Academic
Gospel Media – Nicholas Elder
How did we get the Bible? That’s a huge question and the answer is way more complicated than I went to the local Christian bookstore.” But even when we try to go deeper—to talk about […]
Articles by Josh Olds
Non-Fiction
being here – Pádraig Ó Tuama
To understand being here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love you have to understand two things: liturgy and living in the moment. For me, this book was a personal journey on learning about both. I […]
Non-Fiction
Surviving God – Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan M. Shaw
When I told my wife the title of this book, Surviving God, she asked “Do they mean that God survives bad interpretation of who they are or that people survive bad interpretations of God?” It’s […]
Non-Fiction
Embracing Queer Family – Nia and Katie Chiaramonte
In July 2018, Nia Chiaramonte came out at transgender to her wife, Katie, after years of marriage and five children. It sounds like a marriage death knell, doesn’t it? How does one remain married to […]
Academic
Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China – Glen L. Thompson
In 2012, fresh out of seminary, I—a white man speaking zero Mandarin—took the position of youth pastor at a Chinese Church. At the time, I knew nothing about Chinese culture, little about Asian-American Christianity (did […]
Non-Fiction
Trash: A Poor White Story – Cedar Monroe
They say we are trash people. White trash. That’s the opening to Cedar Monroe’s memoir/study of how white supremacy and capitalism has harmed poor white rural America—all while convincing them it is their savior. Monroe […]
Non-Fiction
Everything Good About God is True – Bruce Chow-Reyes
In the introduction to Everything Good About God is True, Bruce Chow-Reyes writes that “We can no longer abdicate the Chrisian story to hate, violence, and oppression. Those of us who occupy this more loving, […]
Non-Fiction
Forged: Following Jesus into a New Kind of Family – TC Moore
Several years ago, I interviewed Christian author Jerry Jenkins about a novel he wrote and he told me the story about a gang member he interviewed for the book who gave his life to Christ […]
Children's Books
A Kid’s Book About Being Inclusive – Rebekah Bruesehoff and Ashton Mota
Jamie Bruesehoff’s Raising Kids Beyond the Binary may very well end being one of my favorite books of 2024, so when I found out that DK Books was issuing a new edition of her daughter […]
Eric Wilson
What Are You Doing To Do? – Eric Wilson and Matt Bronleewe
It’s no secret that the subject of missionary work is growing increasingly controversial in discussions of religion, cultural identity, and national sovereignty. Much has been said about the wrong turns and misguided efforts of Westerners […]