Journalist and speaker Philip Yancey has entered some of recent history’s most troubled moments, conducting interview research for his books and articles, and presenting speeches at conferences and other gatherings. WHAT GOOD IS GOD? is his attempt to draw together those experiences into a meaningful answer to a question facing many people of faith. If […]
Book Reviews
DELIRIUM, Lauren Oliver
Lena Haloway can’t wait to be cured of love. In exactly 95 days, on her 18th birthday, she will be safe, no longer haunted by the grief and shame of her mother’s suicide, and the loss of her father. She will probably no longer be as passionate about photography or running, and will likely lose […]
THE WELL AT THE WORLD’S END, A. J. Mackinnon
At the age of 27, A. J. ‘Sandy’ Mackinnon throws in his respectable job as a schoolteacher and sets off on a pilgrimage to drink from the Well of Eternal Youth. In compliance with ancient legend, he must travel only by land or sea. Given that he is beginning in New Zealand and his goal […]
WHAT MAKES US TICK? Hugh Mackay
If we were to gather round the barbecue with Australian social researcher Hugh Mackay for a bit of a natter about the human condition, we might end up with something very like WHAT MAKES US TICK? Mackay draws on his lifelong study of the attitudes and behaviour of Australians to distil what he argues are […]