by Ann Carlson | Sep 15, 2025 | bookshelf |
This month’s featured book is by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner, with Illustrations by Ying Hui Tan. God is like a shepherd. God is like the stars. God is like a gardener. God is like the wind. And so much more… The late, beloved Rachel Held Evans...
by Ann Carlson | Aug 4, 2025 | bookshelf |
This month’s new book is The Lives we Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie, who “offer creative, faith-based blessings that center gratitude and hope while acknowledging our real, messy lives. Formatted like a...
by Ann Carlson | Jul 3, 2025 | bookshelf |
Undivided: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church by Hahrie Hahn (2024, Alfred A. Knopf) is a book about real contemporary people putting faith into practice in their personal lives and in community with one another. Undivided is also a faith-based...
by Ann Carlson | Jun 3, 2025 | bookshelf |
This month we feature the Blue Boat Home by Peter Mayer, with illustrations by Sue Todd (2025, Skinner House Books). A book for children of all ages, to treasure for a lifetime. Have you ever heard a book sing, or maybe read a song with pictures? This book is both a...
by Ann Carlson | May 8, 2025 | bookshelf |
This month’s Interfaith Bookshelf featured title is We Need to Build by Eboo Patel, long-time interfaith activist and leader of the national organization Interfaith America. Patel weaves stories of social change with faith traditions in a practical vision for...
by Ann Carlson | Apr 28, 2025 | bookshelf |
To start off our blog, here is a book recommended by MIP Guiding Councilor, Ann Carlson: Huston Smith’s, The World’s Religions. Originally published in1958 and for many years the standard college textbook on world religions. While it covers the world’s largest and...
