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Reviewed by: Nancy Keller Kincaid
This thirty-seven year old book is not new, nor is it dated. The Moonflower Vine, by Jetta Carleton (1913-1999), remains a classic study of American family life and morals in the first half of the twentieth century. Originally published in 1962, it is Ms. Carleton’s only published novel and immediately won the International Book and Literacy Award. The Moonflower Vine was also selected as a Readers Digest Condensed Book selection.
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Pastor’s kid Samara is pretty jaded about the trappings of faith. How could she not be, with a mother who drinks to make it through Sunday morning and a father who pretends they’re the perfect Christian family? When her friend’s sister is abducted and her mother heads to rehab, Samara’s faith is tested in a way that will be familiar to anyone who’s felt like an outsider at church. Zarr’s piercing but hopeful depiction of evangelical subculture rings with the truth of one who’s been there and lived to tell the tale. Little, Brown and Company
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Reviewed by Rev. Cynthia L. Kristopeit
“It’s just a small story really, about, among other things: / *A girl / *Some words / *An accordionist / *Some fanatical Germans / *A Jewish fighter / *And quite a lot of thievery” (p. 3).
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Reviewed by Dr. Debra Dean Murphy
The Bible is not, as Barbara Brown Taylor once said, all “lambs and rainbows.” Not all of its texts are comforting, comfortable–ready to be stitched onto a sampler or sofa pillow. The Bible, we know, was born of struggle and difficulty. It is the record of a people’s encounter with God and of their striving—sometimes successfully, sometimes not—to be in community: Israel’s on-again, off-again relationship with Yahweh; disputes and divisions in the early Christian churches.
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Reviewed by: Nancy Keller Kincaid
Brian Wren adds his knowledge to the For Today study series by exploring modern Christian Hymnody. In his text, Hymns for Today, Wren presents hymns as poetry and the eight chapters, with their accompanying “to do and discuss” activities, are grouped thematically. Selected topics include: Jesus, Worship and Treasure Hymns.”
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Reviewed by S. Kim Coffing
If you’re looking for a couple good “reads” for the winter, here are two I’ve enjoyed: The Believers, by Zoë Heller (author of What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal), and Heart and Soul, by Irish author, Maeve Binchy. Just like a good tasting event of spices, it was helpful to go from the bitter to the sweeter.
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Reviewed by Rev. Wendy Hardin Hermann
This volume offers a challenging body of essays focusing on, as the title suggests, the personhood of Jesus Christ and its meaning for Christians today. The book was compiled in honor of Michael Welker, a German theologian and professor of systematic theology in Heidelberg. Busy clergy and laypersons be warned: this is not a “light read!”
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The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (GCSRW)
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