Books for Juneteenth on Juneteenth
If I was a competent book blogger or reviewer I would have put together some intelligent thematic thought for today's holiday. Instead, I offer Goodreads notes ...
Author: Kevin Holtsberry
I work in communications and public affairs. I try to squeeze in as much reading as I can while still spending time with my wife and two kids (and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Michigan Wolverines during football season).
Quick Take: Jesus Wars by Philip Jenkins
In the end it is the story of how the church fought a bloody war over Christology, split apart, and settled on the so-called orthodox or Chalcedonian view only ...
Book Review: The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule
The Endless Vessel is inventive, suspenseful, and thought provoking. It is the kind of book where you want to block out chunks of time to read, to just enjoy th...
Friends, enemies, and our redemptive instinct
Perhaps at the moment of murdering Goliath, David fathomed the extent of his desire, had understood the true scale of his own passion, and that something about ...
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
I could certainly see this being made into a movie or TV series. It has the feel of a well written screenplay flushed out into a novel. A tight, suspenseful, fa...
A wise, bighearted, and hilarious look at one teenager’s life? Or a pretentious, self-conscious coming of age story?
I guess after pushing through and finishing it, I could see what the author was going for but it still felt forced and over-the-top. For me, it leaned more towa...