December 2, 2016

Problems with faith cross religious boundaries. Here are the fruits of a conversation that I’ve been conducting, with my friend and in my mind, for a long time.

Barack Obama may not be leaving office with the successor he wanted, but he could do a service by explaining why the U.S. hasn't rescued Syria, and why it shouldn't.

"St. Patrick, never leave me in the lurch, / swimming in Irish whiskey.  Toward my perch"

Hans Boersma’s "Sacramental Preaching" places us in the drama of scripture, while Daniel James Brown’s "The Boys in the Boat" is a Depression-era melodrama.

Three excellent reads on the road less traveled, young women who stepped off the path and made their way, machete in hand, to a career based on their own passions.

Books by Nick Hornby, Ryszard Kapuscinski, and Helene Hanff explore the art of reading, the boundary between fact and fiction, and travel by literature.

Our Christmas Critics weigh in on what they've been reading in 2016.