Children's Books

A Prayer for Our Country – Barry Black

There is never a bad time to pray for your country but, especially now—with the partisanship and vitriol, with increasing polarization and decreasing civility, with the cold culture war rising to the brink of a […]

Beyond the Page

A Prayer for Our Country: A Conversation with Senate Chaplain Barry Black

https://media.blubrry.com/lifeisstory/s3.amazonaws.com/LiS/BarryBlackAPrayerForOurCountry.mp3Podcast (beyond-the-page): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSOn January 6, 2021, Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black spent several hours in an undisclosed location with many United States Senators as they took […]

Academic

Four Views on Heaven (Counterpoints)

I love a good debate, which is probably why I own all of the Counterpoints books and have read most of them. Biblical/theological positions aside, the Counterpoints books stand as an example of how to […]

Non-Fiction

Even Silence is Praise – Rick Hamlin

Rick Hamlin says he doesn’t consider himself an expert on prayer, even though he’s written several books and articles about it. His focus on writing about prayer comes from the desire to improve in his […]

Academic

That We May Be One – Gary Agee

In his High Priestly Prayer in John 17, Jesus prays for something that remains unfulfilled—he prays for unity. Although we see glimmers of this unity within the early church, the saga of history is a […]