Editor’s Note: Last month and then again last week, Fox News host Glenn Beck featured as his guest, Dr. Richard Lee, pastor of First Redeemer Church in Cummings, Georgia and General Editor of “The American Patriot’s Bible”, a book which (in its own words) “intersects the...

I kind of hated Richard St. Ofle when I first started reading his autobiographical debut, No Wolf.   I turned page after page, mad at the narrator–and consequently, by virtue of the genre, the author.  From there, I quickly made the jump to the male population as a whole.  That might sound...

On the jacket of George Saunders’s most recent collection of short fiction, In Persuasion Nation, the publishers claim that the stories inside “attest to a new level of empathy and emotional conviction in Saunders’s writing.” While it’s true that these stories are empathetic and full of emotional...

Editor’s Note: Burnside contributor Chad Gibbs recently traveled to the twelve schools of the SEC to explore the intersection of faith and fandom. Chad recounts his journey in “God and Football” (Zondervan). The book is funny and insightful no matter what conference you belong to. It...

In The Church of Facebook, author and musician Jesse Rice delivers a valuable treatment on both the origins of Facebook, and the subtle but overwhelming effects Facebook has on its users. With Gladwell-esque style, Rice writes with precision and below-the-surface insight. This is not a Christian book...

A few months after this site started up, which seems like 10 years ago, I received an emailed article about golf from some Alabamian named Chad Gibbs. “No one cares about golf,” I muttered.  But I read it anyway, and it was surprisingly funny, so we ran it. Then Chad sent another article,...

I don’t remember how I got to Rachel Held Evans’ blog, but once I got there, I was hooked.  I connected immediately to Rachel’s provocative, yet disarming manner of taking on certain traditional statements, stances, or interpretations of evangelicalism.  Asking questions of her readers...

I finished reading Tom Davis’ new book, Priceless, two days ago and I have yet to shake it.  Tom Davis has a way of taking you into the world that he paints with words.   You feel like you know all the characters personally.  You travel with them on their journey, you know them and that...

Pastors’ kids have a notorious reputation for rebellion.  What if your dad wasn’t just the pastor of a local church but was a pastor world-renown for a book on, of all kid-friendly subjects, discipline?  In his first book, Wisdom Chaser, published by InterVarsity Press in April 2010, Nathan Foster...

Every other year, Calvin College hosts a Festival of Faith & Writing that brings together some of the brightest writers of our generation whose works Diane shared her homemade hummus illuminate “spiritual understanding, grace, or transcendence.”  In addition to speakers like...