Category Archives: Reviews

July 18, 2019 · 6:00 am

Death’s Doors

I’ve blogged about Lutheran author Lars Walker before and now I’m doing so again. Today’s post is a review of his novel, Death’s Doors.

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July 17, 2019 · 6:00 am

This summer I already had the pleasure of reviewing Bane & Blessing by Lutheran author James Chinery. You can see that review here, but imagine my delight that the sequel, Cleave the Darkness, is already available!

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Tagged as Lutheran fantasy

July 12, 2019 · 6:00 am

Hope Alone review

Today’s post is the long promised review of Lutheran author Ruth Meyer‘s third installment in The Sola Series, Hope Alone. I blogged about its recent release status here (along with a sneak preview). And here are my reviews for Grace Alone and Faith Alone.

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July 5, 2019 · 6:00 am

Death Questions

Today’s post is a guest review of a book quickly becoming beloved by many of my dearest friends, Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart. Rev. Gaven Mize, who you know as the Lutheran children’s author of My little ABC Liturgy Book and God Loves Me Such: That He Would Give, has taken time to weigh in and review Kloria’s latest as an answer when death questions come up with your child.

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Tagged as death, death of a child, death questions, theology for children

July 3, 2019 · 6:00 am

When Words Collide

Today is another exciting release day! You can now order When Words Collide: A Crash Course in Writing Poetry by Lutheran author ALS Vossler. (I reviewed her fun novel Charybda here.) My review is below.

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June 26, 2019 · 6:00 am

Lutheran Ladies’ Circle

My summer reading pile may be particularly eclectic this year. Who knows. I can tell you this, however: there are a bunch of Lutheran books, some of which I’ve been meaning to read for a while. 🙂 I’ll try to keep reviews to every other day at most. Ok? Today’s will be on The Lutheran Ladies’ Circle: Plucking One String by Kris Knorr (which is actually a pseudonym for Barb Froman).

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June 24, 2019 · 6:00 am

Wazzlewood & Lord, Thee I Love

The winner of the Wazzlewood Giveaway is Whitney Crowell! Congratulations! Now, all of you, you have got to read my review below. It is for Kloria Publishing‘s latest release, Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart, illustrated by the fabulously-talented Lutheran Kelly Schumacher.

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Tagged as cancer, childhood cancer, children's literature, children's theology, heartbreak

June 21, 2019 · 6:00 am

Bane & Blessing

First, that’s a great title. I could start many a discourse with those words. Today, however, it’s a title of a book. 🙂 Bane & Blessing is the first of two books by Lutheran author James Chinery.