Life Stories
In How Does It Feel to Be Unwanted? Stories of Resistance and Resilience from Mexicans Living in the United States, LA-based (and Mexico City born)journalist Eileen Truax responds to rampant xenophobia with 13 profiles that highlight ways Mexican immigrants have overcome exclusion over the past 30 years. Beacon Press
Prophetic Compassion
On his new album, Nothing Like the Rain, singer-pianist-songwriter Ken Medema’s soaring voice, storytelling gift, and deep compassion deliver songs infused in turn with praise and scriptural wisdom. He lifts up stories of the broken and brokenhearted, invoking the call to both justice and mercy. Brier Patch Music
A Living Word
A Lens of Love: Reading the Bible in Its World for Our World arose from a diverse Bible study group led by author Jonathan L. Walton, a minister of the Memorial Church of Harvard University. It offers a frame for ethically “reading, interpreting, and enacting scripture” in contemporary society. Westminster John Knox
Defiant Visions
Amy Laura Hall’s Laughing at the Devil: Seeing the World with Julian of Norwich is a funny, gritty, and informative exploration of the life, times, and teachings of a medieval mystic who called people in her time and ours to joyous, courageous, and sometimes subversive faith. Duke University Press
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