John Inazu, Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect (affiliate link). Grand Rapids: Zondervan Books, 2024. 198 pages.
I should first disclose that...
William Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts . . .” This statement...
David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (affiliate link). New York: Random House, 2023. 306 pages.
David Brooks is...
The last nineteen months have been unlike any other period of my life. During that time, my mother, my father, and my only sister passed away. Losing three family members in such rapid succession has a jarring...
Gene Edwards, 100 Days in the Secret Place: Classic Writings from Madame Guyon, Francois Fenelon, and Michael Molinos (affiliate link). Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., 2015. 218 pages.
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (affiliate link). New York: Vintage Books, 2005. 721 pages.
As I write this...
Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination. How Stories, Images and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (affiliate link). Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2023. 289 pages.
Karen Prior is a...
Once again Easter, with its Good Friday services, resurrection sermons, and choir specials, has come and gone. Without the enormous buildup of seasons like Christmas or Thanksgiving, it tends to creep up on us and pass quickly....
Seneca: Letters from a Stoic (affiliate link). (New York: Penguin Classics, 1969; 2014 edition). 309 pages.
Every year I try to read some classic literature. This book qualifies. Lucius...
As I age, aches and pains are becoming an increasingly prominent concern. Growing old isn’t for sissies! Last December, I began experiencing severe back pain that caused numbness in my left leg. I had an MRI done....
