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....
Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder, Rare Leadership: 4 Uncommon Habits for Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead (affiliate link). Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2016. 228 pages.
My father, Henry Blackaby, had the deepest and most profound influence on my life of anyone I have ever known (rivaled only by my mother). He modeled for me what it means to be a man of...
David L. Allen and Steve W. Lemke, eds. Calvinism: A Biblical and Theological Critique (affiliate link). Nashville: B and H Academic, 2022. 541 pages.
Each year, I read up...
