As football season kicks off,  here’s a real life story from the gridiron that goes beyond anything I have heard  of. “The Sacred Acre ”  chronicles the life of football Coach Ed Thomas  and his murder by a former student who was suffering from a long bout with mental illness. In the aftermath of this…

This is the kind of bok news that makes book lovers like me a little nuts.  Movies rights to books have often gotten snapped up quickly off of good advance word-of-mouth, but htis is ridiculous. It seems  the debut novel from Rebecca Serle, “When You Were Mine” won’t be released until May, but it is…

Millions were moved by Paul Young’s unusual recounting of a meeting with God in “The Shack” and if you weren’t moved by the novel, maybe youwere moved by his own personal rags-to -riches story. Now that legal dealings are concluded over complications with his last publisher, Young is now going to publish a new book…

It’s time to continue  my list, my rants, my reflections about spiritual books that have shaped  America’s faith. This week the list will take me over the half way point. This section of the list has some surprises, and has more fiction than the past two installments. As always, let me know if you agree…

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