by Ann Carlson | Oct 2, 2025 | bookshelf |
See No Stranger is one of my very favorite books and this month, I wish that the whole world could hear and respond to its message. The world is so desperately in need, so many fractures, so much brokenness, so many hurting in all possible ways. Valerie Kaur gives us...
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...
