Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City By Matthew Desmond –Review by Paula Jones Around 380 BC Plato wrote, “Our current state of affairs reduces to poverty men born for better things.” This short sentence summarizes Harvard Sociologist Matthew...
Night’s Bright Darkness: A Modern Conversion Story by Sally Read –Review by Teri Hyrkas Sally Read, health professional, lauded poet and author of the spiritual memoir Night’s Bright Darkness: A Modern...
Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul by Hannah Anderson –Review by Teri Hyrkas When Jesus described himself as “gentle and lowly in heart”(Matthew 11:29), he was letting his listeners know that he was a typical person, a blood...
The Dragon Keeper’s Handbook: Including the Myth & Mystery, Care & Feeding, Life & Lore of these Fiercely Splendid Creatures By Shawn MacKenzie ISBN 978-0-7387-2785-1 Published 2011; 314 pages –Review by Douglas Balzer Here be Dragons ....
Lion, featuring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara Rated PG-13 –Review by Ashley Linne Lion tells the emotional and beautiful true story of an Indian boy named Saroo who was lost on the streets of Calcutta at age 5, adopted by an Australian family, and 25...
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? By Frans de Waal –Review by Paula Jones When I was a young teacher, my third grade class began a science unit on animals. For homework I assigned a simple worksheet aimed at helping students understand the...
