Category: Books
Fire in the Bones
In his 1996 book Fire in the Bones, James Raffan takes up the story of Bill Mason. He takes you on a journey into the landscapes that fed his imagination and nurtured his faith. The title is taken... Read More
Skin Boat – Acts of Faith & Other Navigations
– John Terpstra – Gaspereau Press 2009, pp. 155 It’s sensuous, it’s earthy, it’s a pleasure- and that’s just this book’s textured cover flap and rich paper. But the contents of t... Read More
God Is: My Search for Faith in a Secular World
David Adams Richards, Anchor Canada, 2009 pp. 166. This award winning Canadian author is best known for his fiction work, The Friends of Meagre Fortune and Mercy Among the Children. While questions ... Read More
Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies
– Marilyn Chandler McEntyre – Eerdmans, 2009, pp 234. Language serves to bind us into human community as it carries and communicates our values and beliefs. When those values and beliefs... Read More
Contemplative Vision – A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer
– Juliet Benner, IVP, 2011 The connection between prayer and image is longstanding, whether we consider the icons of Eastern Orthodoxy or the role of image in the church during pre-reformation t... Read More
Beautiful Mercy: A Book of Hours
Bramwell Ryan, Editor In the medieval world a Book of Hours was intended to assist the faithful in daily worship and prayers. It was typical for these early works – published long before the advent ... Read More
Forms Of Transcendence – The Art Of Roger Wagner
Forms of Transcendence: The Art of Roger Wagner, text by Chris Miller, foreword by Richard Harries, Piquant Editions, 2009. An Art Historian’s Sideways Glance, Photographs by E. John Walford, Piquan... Read More
God In The Gallery – A Christian Embrace Of Modern Art
Those of Christian faith persuasion commonly express dissatisfaction with contemporary art. Why is it so difficult to understand? What is it suppose to represent? What does it mean? These and other qu... Read More