In the room that evening were gathered four generations—a rare gift in many contexts, but after listening to 1619, I was acutely aware of how impossible this would be for many of the families whose stories Hannah-Jones recounts.
Arts & Culture
Reexamining Evangelical Culture
Reckoning with who we really are and how we have been shaped by a particular history can open evangelical Christians to healing.
Re-Membering
When I asked the students inside Stateville Correctional Center what one book they would recommend, I was surprised when two-thirds of the group said the same title.
Shifting My Performance Paradigm
Instead of discussing work-life balance, Smith suggests we focus on abundant life.
Living by the Letters
An interview with author and New Testament scholar Scot McKnight
One Hundred Dresses
I am blown away by how many people come to talk to me in tears after every presentation. And I realize that even though we are different, we have common threads.
Dear White Church
Rediscipling the White Church From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity David W. Swanson InterVarsity Press, 208 pages Reviewed by Liz Mosbo Verhage | July 14, 2020 “In the spiritual battle for a more reconciled church, every single majority-white congregation has a [...]
The Written Witness
Your Story Matters Finding, Writing, and Living the Truth of Your Life Leslie Leyland Fields NavPress, 224 pages Reviewed by Tonia Gütting | May 27, 2020 Our coronavirus quarantine was interrupted recently by a tornado that cut a chunk out of [...]
The Sacred Work of True Shalom
I Bring the Voices of My People A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation Chanequa Walker-Barnes Eerdmans, 280 pages Reviewed by Leeann Younger | May 19, 2020 Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes is a professor of pastoral care and counseling at McAfee School of [...]
Between the Cross and the Resurrection
He Descended to the Dead An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday Matthew Y. Emerson IVP Academic, 272 pages Reviewed by Karen M. Hinz | April 8, 2020 Our culture is obsessed with the underworld. Last year, Hadestown won the Tony for [...]
Enough is Enough
The Practice of Finding How Gratitude Leads the Way to Enough Holly W. Whitcomb Eerdmans, 160 pages Reviewed by Linda Sladkey | April 1, 2020 I quit my gratitude journal. Every day, for four years I wrote down five things for [...]
Led by Love: The Next Right Thing Review
The Next Right Thing A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions Emily P. Freeman Revell, 256 pages Reviewed by Anna Cornell | February 28, 2020 I have always been a rather hasty decision maker. Sitting in a place of [...]