What Is Love?: A Review of All About Love by bell hooks
Author and cultural critic bell hooks has recently made the news because she has been listed as one of the authors whose work Governor DeSantis cites as problematic for students. […]
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My Utmost: A Devotional Memoir Book Review
Sometimes I feel out of place in my denomination. I’m an ordained Episcopal priest living on the East Coast in a liberal area, but I was raised Baptist in the […]
Review No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) by Kate Bowler
“Someday we won’t need hope. Someday we don’t need courage. Time itself will be wrapped up with a bow, and God will draw us all into the eternal moment where […]
Book Review: Blessed Union
It is the season of love. The stores are filled with candy hearts, blossoms are starting to appear on trees (at least here in Texas!), and marriage is on the […]
In Search of a Non-White Baby Jesus and Post-Partum Mary: Board Book Edition
My internet search for “Christmas Board Book” was yielding snow, candy canes, Santa, and saccharine messages about “giving” as the true meaning of Christmas. Worse, searches for “Nativity Board Book” […]
Finding Voice: A Review of The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
“Yeah, I guess I’ve never gotten into Sue Monk Kidd’s books because nobody gets murdered in them,” my friend explained when I was talking with her about The Book of […]
A Review of Speaking Truth: Women Raising Their Voices in Prayer
In early March, a copy of Speaking Truth arrived at my house, and I was excited to read it. I was busy pastoring during Lent and making plans for Easter, […]
Call to Action: A Review of Women Rise Up: Sacred Stories of Resistance for Today’s Revolution by Katey Zeh
I first met Rev. Katey Zeh before either of us were ordained, at a training around sexual health and reproductive freedom on college campuses. We continued to run into each […]
Enough with “Enough”: A Review of Seculosity by David Zahl
“Do you remember the days when the Sunday school was full and everyone went to church on Sunday?” “It’s such a shame that stores are open and there’s soccer practice […]
You Are Found: A Review of One Coin Found, a Memoir by Emmy Kegler
When the Reverend Emmy Kegler gave a toast at my wedding, she said something that my relatives still remember with a chuckle. She said to my new wife and me, […]
