A manager I worked for at a not-for-profit agency once explained to me why she chose to work there. “I want to make a difference,” she said. She had no children, and here was one way she could leave her stamp on the world. I suspect that everyone longs to make a positive difference in…
Christian nationalism is no longer just an abstract concept for academic debate. It is now shouted with pride by some political leaders, while other people live in fear of its real-life impacts for them. It rallies support from many Christians, while others are embarrassed to be associated with it, and a smaller number actively oppose…
In a note to parents at the conclusion of this hopeful book, which explores what the Bible teaches about heaven, author Jordan Raynor writes that when he was a child, he dreaded the thought of heaven because, after all, what would there be to do for a kid who loved to play and paint. However,…
Evangelicals and Abortion (E&A) is the most recent book by Rev. J. Cameron Fraser, a retired Christian Reformed pastor from Lethbridge, Alberta. An articulate conservative thinker, he has published several books and articles in The Banner, Christian Courier and in various Reformed and Presbyterian journals and periodicals. Fraser is an able, widely and deeply read…
Sister Julia Walsh’s memoir opens with her feeling intense pain and tasting blood. She describes falling from a cliff near her childhood home and sustaining life-threatening injuries. In this broken state, she cries out: God, help me. At the time of this fall, Walsh was 25-years-old and fresh into her training period as a Franciscan…
In the preface to Rags of Light, Brian Walsh describes his new book as an attempt to “bring [Leonard] Cohen and Scripture together within the context of our present cultural realities and spiritual struggles and see what happens.” The book takes its shape from a series of lectures Walsh gave as part of an online…
The light-hearted documentary Will & Harper follows a road trip Will Farrell and Harper Steele take after Harper plays high stakes in the test of their friendship. Their journey is sparked by an email that drops into Will’s inbox. Harper, 61, writes that she “is old now and will be transitioning to live as a woman.”…
In this study of biblical prayer, Nathan Ward considers various prayers in scripture, from Abraham to Hannah and Jesus to Paul. Starting as a course he taught for his adult Bible class at church, Ward’s work grew from 20 prayers to the 35 he writes about in this book designed to help readers improve their…
Josué Reichow is a bright scholar from Brazil who is opening Dooyeweerd in new ways for a new culture. I first came across Reichow through his talk on a Christian response to Critical Theory, in which he offered a generous and clear-eyed way Christians could ally with the postmodern project of deconstruction and decolonization but…
I never took a course with Dr. Calvin Seerveld, emeritus professor of Philosophical Aesthetics at the Institute for Christian Studies. He did lead one session of a seminar I attended, though. I mostly skipped chapel at Trinity Christian College, so I didn’t hear very many of his chapel speeches. Despite that, Dr. Seerveld’s influence in…
Leap of Faith is a feature-length documentary directed by Nicholas Ma and Morgan Neville, the duo behind the acclaimed 2018 documentary about Mister Rogers, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Upon its release in October 2024, churches in the U.S. hosted screenings of the film, using it as a jumping-off point for new conversations about what…
Many readers view Jane Austen’s novels as a refuge from the bleakness of modern life. In a gloomy season or on a sick day, I often choose to be swept up in the charming pastoral settings, humorous misunderstandings, and romantic resolutions in her novels and their on-screen adaptations. In Jane Austen’s Darkness, a monograph from…
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