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Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Michael Ward My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve been immersed in Narnia f...

Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning by Nancy R. Pearcey My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve long ...

  Watership Down by Richard Adams My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve had this book for years. My kids read it way before I did. I finally got ...

I've had church people tell me that the hymn Saint Patrick's Breastplate is wicked, pagan, and superstitious.  Thankfully that doesn...

I recently rewatched the BBC/A&E version of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth. It is a real case study and illustration of George Gil...

What to do about Lent? The kneejerk reaction in most of my circles is to mock the "what are you giving up" practice. I disagree wi...

Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor My rating: 3 of 5 stars Garrison Keillor is an excellent storyteller and writer. He knows ho...

Genuine Christian fellowship takes trust and courage. You have to sort out over time if someone is really for you, or just fighting the late...

I'm not thoroughly versed in books recently published for women, but just rediscovered Elizabeth Elliot. Open to correction, but I think...

There's no doubt about it.  Paul was a provocative figure in the New Testament.  Wherever he went, arguments erupted in synagogues, riot...

"Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of you...

  We read Matthew 14 as a family tonight, and it was very compelling. Jesus hears His cousin John was beheaded, and He goes off to be alone ...

In politics, the main goal is to propose policy that will pass, that is as close to your worldview as possible. In theology, the goal is t...

Joseph cares closely for the body of his dead father.  He embalms and buries him, which is more fitting with the hope of resurrection than c...

I never noticed that Jacob at the end of his life overcame the favoritism he showed early on.  His blessing of his 12 sons is a just analysi...