by Site Owner | Mar 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion
A Plan that Lacks Depth By Michele & Jamie Eliassaint WestBow Press, $22.95, 289 pages While there can be sweetness in a story of redemption, everything falls flat when moralism rise above the action, forcing characters into plastic roles that never speak of...
by Site Owner | Mar 24, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion, Science & Technology
Jesus and All Things Apple By Craig Detweiler Brazos Press, $17.99, 246 pages In iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives, Craig Detweiler ponders the technologies that inform who we are: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Pixar, YouTube, Twitter. How...
by Site Owner | Mar 21, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Reference, Religion
Room for Improvement By Ruth A. Tucker Baker Books, $29.99, 427 pages The Bible is a rich narrative of lives, hopes, dreams, and philosophical messages. It is also populated by names that we know, and have learned about all of our lives. We have given them a...
by Site Owner | Mar 3, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion
A Philosophical Apologetic By Nathan Schneider University of California Press, $34.95, 430 pages Nathan Schneider employs philosophy, physics, calculus, history, and sheer human curiosity in his search for God in God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients...
by Site Owner | Feb 27, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Religion, Self-Help
Strangers at My Door By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Convergent, $14.99, 224 pages When Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and his wife Leah moved to Durham, North Carolina, they hung a sign by their front door welcoming anyone – friends and strangers alike – to knock and enter....
by Site Owner | Feb 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion
Animals as Divine Messengers By Patricia Brooks Balboa Press, $11.99, 112 pages There is no doubt that Patricia Brooks’ memoir God is in the Little Things: Messages From the Animals is a labor of love for the author. On her journey to self-discovery and healing she...