Leslie Leyland Fields
Biography
Leslie Leyland Fields co-wrote Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers with Jill Hubbard, edited The Spirit of Food, and co-edited A Radiant Birth with Paul J. Willis.
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“I have been reading Brian Volck's work for ten years. He is a rare talent, combining an extraordinary intellect, a deeply compassionate soul, and a well-honed sense of artistry. And, by the way, he is also a physician of the highest order. He brings all this to bear in Attending Others. If you attend to this profound memoir, I promise that you'll will come away richer, wiser, and more attuned to the secret passages of living and dying all around us.”
Christian Living
“As our churches focus on youth, studies show there's a quiet mass exodus of midlifers out the back door. What are we missing? Michelle Van Loon shows us. With her characteristic brilliance and insight, she unpacks this little-known movement, then guides us—and the church—on a solid path toward the wisdom and spiritual maturity God calls all of us to. I personally feel freed from the twin evils of chasing youth and fearing old age. Instead, I'm aiming to "become sage."”
Christian Living
“This is the time and place for Michelle Van Loon’s book. She has a knack for speaking wisdom into our deepest needs. Here, she does the necessary work of deconstructing our distortions of the gospel and reconstructing the ancient, relevant, and Spirit-filled foundations of our faith. This is a book for all of us. The church will emerge stronger for it.”
Christian Living
“With gorgeous prose, Alia Joy takes readers on a guided tour of the intricate twists and turns the human heart can make as it attempts to endure and make sense of suffering. But it’s not an abstract treatise about suffering from a ten-thousand-foot view; it’s an intimate, vulnerable portrait of her own fragility in the face of poverty, illness, loss, disillusionment, injustice, unrelenting psychic pain, and the take-you-out nature of some forms of hardship. The way she tells her story enables us to become more acquainted with our own. And although this book is about finding God in our weakness, it’s also a powerful portrayal of how to ask”
History & Biography
“Galli’s masterful compendium of Barth not only beautifully unveils the best of this theological giant, but it’s a cheat sheet as well on the roots of evangelicalism. Most of all, it stirs and deepens our faith in the very ‘Godness of God.’ Don’t miss this book.”
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“I am so grateful for this book and for Dorothy Greco. After forty-two years of marriage, typical marriage books just don't cut it. I need a book and an author who gets the wildly textured ups and downs of long, shared histories, who still can inspire me forward. Greco does this brilliantly. She has woven together an astonishing blend of research, theology, interviews, and personal stories; I am nearly breathless with insight and encouragement. This book will change your marriage.”
Arts & Literature
“What poetry can be made of [those] sufferings none of us want to live the first time around? Fine poetry, it turns out, that offers neither a romantic whitewash nor despairing doubt, but a series of beautiful particulars that offer clarity, beauty, and 'amens' in the midst of a world unlikely to change. Readers will be freshly charged to see joy in the scandal of living.”
History & Biography
“Arthur Boers’s Shattered takes us into the fascinating world of the Dutch immigrant experience. In exquisite detail, we’re given a rich sense of history—cultural, theological, and family—that stands on its own. But more than this, Arthur reckons with a lineage of male anger and abuse. His narrative reflections gesture the way forward for all of us who carry the weight of familial rage.”
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“Praise for Slow Church: "Slow Church is a manifesto and handbook rolled into one. . . . It reads like what it is: the long, patient fruit of two men deeply rooted in a particular place, among neighbors they know, love, and serve. . . . Make haste, then. Run, do not walk, to your favorite bookstore, buy a copy, and set your church table for a feast.”
Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict
Arts & Literature
“It’s commonplace to lament the loss of civil discourse, but few do anything about it. For years, Marilyn McEntyre has been quietly shepherding us toward God’s intention of language as a gift rather than a weapon. She’s done it again. We need her brilliantly crafted words more than ever to show us again how to speak, live, and act in accord with the beautiful gospel.”
Christian Living
“'Lead me not into ambition,' I have prayed, sideways, with the weight of ambition on my shoulders. Who has not wrestled with the tensions between what we desire and what (we think) God desires? Michel has brilliantly lit a way through our own dark, tangled brambles. I've been waiting for this book for a long time.”
The Grown Woman's Guide to Online Dating
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“The very day I received Margot Starbuck’s new book I tore into it eagerly, reading until midnight. Which is strange since I’m not in the dating market. But I am in the ‘good reading’ and ‘wise and witty’ market, which is another way of saying ‘I’m in the Margot Starbuck market.’ Pass this book on to anyone who’s dating or thinking of it. They’ll laugh, take notes, avoid tons of awkward dates, and gain buckets of godly savvy. I can’t think of a better guide than Starbuck.”
Arts & Literature
“Do I dare say how quickly I devoured this book? Sison blends three of my passions: food, film, and theology to concoct a brilliant guide that will satisfy the novice and film foodie alike. Even more, he introduces us to fascinating lesser-known films, expanding the genre, enlarging the table. I hope many will 'eat this book'!”
Fiction
“I have one complaint about The Surface of Water. Cynthia Beach's novel needs a warning label: Caution: Contents Are Compulsively Addictive. Though I had little time to spare, I could not turn my eyes away from this gaze behind the veil of a megachurch pastor and the affiliated human machinery. But don't think you know what the gaze reveals. Beach surprises at every turn, bringing us a fresh, sweeping, deeply wise exploration of success, fame, and faith.”
Arts & Literature
“I have been waiting for this collection for thirty years, literally. I am almost speechless. In this company of poets, lifters-of-the-veil between heaven and earth, I have no need for my own words. I only want to borrow theirs. And I shall--in worship, in church, in literary company. I am certain this magnificent collection will turn many aside from our mechanistic tromp through our days into the wondrous, piercing reality of God-with-us right here, right now.”
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