Find a broken wall, Brian Stiller says in his new book — and then rebuild it. This is not a book for everyone. It is a book for leaders of Christian churches, ministries, and organizations. Particularly, it is a leadership manual for those individuals who are called to take on the leadership of deeply troubled […]
Book Review: Find a Broken Wall
Find a broken wall, Brian Stiller says in his new book—and then rebuild it. This is not a book for everyone. It is a book for leaders of Christian churches, ministries, and organizations. Particularly, it is a leadership manual for those individuals who are called to take on the leadership of deeply troubled churches, ministries, […]
Christianity and Creativity: Why Christians need to Make Stuff
(This article is made up of entirely a mixed collection of quotes on the creative process from the perspective of many of the artists who contributed to the recently released book, WeMakeStuff. WeMakeStuff seeks to explore how God made humans creative and desires to provide an open dialogue for creative people to express and present […]
Pope Benedict XVI says Jesus was born years earlier, the Christian calendar is wrong
The Pope is stirring up discussion surrounding Jesus’ birth just in time for Christmas. In the final part of his three-volume work on the life of Jesus called Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives, Pope Benedict XVI claims that the Christian calendar is based on a mistake made by the sixth-century monk Dionysius Exiguus (“Dennis […]
Rachel Held Evans takes on “Biblical Womanhood”
Popular blogger, author, and speaker Rachel Held Evans has added a woman’s touch to the “Year in the life of” genre of books. Following the footsteps of A.J. Jacobs’ The Year of Living Biblically and Ed Dobson’s The Year of Living like Jesus, Evans took on flowing skirts and headscarves for her new release, A Year of Biblical […]
Straight Christian Male Pretends To Be Gay For A Year
How far are you willing to go to walk a mile in another person’s shoes? For Timothy Kurek, a Portland based author and Liberty University graduate, that meant pretending to be gay for a year. Kurek grew up a conservative Christian and learned to fear the gay community from an early age. However, an encounter […]
Justin Bieber’s Mom on Abuse, Abstinence, and God
Messed up teen decides to keep baby then turns to God. It’s not the type of story that would usually run on Ellen DeGeneres or on CTV. A memoir on Christian faith and forgiveness doesn’t normally spawn enthusiastic Twitter buzz from followers of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Ashton Kutcher. But when you’re Justin Bieber’s […]
Canadian religion is not going away
“What most of us thought was happening isn’t happening,” Canadian sociologist Reg Bibby says in his new book A New Day. “Religion is not going away.” Bibby has been the foremost researcher into Canadian religious developments over the last four decades, particularly through his massive Project Canada surveys of adults and teens. His research has […]
A Gentle Answer has cosmic implications
In this age of instant bestsellers, it is difficult to comprehend the historical and cosmic scope of this book project. It is the next stage in a discussion that is measured, not in months or years, but in centuries. And the issues involved are as far-reaching as they are timeless. That is the nature of […]
Book not dead
Contrary to expectations, sales of printed books in the US were up significantly in January 2012 compared to January 2011, according to a report from the Association of American Publishers. Sales of e-books grew even more quickly. Sales were particularly strong for “religious” (mainly Christian) books, with e-book sales up 151 per cent in January […]