books

Arts, Books, and Media
February 25, 2013
By Karen Swallow Prior
Promiscuous Reading

As a graduate student, Karen Swallow Prior was introduced to John Milton's concept of reading books promiscuously by a professor initially hostile to Christianity.

Blog
February 07, 2013
By Jon Boyd
Better Theology for [Your Job Here]

I love books that urge you to read more books — and I say that honestly as a reader, not just because I work for a publisher. One of our new titles makes a particularly good case for reading more...

Reflections
January 08, 2013
By Elizabeth Bradley
Uncut Pages

Hidden in a small red leather-bound volume with letter-press printing, Elizabeth Bradley sees a lesson for our lives.

Voices
December 13, 2012
By Holly Ordway
Holly Ordway: Literary Apologist

Holly describes the role of literature in her coming to faith and the connection between her development as a teacher and her discipleship as a Christian.

In Focus
June 03, 2012
By Elisa Fryling Stanford
Summer Reads 2012

Elisa Fryling Stanford shares a list of recommended fiction and nonfiction books for readers at The Well.

In Focus
May 17, 2011
By Adele Konyndyk
On Tutorhood

Freelance writer Adele Konondyk sees tutoring an adult literacy student as an act of kindness as much as it is an act of teaching.

Arts, Books, and Media
March 20, 2011
By Luci Shaw
Singularities

Poet Luci Shaw shares the delight of the creative process, "when that random pebble of an image discovers its true home."

In Focus
January 20, 2011
By Sandra L. Glahn
Finding God in Literature

Though living hundreds of years apart, T. S. Elliot and Julian of Norwich both affirmed that in Christ, “all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”

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