by mcl | Jul 1, 2016 | Columns, Lifestyle, Rave Reviews
Reviewed by SUSAN E. RICHARDSON Introduce your children to their American heritage this Fourth of July with God Bless America, a board book published by Zonderkidz. Henry Bear leaves his cave on Bear Island to see some of the United States’ best-known landmarks. He...
by mcl | Jun 1, 2016 | Columns, Lifestyle, Rave Reviews
Reviewed by SUSAN E. RICHARDSON “A Christian could argue—as I do—that science’s success at explaining the natural world rationally is guaranteed because the natural world is the creation of a rational God,” says Dr. Michael Guillen, author of Amazing Truths. As...
by mcl | May 2, 2016 | Columns, Lifestyle, Rave Reviews
Reviewed by SUSAN E. RICHARDSON The Case for Hope by Lee Strobel If you’re familiar with Lee Strobel’s “Case for” series, then this new title may come as a surprise. The Case for Hope is smaller and less detailed than the previous books. What hasn’t changed is...
by mcl | Apr 1, 2016 | Columns, Lifestyle, Rave Reviews
Reviewed by Susan E. Richardson Author Candace Calvert, a former ER nurse, offers a look into emergency medicine and emergency services with By Your Side, a Crisis Team novel set in Sacramento, California. Sparks fly along with bullets when trauma nurse Macy Wynn and...
by mcl | Mar 7, 2016 | Columns, Lifestyle, Rave Reviews
Reviewed by Susan E. Richardson Pastor and author Dr. Robert Jeffress brings a timely reminder for all Christians in Not All Roads Lead to Heaven. As the world pressures us to tolerate more and more unbiblical behavior, we move ever closer to compromising on...
by mcl | Feb 1, 2016 | Columns, Lifestyle, Rave Reviews
Reviewed by SUSAN E. RICHARDSON If you’re looking for strong role models for upper elementary girls, search no further than Women in Black History by Tricia Williams Jackson. The author presents the stories of fourteen women who faced poverty, prejudice, and...
