Books Film, By Denis Fiction Reviewed: Social Creature (Tara Isabella Burton, 2018). By Denis Haack Social Creature is a keen window of insight into our world, a crime novel about two young adults that merely want to live life to the fullest.Read more
By Denis, Discerning the World Sundry (1) Quotations Worth Reflection By Denis Haack Three brief extracts: how Christians & non-Christians see us; French social thermalism; and the difference in sermons at Pearl Harbor and 9/11.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary How should we tip when no one sees? By Denis Haack Sometimes our true selves are best revealed when there are no onlookers. No obvious onlookers, anyway.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Books Noted: The Free World (Louis Menand, 2021) and Paul: A Biography (N. T. Wright, 2018) By Denis Haack Two books, a compendium of short pieces on the art and ideas that propelled America to prominence between 1945-1968, and a biography of St. Paul.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Books Noted: Saving Us (Katherine Hayhoe, 2021) and Calvinism for a Secular Age (Jessica Joustra & Robert Joustra, 2022) By Denis Haack Two helpful books. One helps us talk Christianly about climate change and the other helps us think Christianly about all of life and culture.Read more
By Margie, Faithful in the Ordinary Stop looking into the pit By Margie Haack Stop reading, listening, and watching news that makes you angry and depressed. Find stories filled with compassion, love and humor.Read more
By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary Thinking about social media By Denis Haack Social media will not go away, so we need to revisit the question of how to be faithful in our use of it.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Book review: Lifting the Veil: Imagination & the Kingdom of God (Malcolm Guite, 2021) By Denis Haack In Lifting the Veil, poet, priest, and scholar Malcolm Guite restores the imagination to its rightful place in Christian faithfulness.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Book review: How to be Perfec t: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question (Michael Schur, 2022) By Denis Haack Most books on moral philosophy are dense and dry, requiring us to slog through turgid prose and convoluted logic. Except this one.Read more
Books Film, By Denis Book review: He Saw That It Was Good: Reimagining your creative life to repair a broken world (Sho Baraka, 2021) By Denis Haack In this lively exploration of following Jesus with creative faithfulness, a recording artist and activist challenges readers to love God in both truth and beauty.Read more