Dec 18, 2023 | Book Reviews
My five favorite books of 2023, ranked chronologically as I read them: one fiction, two memoirs, one theology, and one historical fiction: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, a 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner. It is as good as her classic from 25 years ago, The...
Nov 19, 2023 | Book Reviews
Introduction Jesus Christ reconciled everything to himself on the cross and invites us to partake in the Kingdom of God by participating in his work of reconciliation. The Sermon on the Mount is the Jesus Way to bring the Kingdom of God to earth; asking us to journey...
Oct 31, 2023 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Torbjorn Ekelund, The Boy and the Mountain: A Father, His Son, and a Journey of Discovery (Greystone Books, 2023). The Boy and the Mountain was originally published in Norwegian in 2017 and translated into English in 2023. Ekelund has, thus far, published two fine...
Jul 21, 2023 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Jan Zwicky, Once upon a Time in the West: Essays on the Politics of Thought and Imagination (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023). I lived for a couple of years in the young 1970s in northern Norway and Switzerland. I spent time in Norway with the mountain Sami—this...
Jun 5, 2023 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution (Crossway, Wheaton: 2020).Carl R. Trueman, Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual...
May 18, 2023 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review of Sister Wendy Beckett and Robert Ellsberg, Dearest Sister Wendy: A Surprising Story of Faith and Friendship (Orbis Books, 2022). Review by Ron Dart. I have, sitting on my desk before me, Sister Wendy Beckett’s classic visual and textual beauty and must-read...
