Painting in the Dark
Integrity Publishing, 2006, 165 pp., $13.99,www.integritypublishers.comPastor Paul Thorson walks through the disillusionment many feel living in an imperfect existence, even after accepting Christ. Thorson expl...
In the Meantime: The Practice of Proactive Waiting
Waterbrook Press, 2006, 224 pp, $13.99,www.waterbrookpress.comThrough engaging personal narratives, movie quotes, and biblical examples, In the Meantime helps readers discover ways to recover the largely lost a...
The Backward Life
Revell, 2006, 224 pages, US $12.99,www.revellbooks.comJarrod Jones is an accomplished and passionate youth evangelist. He speaks to over 40,000 teens each year at churches, conferences, and music festivals, suc...
Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism
Baker Academic, 2006, 156 pp, $17.99,www.bakeracademic.comChristians have been wrestling with postmodernism for decades. And this book shows there’s still some wrestling to be done with this influential i...
You Converted Me: The Confessions of St. Augustine
Paraclete Press, 2006, 232 pages, $16.95,www.paracletepress.comIntroduction and notes by Tony JonesWe live in an age of celebrity memoirs and tabloid confessions. This autobiographical trend started 16 centurie...
Teens Speak on Family Matters: Truth, Tension, Trials, Triumphs
Edited Laurie DelgattoSaint Mary’s Press, 2006, 64, $9.95,www.smp.orgMore often than not, we in the “adult world” overlook the significance and insight of the young mind. Teens Speak, a collec...
That Sinking Feeling
Kregel Publications, 2006, 121 pp., $5.99,www.kregel.comThis whimsical mystery — the first installment in the Blue Water Mysteries series — provides great reading for young readers. Audrey Barring...
Friends for a Season: Daisy Chains
Bethany House, 2006, 226 pp, $10.99,www.bethanyhouse.comOnce you get past the clichés and brand-name dropping that constitutes the first half of this novel, you find a book for teenage girls that addresses...
Too Stressed to Think? A Teen Guide to Staying Sane When Life Makes You Crazy
Free Spirit, 2005, 163 pp., $14.95,www.freespirit.comTeenagers’ lives are tough. The stress of dealing with school, friends, boyfriends/girlfriends, sex, drugs, peer pressure, and sexual orientation can b...
How Do I Help a Hurting Friend?
Baker Books, 2006, 160 pp., $13.99,www.bakerbooks.com“People have problems, what do people who are struggling with problems need? Just as God did not promise to solve and cure all of our problems but to&...