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May 2016

May 11, 2016

Called To Community: A Review

Book publishers spend a lot of time and energy on subtitles. Sometimes titles don’t quite get...

April 2016

April 19, 2016

“Honestly”: Riffing on Messy Lives, Jesus, and Jazz

Attitudes, especially bad ones, pop up at the most interesting moments. At a church we...

April 01, 2016

Getting Real About Jesus and Our Messy Lives: A Q&A Daniel Fusco

This month in the Patheos Book Club, we're talking about the new book from NavPress, Honestly:...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

Happiness: A Book Review

[Editor's Note: This post is part of a conversation at the Patheos Book Club on the...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Where Jesus Prayed: A Q&A with Danielle Shroyer

"I wanted people to see this book as a way of imagining the Lord's Prayer...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

Encountering Jesus: Real Stories from Real People

Book Review Encountering Jesus: Modern-Day Stories of His Supernatural Presence and Power Compiled by James...

August 13, 2015

Daddy God: A Review of Abba’s Heart

by Wendi Matusic If you, like me, can't see the word "Abba" without thinking "Dancing...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Boundless: What Global Expressions of Faith Teach Us About Following Jesus

"We benefit so much from the unique perspectives of people from other cultures. I’ve thought of...

June 01, 2015

All Good Stories Begin with Questions: Why I Wrote The Master Yeshua

"All good stories begin with questions." -- Joyce Luck, author, The Master Yeshua Many people...

October 2014

October 08, 2014

Called: A Book Review

I began reading Mark Labberton’s Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today the...

September 2014

September 15, 2014

Undiluted: A Book Review

The central premise of "Former Fundie" blogger Benjamin Corey's first book Undiluted: Rediscovering the Radical...

September 03, 2014

Ben Corey’s Undiluted: A Review

We coin the phrase “paradigm shift” to describe a complete change of frame of reference,...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Face to Face with Jesus: A Review

Beyond inspiring individual Christians to rethink what it means to suffer for Christ or to...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

The Problem of Gendercide: A Q&A with Elizabeth Gerhardt

In her new book, The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women...

May 06, 2014

Christian Piatt’s Blood Doctrine: A Review

The fast pace and brief episodic organization of Blood Doctrine make it a quick read,...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Arms Open Wide: A Q&A with Sherri Gragg

"I have heard so many people express their belief that God is an angry God,...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Jesus Feminist: Redefining Biblical Womanhood

Jesus Feminist is exciting and new not primarily for its take on feminism, but for...

March 05, 2014

Jesus Feminist: A Conversation with Sarah Bessey

“When else in the world would anybody have cared about what some happy clappy mum...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

Welcoming the Presence: A Review of John Geiger’s “The Angel Effect”

Book Review The Angel Effect  by John Geiger I have always loved stories of angels,...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Angels, Today: A Q&A with “The Angel Effect’s” John Geiger

"When people in Ancient Greece, or in Biblical times, or the Middle Ages, or in...

December 11, 2013

Catholic Imagination and Hebraic Thinking

By Bethanie Ryan My favorite part of Rabbi David Zaslow’s new book, Jesus: First-Century Rabbi,...

December 02, 2013

Jesus, First-Century Rabbi: A Q&A with Rabbi David Zaslow

"I cannot imagine a Christian whose Christianity would not be greatly enhanced by deepening his...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Sex and the Single Christian Girl: A Book Review

By Lisa Rieck I signed the “True Love Waits” card as a teenager. I wrote...

October 2013

October 04, 2013

A “Better” Book Review

It’s this thing about favorite foods. If I say I love something, someone else will...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Becoming the Son: A Q&A with Author C.D. Baker

Now Featured at the Patheos Book Club Becoming the Son: An Autobiography of Jesus By...

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