Lifestory: She lost her husband in a beach accident. Her book tackles what it takes to heal.
YONAT SHIMRON, writing for Religion News Service, speaks with Shannon Dingle about her latest book, ‘Living Brave: Lesson from Hurt, Lighting the Way to Hope’…
Books: A family guide to making the world a better place
MEREDITH WRIGHT reads Australian Susy Lee’s guide to bringing children into the conversation about the state of the world – and how they can be part of the solution…
Books: Giving a new future to thousands of women, all in the service of God
DAVID ADAMS is inspired by Australian Christian missionary doctor Andrew Browning’s memoir…
The COVID-19 books: Pope Francis, John Piper, NT Wright and more
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, canvas some of the books on offer addressing faith in the coronavirus pandemic…
Books: Beyond the pulpit – when relaying the Gospel narrative is every Christian’s privilege
JO KADLECEK reviews Tim Keller’s 2015 book on preaching in a culture of sceptism…
What pandemic? For 87-year-old Australian Doreen Rose, life’s been busier than usual
When the global pandemic meant instant lockdown for those in retirement villages and aged care facilities across Australia, Doreen Rose hardly noticed. The 87-year old resident of Carinity Brownesholme (some 16 kilometres outside of Toowoomba in Queensland) had moved to her single unit there in 2005, having already travelled the world, and has been busy […]
Books: Julia Baird’s thousand complicated lights
JO KADLECEK reads Julia Baird’s new memoir, ‘Phosphorescence’…
BOOKS: SALVATION FOR WHO? THEOLOGIAN PUTS FORWARD A DIFFERENT VIEW
NILS VON KALM reads David Bentley Hart’s That All Shall Be Saved…
BOOKS: LATE AUSTRALIAN POET ROBERT HARRIS’ “HEART AND SKILL” ON DISPLAY IN ‘THE GANG OF ONE’
LLOYD HARKNESS reads a collection showcasing the work of the late Australian poet Robert Harris…
THE INTERVIEW: SISTER HELEN PREJEAN ON HER NEW BOOK, GETTING RID OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND GETTING JESUS “RIGHT”
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, talks to anti-death penalty compaigner Sister Helen Prejean about how she became involved in social justice, why she thinks the death penalty is on its way out and how she got to “bump into two popes along the way”…