This refreshing book brings beauty and sanity into theological conversation. Generously Reformed: Theology Rooted Deep and Reaching Wide – written by three Western Theological Seminary authors – inspires and re-kindles my passion for reformed theology. This accessible book is for all interested in better knowing the reformed tradition or even as an excellent introduction for…
Sister Monica Clare’s childhood in the American South was difficult. Her father was a violent addict. The family never lived in one place long enough to hang pictures on walls. On one occasion, out of hunger, Clare distracted a store clerk while her sister nabbed a can of spaghetti. Her father once landed a good…
“The past is never dead,” William Faulkner once said, then added, “it’s not even past.” In her debut historical novel Revolution Songs, Carissa Halton, an award-winning Alberta author, explores the Crowsnest Pass mining strike of 1932. Halton told Christian Courier that she was fascinated by the bitter labour dispute, not just because of its importance…
Based on the childhood experiences of author and illustrator Lita Judge, this poignant, exquisitely illustrated children’s picture book gives young readers a window into housing insecurity and how it impacts families. Old Blue, a dated van, serves as the home of a girl and her sister, their parents, a dog and a cat. Life on…
This book reads like a novel, with four pastors as the main characters and church meetings as the plotline in the story of one church. Yet this is actually immersive journalism, based on four years of recording details about the real life, internal workings of one congregation. Circle of Hope tells of the rise and…
We are an increasingly visual culture, so it is good to learn from a long Christian tradition of showing the faith through images. Eve Tibbs, Orthodox Christian and professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, an evangelical bastion, addresses this challenge with her lovely book Seeing the Gospel: An Interpretive Guide to Orthodox Icons. Intriguingly, prestigious Calvinist…
Kelly Foster Lundquist’s memoir chronicles her ill-fated marriage to someone she deeply loved but barely knew. It’s also a social commentary on what it means to navigate being male and female in the eyes of God in the world one inhabits as a child – in her case, rural Mississippi and a culture soaked in…
I generally dislike allegory. I’m in good company. J.R.R. Tolkien once said, “I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.” I never could connect with Pilgrim’s Progress. Nevertheless, I have no problem with the allegorical elements of Godhanger by…
Karissa Sovdi’s Surviving Christianity Unmarried is a rare book on singleness that left me feeling genuinely seen. At first I dreaded another Christian book on singlehood: well-meaning clichés and shallow encouragements that feel galaxies away from the lived experience of being single in the church. Sovdi’s uniquely invitational work disarmed my hesitation. Her writing is…
The first church I pastored, in inner-city Chicago, just moved its worship services online because the Mexican congregants fear Sunday morning ICE raids. Signs of tough times are all around. Two recent books don’t just counsel against despair, but suggest ways to move forward while deeply rooting ourselves in our faith. Towards resistance Hannah Reichel…
The global legacy and influence of a Reformed scholar and educator will live on in Canada, with the opening of the H. Evan Runner Reading Room at Redeemer University in Ancaster, Ontario, in his honour. And what will be available for visitors to read? The personal libraries and papers of his students: two equally influential…
Many years ago, the speaker at a women’s breakfast asked, “Does anyone know where the custom of spring cleaning began?” The words escaped my lips without a second thought, “With my mother-in-law!” The room exploded with laughter. Good thing Mom had a sense of humour. I wasn’t altogether joking, though. She was the one who…
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