Reviews

 
		The Life of a….Prodigal Sheep?
I vividly remember my first “women supporting women” moment. My friends and I were sitting in the back of the school bus in the Spring

 
		When the Church Wounds
I started reading When the Church Harms God’s People over six months ago. Typically, it takes me two or three weeks to read a book

 
		Rooted: Sustenance for Transformation
I often avoid driving the road that passes by the land that once was my grandpa’s orchard. The apple trees are gone now, the old

 
		They Saw a Game: Review of The Unbiased Self by Erin Devers
When I taught Social Psychology in the spring, I began the semester with a story about a football game between Dartmouth and Princeton in 1951.

 
		A Sustaining Vision: The Soulwork of Justice
In an era when social justice movements often burn bright and fast, leaving exhausted activists in their wake, Wes Granberg-Michaelson offers something desperately needed: a

 
		A Crisis of Imagination: Spiritual Formation and Development
The opening words of Lanta Davis’ Becoming by Beholding: The Power of the Imagination in Spiritual Formation led me to expect a much different kind

 
		Where Science Meets the Soul: Exploring Integrating Psychology and Faith by Moes & Riek
Moes and Riek’s motivation to write Integrating Psychology and Faith stemmed from teaching the psychology and religion capstone course for their university’s psychology major. They

 
		Searching for the Elusive
Socrates, who famously said that the unexamined life is not worth living, never met Doyle Shields, the main character in Thomas Lynch’s novel No Prisoners.

 
		Bearing Witness to Scars
I was 21, unmarried, and pregnant the day I sat across from my pastor, asking for help. My voice was trembling, my future uncertain. He

 
		Colonialism, Racism, and Empire
What if the Israeli-Palestinian war isn’t just a political dispute, but a colonial project with deep historical roots, and what if our understanding of Christian

 
		In Equal Measure, His Heart Expanded
I started asking for a horse in the third grade. My parents, wary of what might be a passing fancy, wisely refused. As I grew

 
		What Truly Matters Has Not Changed: On Writing and AI
The arrival of generative AI on top of algorithmic social media can feel like a pandemic on top of a pandemic for overwhelmed parents, educators,
