Mar 9, 2021 | Book Reviews
Lynn H. Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes, Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through Fifth Centuries (Ada, MI: Baker Academic, 2017). One theme that stands out in Cohick & Hughes’...
Nov 12, 2020 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
“The Divine Life” My full immersion into the Beatitudes as a daily practice began on the hiking trails of the North Cascades, where my mentor Ron Dart led me “up on a mountain, me down, opened his mouth and taught me, saying” (Matt. 5:1-2), The Divine Life is for...
Oct 23, 2020 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Jim Forest, Writing Straight with Crooked Lines: A Memoir (Orbis Books, 2020). I first met Jim Forest in the mid-1980s when he was still general secretary of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) and I was on staff with Amnesty International. We met,...
Sep 30, 2020 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
The Pastor: A Crisis – Review by Becky ParkerBefore I began this book, I knew I’d be uncomfortable with some of the material. I’d heard an interview in which the authors confirmed that the topic of child sexual abuse was discussed. Since I am not a victim of...
Sep 3, 2020 | Author - Brad Jersak, Book Reviews
Another Life is Possible – Insights from 100 years of Life Together Another Life is Possible (Plough, 2020) arrived on our doorstep not long ago. Eden picked up the package and felt its physical weight, but we no idea how its physical size would be outweighed by the...
Aug 17, 2020 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
A Faithful Public-Prophetic Witness: Dynamics, Challenges, and Ambiguities of Success in Urban & Community Ministries Wipf & Stock: Eugene: Oregon, 2020 Barry Morris Barry Morris is one of those rare yet needful ministers who not only have been faithful...
