By Keiralee Friesen and ChristianWeek on
Dense with spiritual wisdom inherited from the desert fathers and mothers, Henri Nouwen’s The Way of the Heart delves into the three disciplines of solitude, silence and prayer, which are surprisingly difficult to reconcile with a culture that glorifies image,…Read More→
By Martha Thomsen and ChristianWeek on
In Sacred Waiting David Timms highlights five biblical characters—Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus—as individuals who waited, and in doing so, endured, trusted, learned, worshipped and obeyed, respectively. He then goes on to discuss five periods of waiting in the…Read More→
By Kurt Armstrong and ChristianWeek on
For those of you who read these reviews (the editor, mom, dad) it might be helpful for me to admit my bias toward mainstream, non-evangelical books. I’m always interested in knowing what people outside the evangelical subculture think. What issues…Read More→
By Martha Thomsen and ChristianWeek on
Everyday Justice is a book you will want to avoid if you do not want to be confronted with uncomfortable issues. The cover alone gives enough clues about where the author will take us. Clawson’s target readership is followers of…Read More→
By Jamie Arpin-Ricci and ChristianWeek on
Growing up attending an Evangelical Covenant Church in a small rural community in northwestern Ontario, the word “liturgy” was virtually unused. While I attended mass with my Roman Catholic grandmother on occasion—swept up by the beauty and mystery of it…Read More→
By Kurt Armstrong and ChristianWeek on
I’m sitting in my big soft chair, my computer screen glowing, a bowl of peanuts close at hand. My wife and kids are downstairs, and I’m struggling to write a review of Kent Annan’s moving book, Following Jesus Through the…Read More→