Our Human Story
It is a universal human need and challenge to hold a story of the workings of the universe, seeking a simple, clear narrative from experienced complexity in order to understand reality as a whole. That held story receives some…
Complex Penn
Andrew Murphy, William Penn: A Life (2019) is the most comprehensive, candid, and readable narrative of the life…
Not an Easy Path, But Learning is Hopeful
This book, T er ry Mort, …
Adult Scripture
The book’s title, Simon Loveday, The Bible for Grown-ups: A New Look at the Good Book (2016), is intriguing. This book is not about a…
Whistleblowing: A Universal Challenge
Steven Kohn, The New Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What’s Right and Protecting Yourself (2017) is a thorough…
The Call for Books in Grieving
When you look for a gift to share with a person in grief of any tradition and culture, consider Tove Jansson, The Summer Book (1974). If you…
Memory and Forgetting
Lewis Hyde, A Primer fior Forgetting: Getting Past the Past (2019) offers no answers to an enigma. We never get past the past. Memory is…
How Big is Our Home?
Paul Sutter, Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence (2018) is impressive in content, attractive in tone, and…
Not Understanding God’s Violence
L. Daniel Hawk, The Violence of the Biblical God: Canonical Narrative and Christian Faith (2019) seeks to explain divine violence in word…
Non-universal and Universal Salvation
In David Hart, That ALL Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation (2019), the author enters the discussion of the conflict…