s Help!”

It seems a lot of us are in Niequist’s boat, overtaxed and overcommitted, somehow convinced that our faithful witness and our pleasantness are inextricably intertwined, fearful of what would happen to our lives if we were to allow the other shoe to drop.

“A farmer’s advice for happier hens, healthier people and a better world.”

Salatin farms in contrast what some call “industrial” agricultural practices. Instead he raises livestock – poultry, hogs, cattle, rabbits – in ways that he considers more in line with God’s design for the world.

Sonya VanderVeen Feddema reviews books geared to readers nine and under.

Canadian literature has reached a level of excellence over the last five decades, and on this sesquicentennial offers a body of writing well worth celebrating.