"Cripping Youth Ministry" is a bold, honest call to dismantle ableism and build inclusive faith communities, writes Amy Pagliarella.
Cara Meredith reviews Ben Daniel’s "Grace Over Guns," a compelling call to embrace the gospel of grace, challenge cultures of violence, and pursue peace in a militarized world.
What happens to the church when it starts to feel like an obsolete technology? Caroline Barnett reviews Thomas Mullaney's "How We Disappear" and finds unexpected hope in a book about impermanence.
Jo Wiersema reviews Will Brown's "No Longer Male and Female," a father's journey with his gender-expansive child turned into a biblical case for affirmation.
Amy Pagliarella recommends Richard Bruxvoort Colligan’s "Dangerous Songs" as an engaging, practical resource for church leaders seeking fresh ways to teach, preach and explore the Psalms in community.
Amy Pagliarella reviews Omer Aziz's "Shadows of the Republic," tracing America's fascist roots and offering a local-action playbook for fighting back.
In the midst of a devastating cancer diagnosis, Kate Bowler also found experiences of joy. Now she's written a book about it.
Amy Pagliarella reviews Megan LeCluyse's "You're Not the Only One," a compassionate guide helping isolated college students feel less alone.
Even privilege doesn't protect Black birthing people — Brianna Burton reviews Khiara Bridges' "Expecting Inequity" and makes the case for seeing the imago Dei in America's maternal health crisis.
Loving our neighbor sounds simple — Aram Feinberg reviews Amar Peterman's "Becoming Neighbors" and asks if it's as easy as it sounds.
Whether crafting sermon series, accompanying grieving people or forming communities of radical welcome, these books offer practical wisdom for church leaders, writes Amy Pagliarella.
Rocky Supinger reviews N.T. Wright’s "God’s Homecoming," exploring the provocative claim that Christianity’s ultimate hope is not escaping to heaven, but God’s promised renewal of creation and coming kingdom.
These new releases explore biblical interpretation, process theology, suffering, forgiveness and the enduring mystery of God through conversation, scholarship and lived faith. Amy Pagliarella offers a review.
In new novels by Jessica Brilliant Keener and Ann Patchett, characters wrestle with fractured relationships, buried truths and the long work of making peace with the past. Amy Pagliarella offers a review.
From birdwatching as prayer to resisting smartphone distraction, these new books invite readers into deeper spiritual practices, resilience and renewed attention to God’s presence.
These authors wrestle with polarization, climate change, racism, incarceration and community — asking what faithful Christian witness looks like in a fractured world.
MaryAnn McKibben Dana's "Better Than Normal" is a warm and practical guide to virtues that help individuals and communities move beyond hollow norms toward genuine flourishing. — Amy Pagliarella
The acclaimed director pairs suspense with reflections on God, empathy and humanity's place in a universe that may be more populated than we imagined, writes Alfred Walker.
Reviewer Amy Pagliarella examines Raymond Roberts’ case that America’s democratic ideals are rooted in Protestant theology — and why the church still needs a “thicker” public faith.
Nicole Chapman-Farley reviews "Beauty and Justice," highlighting Makoto and Haejin Shim Fujimura’s compelling vision of how beauty, justice and healing can emerge from brokenness.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on Allen Levi’s "Theo of Golden," a novel that reveals God’s love, grace, and the beauty of the divine image in the worn and ordinary faces around us.
Paul B. Dornan finds Warren Throckmorton’s meticulous history a compelling challenge to Christian nationalist myths and a timely defense of church-state separation.
Critics called "Vigil" comforting. Andrew Taylor-Troutman found something far more unsettling: a novel that probes guilt, grace and the limits of repentance.
Roger and Mary Clare Owens share how writing a book on prayer together taught them there are no experts — just curious souls learning to connect with God in their own way.
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez traces his journey from shame and exclusion to healing, faith and queer belonging in the church in "Conversion Therapy Dropout." Amy Pagliarella offers a review.
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