Books

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  Lone Star Heiress Chapter Excerpt Ivy gently set the hoof back down on the grassy road and patted the mule’s side. “No wonder you’re limping, Jubal—it ’pears like you’ve picked up a honey of a stone bruise.” Winnie Griggs May 07, 2014
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  Mortality, Meaning and Love Explored in The Fault in Our Stars Part of what makes Stars such an engaging read is that the protagonists meet in a support group for kids with cancer. Christa Banister Apr 25, 2014
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  Below the Surface is a Thrilling Ride Out of Dystopia It’s not just the change of scenery that makes Tim Shoemaker’s Below the Surface such an exciting novel. Christa Banister Mar 19, 2014
• Thrive: Digging Deep, Reaching Out Emphasizes Every Turn Thrive builds upon the visual provided by Psalm 1:3, a verse describing the blessed man as being “like a tree planted by streams of water . . . In all that he does, he prospers.” Ed Cardinal Jan 23, 2014
• Travel Through The Spiritual World of the Hobbit While it’s for others to decide whether Jackson’s film is a worthy interpretation, readers have been finding inspiration, and spiritual nourishment in the pages of Tolkien’s classic. Glenn McCarty Dec 13, 2013
• How The Hobbit Can Help Us Understand the Sin of Greed Dr. Ralph Wood of Baylor University helps us understand the greed of the modern world through the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and the hero he constructed to combat the growing evil, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. CrosswalkMovies on GodTube.com Dec 09, 2013
• Meet Sally Lloyd-Jones, The Most Successful Christian Author You’ve Never Heard Of How do you get kids to read one of the world’s oldest books? Ask Sally Lloyd-Jones, whose The Jesus Storybook Bible recently passed the critical mark of 1 million copies sold. Sarah Pulliam Bailey Dec 03, 2013
• Spirit Fighter is Serviceable Storytelling Reading Jerel Law’s recent novel Spirit Fighter was like a blast to my Frank Peretti-reading past (minus all the nightmares, thankfully). Christa Banister Nov 18, 2013
• Homeless at Harvard An Insightful Experiment Lindsay Williams Aug 14, 2013
• Wrestling With Tom Sawyer is a Thrill-a-Minute Adventure Jul 23, 2013
• Preemptive Love Christianity in Action Susan Ellingburg Jul 22, 2013
• How to Make Friends and Monsters is Silly and Substantive Christa Banister Jun 24, 2013