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In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan

If you aren't sure why food needs defending, In Defense of Food is the book for you. Many books have appeared over the last few years that address the dangers of the Western food culture, and In Defense of Food,… 

 

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C.S. Lewis and Bureaucracy

"...Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies?" -Juvenal, Satire VI The success or failure of implementing bureaucracy is wholly reliant upon two things: A definitive, just power…  [John D. Alley]

Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live by Will and Lisa Samson

For those of us who are products of the suburbs, reading Shane Claiborne's Irresistible Revolution or listening to innercity-focused preachers and activists can be somewhat…  [Matthew Ralph]

Revisiting The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Nobody came. Sitting alone in the rain, "the holocaust complete," the weight of revelation poured down upon Nick Carraway's shoulders. Nobody came. Gatsby's final party…  [Jason Beer]

Do You Believe? Conversations on God and Religion

The New York Times has called Antonio Monda arguably "the most well-connected New York cultural figure you've never heard of." (Fans of Wes Anderson may…  [John Pattison]

Take This Bread by Sara Miles

I never go to the library to read. I go to work on my own writing, where I can escape the distractions of home. One…  [Susan Isaacs]

Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer

This is a quiet book, safe to offer those who are feeling fragile about the trajectory of their lives. I first read it four years…  [Candace Tkachuck]

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

"Tata Jesus is Bängala" is a phrase that embodies the cultural tensions found in the thought-provoking novel, The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver. The novel,…  [e. m. knicely]

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy's The Road is only one book in a series of recent novels to deal with a post-apocalyptic world. There is Jamestown by Matthew…  [John Fox]

Red Letters by Tom Davis

Red Letters by Tom Davis begins not with startling statistics or an alarming call to action, but with a simple story about a teenager named…  [Jeff Goins]

Coach's Midnight Diner

Long before the rise of Christian publishing, marketing departments, and book committees domesticating content to appeal to the sensibilities of evangelical audiences, Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote…  [Larry Shallenberger]

God is Not Great, by Christopher Hitchens

In his book, "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," Christopher Hitchens makes a compelling case against Christianity. His principal argument (which consumes two-thirds…  [Bobby Murphy]

The Shack, by William P. Young

If you've never heard of William P. Young's first novel, "The Shack", you're certainly not alone. The book was passed on by every major publisher.…  [Jordan Green]

The Poetry of Robert Frost

It's that time of year--after I've shelved my story collections by Poe and Shirley Jackson, etc. (which seem so horrifically October-apropos), that I begin to…  [Ariele Gentiles]

Mosques on the Mainland and Beyond

My grandmother was a second generation American. Her parents, my great-grandparents, emigrated from Russia about a century ago. They joined millions of other immigrants who…  [Shawn Cohen]

City of God, by E.L. Doctorow

I recently picked up E.L. Doctorow's City of God in a Borders outlet, with nothing more to go on than a vague recognition of the…  [Heidi Strate]

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