Holy Humor

Jesus Laughed: The Redemptive Power of HumorRobert DardenAbingdon Press, 2008, 138 pp., $16www.abingdonpress.comNailin’ It to the ChurchDocumentary by Murray Stiller2008, 75 minutes, $14.99www.nailinitt...

A Friend at Midnight

A Friend at Midnight Caroline B. Cooney WaterBrook Press, 2008, 183 pp., $8.99 www.waterbrookpress.com A savior redeems someone then gets rejected by the person. Sound familiar? Except in this case, t...

Freedom’s Pen

Freedom’s PenWendy LawtonMoody Publishers, 2009, 135 pp., $6.99www.moodypublishers.comPhyllis Wheatley was 7 years old when she was taken from her home in Africa and brought to America to be sold into s...

The Manga Guide to Statistics

The Manga Guide to StatisticsShin TakahashiNo Starch Press, 2008, 215 pp., $19.95www.nostarch.comOK, I lived and studied in Japan, speak some Japanese and studied and taught math; so this Manga Guide to Stati...

Good Sports

Serving: True Champions Know that Success Takes SurrenderGeneral Editor Chad BonhamRegal, 2008, 155 pp., $12.99www.regalbooks.comIntegrity: True Champions Know What it Takes to Live a Victorious LifeGeneral E...

The Loser’s Guide to Life and Love

The Loser’s Guide to Life and LoveA. E. CannonHarperTeen, 2008, 272 pp., $16.99www.harperteen.comIn this modern-day, teen version of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ed falls for a gor...