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Many Christians don’t know what to make of mental illness. Neither do many people in society in general. Men and women who are depressed, bipolar or schizophrenic often suffer in silence, their burden compounded by guilt, shame or ostracism. Matt…Read More→
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Sometimes the simplest truths are the most radical. Craig Gross and Jason Harper take the simple children’s song “Jesus Loves Me” and point it outward, shining the good news of Jesus’ love on those most of us would consider unlovable….Read More→
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I was in high school when my brother came home with Tom Waits’ The Black Rider, and to me it sounded like a big mess. I was used to Christian pop, hair metal and hip hop, and the eclectic, primitive…Read More→
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Other than stories about H1N1, these days nearly every news report has something to say about the economy. Economists and politicians banter about billion dollar bailouts and promise a quick return to business-as-usual with prosperity just over the horizon. But…Read More→
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In this slim book, Marva Dawn takes us back to the beginning to ruminate on the first three chapters of Genesis. Central to the book is her fundamental question: what does the text tell us about God? It’s an attempt…Read More→
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“I am damned,” is the first and abiding thought we hear from the title character in this shocking novel from Nick Cave. Bunny Munro is a traveling salesman with an out of control sex drive. He charms women into buying…Read More→
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Christianus Sum is Shawn Pollett’s first novel. The book cleaned up at the 2009 Word Guild Awards, taking top honours for historical fiction, romance and (quite mysteriously) mystery. The novel is set in third-century Rome. It’s a love story about…Read More→
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The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers joins the growing list of good-news-meets-pop-culture-icon books which so far have included The Simpsons, Tony Soprano, Oprah, and Harry Potter. Cathleen Falsani’s book looks at all fourteen of the Coen…Read More→
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Terry Eagleton, literary critic and self-professed Marxist, admits he’s an unusual apologist for orthodox Christianity. “Why are the most unlikely people, including myself, suddenly talking about God?” he asks. This book is his plunge into the “God debate.” Eagleton dresses…Read More→
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Eduardo Galeano is a gatherer of forgotten and mislaid stories. Mirrors is his latest collection—nearly 600 tiny histories from around the globe. Galeano starts at the beginning with Hebrew, African, Babylonian, Summerian, Egyptian, Chinese and Greek myths of origins, then…Read More→