January 8, 2020
 

“Grown people know that they do not always know
the way of things, and even if they think they know,
they do not know where and how they got the proof.”

― Zora Neale Hurston
philosopher / theologian

Yesterday was Hurston's birthday (b. 7 Jan 1891)


*** Hurston's Book BARRACOON 
was one of our Best Books of 2018...
[ LEARN MORE about it ]





*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!
Our 2019 Book of the Year!
The Color of Compromise
by Jemar Tisby
Only $4.99!!!
 

***Advent / Christmas Calendar 2019 –
Best Books of the Year
for Christian Readers!

*** All the windows have been opened, and you can
quickly browse the year's best books at the above link!



 

New on our website... 

 

*** Matthew Avery Sutton –
Double Crossed – Review

A Quandary Deeper than Truth-telling
A Review of Double Crossed: The Missionaries 
Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War
by Matthew Avery Sutton  ( Hardback: Basic Books, 2019)
Reviewed by Nathan Day Wilson

 

Mary Jo Bang Discusses
Translating Dante – Interview

Poet Mary Jo Bang recently talked with the New Yorker
about translating Dante, and specifically about her
work-in-progress, Purgatorio.    LISTEN NOW:

 

In Case You Missed It... 
 

*** Lectionary Poetry –
Epiphany Week 1 (Year A)

Our carefully-selected poems for next Sunday (Epiphany Week 1) are now live!  
Featuring poems by Mary Karr, Tania Runyan, Malcolm Guite, MORE
In this new weekly series,  we offer a broad selection of classic and contemporary poems
from diverse poets that stir our imaginations with thoughts of how the biblical text speaks
to us in the twenty-first century.  If you find these poems helpful,
please SHARE THEM with friends who will also appreciate them!

 

*** New Book Releases –
Week of 6 January 2020

Here are a few new book releases 
from this week that are worth checking out:
Greg Boyd, Douglas Campbell, Racial Trauma, MORE



***Amazon Monthly Kindle
Ebook Sale ! – January 2020

Amazon recently released their January ebook sale …
(Most ebooks in this sale are $3.99 or less!)
Here are 15 of the Very Best Deals
for Christian Readers from this ebook sale …
Carol Howard Merritt, James Baldwin, MORE