Conversations: US hospital chaplain JS Park talks grief in new book

“The biggest myth I see is that grief is a poison to get past,” said Park, who spoke to KATHRYN POST of Religion News Service…
Books: Memoir explores the agony – and gift – of chronic pain

JO KADLECEK read’s Eileen F Sommi’s ‘What I Got Instead: A Story of Pain, Doubt and Faith’…
Books: ‘The Bonds of Brotherhood’, a “highly accessible, mature” mystery novel for teens

NILS VON KALM says Rev Dr Bob Mitchell’s novel is especially relevant for any teenagers starting out on a journey of faith…
Lifestory: Remembering EP Sanders, a New Testament scholar who offered a new look at Judaism

In an article published on Religion News Service, MARK CHANCEY, a professor of religious studies Southern Methodist University, writes that Sanders forcefully called on fellow New Testament scholars to reject caricatures of Judaism…
Wow!: Book app connects Ukrainian fathers with refugee children

STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG, of Reuters, reports on an app to help Ukrainian fathers connect with their children outside the country…
Books: A girl, a goat, and the power of words

JO KADLECEK reads the Kate DiCamillo’s latest novel for younger readers, ‘The Beatryce Prophecy’…
Books: Reappraising the Persians

DAVID ADAMS reads historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jone’s new book on the history and culture of the Achaemenids…
Books: When Christians face mental health challenges

DARREN and JESSIE CRONSHAW read a book focused on the interaction between Christian spirituality and mental health challenges…
Books: Of epidemics, loss and discovery in ‘African Pearl’

CHRIS GILBERT finds Dr Pamela Brown-Peterside’s memoir, ‘African Pearl’, a timely read…
Books: A timely guide to helping pastors respond to mental health issues in their congregations

DAVID ADAMS reads Matthew S Stanford’s guide for those in ministry to understanding mental illness and how to respond to it…