Niall O'Donoghue grew up in a rich country. He got an architecture degree, a top-paying job with a pay raise every year and a bonus at Christmas.O'Donoghue and his wife bought a house in the city and another in...

The Twenty-Piece Shuffle: Why the Poor and Rich Need Each OtherGreg PaulDavid C. Cook, 2008, 224 pp., $13.99, www.davidccook.comThe Gospel of Father Joe: Revolutions and Revelations in the Slums of BangkokGre...

Navigating Route 20-Something: A Lifemap for the Road AheadErin Keeley MarshallHarvest House, 187 pp., $10.99, www.harvesthousepublishers.comErin Keeley Marshall, 30-something, offers encouragement and guidan...

SinnerTed DekkerThomas Nelson, 2008, 374 pp., $24.99, www.thomasnelson.comHaving read Dekker’s Circle Trilogy (Black, Red, White), and two of his other books, THR3E and Obsessed, I picked up Sinner (thi...

One Cross, One Way, Many Journeys: Thinking Again About ConversionDavid GreenleeAuthentic, 2007, 177 pp., $12.99, www.authenticbooks.comIn a globalized and pluralist world, voices like David Greenlee’s ...

Holman QuickSource Guide to Understanding CreationMark Whorton and Hill RobertsHolman Reference, 2008, 400 pp., $14.99, www.bhpublishinggroup.comWading into the swamp of the creation debate, Whorton and Rober...

Simple Spirituality: Learning to See God in a Broken WorldChristopher L. HeuertzInterVarsity Press, 2008, 160 pp., $15.00, www.ivpress.comMoving. Challenging. Real. This is a slow read, but in a good way. So ...

A Community Called TaizéJason Brian SantosInterVarsity Press, 2008, 208 pp., $15.00, www.ivpress.comSome of us have sung beautiful worship songs written by the Christian brothers from Taizé, an inte...

Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless GodFrancis Chan with Danae YankoskiDavid C. Cook, 2008, 186 pp., $13.99, www.davidccook.comFrancis Chan is a catalyst. As a pastor, speaker and writer, he focuses on ig...

ChurchedMatthew Paul TurnerWaterBrook Press, 2008, 240 pp., $18.99, www.waterbrookpress.comThis is an absolutely hilarious account of growing up in a fundamentalist Baptist church. Turner shares his experienc...