Sacramentals and Spooks
by Eleanor Bourg NicholsonModern Halloween seems, however, to operate like anti-Catholicism of the British Victorian period, potentially leading to a backward proto-evangelization. Continue Reading »
Consensus Reality
by John WilsonAndrew Klavan's wonderful new installment in the Cameron Winter series subtly warns against the reign of blue-check cultural informers. Continue Reading »
Miss Marple Returns
by John WilsonA new, charming series of short stories starring Agatha Christie's famous Miss Marple has just been released. Continue Reading »
The Heart of the Christmas Story
by John WilsonIf among those on your Christmas gift list there are some who love reading “mysteries,” consider When Christmas Comes. Continue Reading »
Serial Thinking
by John WilsonA series appeals to us in part because it combines, in an artful and concentrated way, the combination of the predictable and the unpredictable at the very heart of our lives. Continue Reading »
Detective’s Best Friend
by John WilsonRereading books can shed a new light on old thoughts, remind us of signature lines. Continue Reading »
The State of Fictional Espionage
by John WilsonDavid Ignatius’s The Paladin tells a compelling story that (among other things) gives the worn-out phrase “fake news” a new urgency. Continue Reading »
Where Her Whimsy Took Me
by Veery HuleattI thought it would be little more than a pleasure read, a short break before I got into the serious stuff, but soon I found that my expectations, and my reading habits, were being re-written. Continue Reading »
Bayou Noir
by Richard T. Whittington“I believe they make a conscious choice to erase God's thumbprint from their souls.” Continue Reading »
God's Strangeness
by Wesley HillSkimming through a stack of books recently, I found myself reading a testimonial of sorts from James D. G. Dunn, the great New Testament scholar who coined the phrase “the new perspective on Paul.” Having logged decades of ministry in various Methodist contexts, Dunn tries to explain what it . . . . Continue Reading »
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