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This Land is Your Land

This Land is Your Land

This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land: The Looming Prospect of the Next Land-Grab in South Africa. By Brett Johnson –Review by Vern Hyndman   I became virtually acquainted with Brett Johnson after reading his book “LEMON Leadership.” Brett currently...
How to Think

How to Think

How to Think: A Survival Guide For a World at Odds By Alan Jacobs New York: Currency, 2017   –Review by Landrum P. Leavell III, Th.D.   How many times have we heard someone or ourselves ask the question, “What were you thinking?” Alan Jacobs believes...
The Prodigal Prophet

The Prodigal Prophet

— The Prodigal Prophet — Jonah and the Mystery of God’s Mercy by Timothy Keller –Review by Teri Hyrkas “You cannot conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone, the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.” Graham Greene from Brighton...
Words at the Threshold

Words at the Threshold

Words at the Threshold Lisa Smartt –Review by Vern Hyndman   “Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We’re Nearing Death” is a book that Lisa Smartt wrote while finding her way through the grief of her father’s death. For a book that deals with the...
Letters From the Desert

Letters From the Desert

Letters From the Desert Carlo Carretto –Review by Landrum P. Leavell III, Th.D.           Last year, in another book I came across the name and a few quotes from this man about whom I’d never heard. I read his book, The God Who Comes. I need to read Catholic...
On Reading Well

On Reading Well

On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life Through Great Books by Karen Swallow Prior –Review by Teri Hyrkas   Do you like to start the New Year with a consequential book? If so, allow me to recommend a title that I think would be a worthy choice for 2019...