Arts & Culture

The North Park Distinctive: An Interview with Mary Surridge

Nov 18, 2019By covwebster0 Comments

The North Park Distinctive An Interview with Mary Surridge by Erin Chan Ding | November 18, 2019 At her inauguration less than one year ago, Mary Surridge, the 10th president of North Park University, referenced the nine men who [...]

The Presence of Great Love

Nov 11, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Stories That Shaped My Faith The Presence of Great Love by Rebekah Strobel | November 11, 2019 The first time I sat down to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone I was 13 years old—and I immediately sensed that [...]

Harbored

Nov 4, 2019By Cathy Norman Peterson1 Comment

Harbored Serving the world without leaving the wharf by Cathy Norman Peterson | November 4, 2019 A row of buildings fronting the wharf at Boston Harbor hides the colossal cruise ship, as well as the water, though you can still [...]

Shalom Colombia

Nov 1, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Shalom Colombia How young peacemakers are leading efforts to transform their communities by David Husby | November 1, 2019 The municipality of El Bagre, Colombia, is representative of the decades of conflict and violence in that country. Covenant missionary Julio [...]

The Miracle of Recovery: Addiction Nation Review

Oct 21, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Addiction Nation What the Opioid Crisis Reveals about Us Timothy McMahan King Herald Press, 272 pages Reviewed by Doug Bixby | October 21, 2019 Addiction Nation is a great resource for anyone impacted by addiction and an important read for [...]

Going Broader and Deeper: Surprised by Scripture Review

Oct 16, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Surprised by Scripture Engaging Contemporary Issues N.T. Wright HarperOne, 240 pages Reviewed by Laurie Danielson Cornell | October 16, 2019 In Surprised by Scripture, one of the world’s leading Bible scholars invites us to engage 12 contemporary issues with a [...]

Out of the Shadows: Mothers in Waiting Review

Oct 10, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Mothers in Waiting Healing and Hope for Those with Empty Arms Crystal Bowman and Meghann Bowman, editors Harvest House, 208 pages Reviewed by Devyn Chambers Johnson | October 10, 2019 I inadvertently found myself reading Mothers in Waiting the week [...]

Gamification: The Art of Problem-Solving Through Play

Oct 8, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Stories That Shaped My Faith Gamification: The Art of Problem-Solving Through Play by Kendall Churchill | October 8, 2019 When people hear of my passion for strategic board games, they often respond with some degree of skepticism: “You mean, like [...]

Untangling Attachments: Addiction and Grace Review

Aug 31, 2019By Guest Author0 Comments

Addiction and Grace Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions Gerald May HarperOne, 240 pages Reviewed by Eric Landin | August 31, 2019 According to Gerald May, everyone is an addict. Without diminishing the struggle and suffering of addiction [...]