“Discernment? Yes, I want that.” And so I chose this book recommendation out of several given to all the teachers at Chairs Classical Academy by our fearless leader (shout out to Jen!). This is not my typical fair which tends towards more philosophical or…science fiction. Weird combo (or not?), but as a teacher at a… Continue reading “All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment” Review
Back in college one of my science classes listed The Soul of Science by Nancy Pearcey and Charles Thaxton on its book list. Was it actually used in the course? I can’t remember. Nor can I really remember the class. But I bought it and there it sat, on my shelf year after year, house… Continue reading “The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and Natural Philosophy” Review
I have long been skeptical of putting too much confidence in evidential arguments for the foundational pieces of Christianity. There are, I think, several fatal flaws to that apologetic methodology and the reading I did in such books as Evidence that Demands a Verdict and The Case for Christ always left me feeling encouraged…but unsatisfied.… Continue reading “The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus” Review
“In the middle of the night, Willow Ufgood rode the back of a dragon.” So begins Shadow Moon by George Lucas and Chris Claremont. My wife and I recently rewatched Willow, an old movie we remembered from our youth. This is always a risk. Sometimes, the light of an adult intellect and experience shows those… Continue reading “Shadow Moon” Review
“Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable.” So begins Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. I recently read Stevenson’s The Black Arrow and Treasure… Continue reading “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” Review
“I was dozing when I heard the scream. It pierced my head like a morta round, doing terribly befuddling things to my mind, as loud and terrifying as though it were all happening right there and then.” So begins, The Finisher by David Baldacci. My awareness of this book came from a conversation I had… Continue reading “The Finisher” Review
“I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit.” So begins The Sea-Wolf by Jack London. I was feeling recently like I needed a break from modern sci-fi and had seen a collection of London’s work at my in-laws that sparked my interest. I’ve… Continue reading “The Sea-Wolf” Review
“I am old now and have not much to fear from the anger of gods.” So begins “Till We Have Faces” by C. S. Lewis. I grew up in Narnia and have since really enjoyed Lewis’ Space Trilogy and The Great Divorce. Somehow Till We Have Faces escaped me until it turned up as one… Continue reading “Till We Have Faces” Review
“The place was large and cold and somehow the instructions lost themselves in so strange a place.” So begins Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C. J. Cherryh. I have a pattern developing here: I go to Half Price Books. I look to see what C.J. Cherryh books they have. I buy them. This one happened… Continue reading “Forty Thousand in Gehenna” Review
Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby and Claude King is a book I’ve had for a long time. Many years ago I read through it (or at least most of it) and over the years the ideas have always enticed me enough to draw me back for a rereading. The problem is, each rereading would go… Continue reading “Experiencing God” Review
