God is not great : how religion poisons everything

From Ellen Druda Author:  Christopher  Hitchens God is not great : how religion poisons everything  The late Christopher Hitchens ended his writing career as one of the world’s best known atheists.  If you want to understand his reasons, this is the book to read.  Filled with essays that take on the popular organized religious tenants, he [...]

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Left to Tell

From Caryn Eve Murray author: Ilibagiza, Immaculee “Left to Tell” This is a book about the unthinkable, a Rwandan massacre that destroyed one woman’s country, along with her home and family but not her faith or hope for the future. Immaculee Illibagiza’s words are not easy to absorb, nor are the photos of her loving [...]

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The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection

From Gina Scaglione author: Strobel, Lee The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection The weekend before Easter, I took my daughter to an event at a local Christian church.  We do not attend the church, but they had sent an invitation home in the kindergartener’s folders at school.  When I [...]

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The Poisonwood Bible

From Caryn Eve Murray author: Kingsolver, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible This tragic epic of a minister’s family, following the family patriarch somewhat reluctantly as he does God’s work in the Congo, is a gripping study of faith and folly. Perhaps the greatest strength of this book, beyond its rich, dramatic narrative, is the strength of [...]

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Girl Meets God

From Rebecca Segers author: Winner, Lauren F. Girl Meets God  ”Girl Meets God” is the memoir of a young woman who is the product of a Jewish/Christian marriage, but raised a Reformed Jew.  As she grows into her teens, she is drawn ever more deeply into her faith and as a college student at Columbia, [...]

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Mary of Nazareth

From Michele Webb author: Halter, Marek Mary of Nazareth This is an imaginitive rendering of Mary’s (mother of Jesus)early life.  It is a piece of historical fiction, making real the time and place of Mary childhood.

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The supernatural power of a transformed mind : access to a life of miracles

From Ginny Pisciotta author: Johnson, Bill The supernatural power of a transformed mind : access to a life of miracles If you are tired of reading and talking about a gospel of power, but not seeing it in action, this book is a must read. Miracles should be a normal part of Christianity. To return [...]

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