Sure there’s been lots of fuss over  the weekend about  the finale of some wizard by the name of Harry Potter, but if  you heartbroken Harry Potter fans are looking to discover a fantasy series  to feed your souls, well, let me recommend  film critic/blogger/author Jeffrey Overstreet’s “Auralia Thread ” series. The mythical saga starts with outcast…

If you attended the Jubilee conference earlier this year – or any number of other conferences- then you have already heard about one of the “it” books of the year in Christian publishing:”Veneer: Living Deeply in a Surface Society. ” It’s a thoughtful look at how to be authentic while  navigating an  often increasingly superficial society…

One of the novels I am looking forward to most this fall is young adult fiction author Sara Zarr’s latest, “How to Save a Life.” Ever since her first book, the acclaimed “Story of a Girl,” she has been on my short list of y/a fiction authors who I believe tackles issues with humor, heart,…

Certainly one of the best movies of last year was the foreign film “Of Gods and Men”  about the murders of a group of monks in Algeria.Yes, the movie has subtitles, but it is a haunting story  that is both a warning about religious extremism and a celebration of community and faith.  So while I…

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