Last week, I mentioned the acclaimed novel, Home.
Click here to read an excellent review of what might be one of the better novels of the last decade.
An excerpt:
“Home” is a book full of doubleness and paradox, at once serene and volcanic, ruthless and forgiving. It is an anguished pastoral, a tableau of decency and compassion [...]

When it comes to reading, I can be a bit of a snob. By “snob” . . . of course . . . I mean I’m selective. I read what I’m told to read by my teachers. I also have entrusted my reading to a select group of people who bat around .900.
One of my [...]

I won’t spoil the plot . . . but, if you get a chance, check out the book Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore.
All I’ll say is this. I was exhausted last night. I picked up to read a few chapters and ended up staying up halfway through the [...]

. . . That just might be my favorite blog title to date.
If you want to have a thin-space moment (the British phrase for the times and places in our lives when heaven and earth kiss), listen to these three songs on Bruce Springsteen’s LIVE IN DUBLIN: When the Saints Go Marching In, This Little [...]

I read several good books in 2007. I read a few great books. And then, due to a friend’s strong urging, I read a book that I’ll cherish for a long, long time.
The book is simply titled The Shack. Click here to read more about the project and impact of the book.
Mackenzie Allen Phillips’ [...]

If the Harry Potter pot wasn’t stirred enough last time, here’s an interesting article on “Searching Truth in Harry Potter.” The author is a former missionary to West Africa.
What do you think?
What are the strengths of her arguments? What are the weaknesses or inconsistencies?
UPDATE: Wade has an interesting article on his blog discussing whether or [...]