I was sitting in a coffee shop when the woman at the table next to me leaned across said “Are you interested in a good read?” “Of course!” I replied. “Read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” she suggested enthusiastically.

John Piper loves confounding combinations of words. He calls himself a Christian hedonist, and his latest book is called Spectacular Sins. What first appears to be about personal holiness turns out to be a profound work about the existence of evil and the sovereignty of God.

Discovering books that teenagers will enjoy, and which don’t reinforce stereotypes of teenage behaviour is no easy task.

People of the Book is Geraldine Brooks' follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning March, and a story of Muslims, Christians and Jews struggling to save a holy book.

Walter Rauschenbusch was the eighth in a line of pastors and he realised that in order to serve the spiritual needs of his poverty-stricken congregation, he would have to address their whole lives.

I went along to the Sydney Writers’ Festival today and left wondering if this is a field ripe for harvest?

My friend Liz died this week. She died while I was stroking her arm and praying for her. During our friendship she gave me several books, but there are three I want to mention.

Paulo Coelho is a respected author and his books The Alchemist and The Witch of Portobello are bestsellers, however, Brida is a disappointment.

Angels & Demons demonstrates that Dan Brown clearly has a low view of the church, but he doesn’t seem to be opposed to faith per se.

Kara Martin believes reading groups are a powerful phenomenon for not only connecting with people but the Gospel images that surround them.

A double header - Black Saturday and The Red Tree - can you pick the connection?

I read this book while staying near a beach; and as I saw children entertained for hours by sand and waves and it made me wonder why we seek to complicate their lives with plastic and gadgets and discs and connectivity.

Lisa Bevere is at the forefront of a movement to redefine femininity as a strong force, within biblical guidelines. The instinct to nurture is an example of a God-given female quality that Bevere calls us to express and celebrate.

When all the things that tempt and distract are stripped away, when the depravity of the human heart is laid bare; choosing to remember others, to honour life, acts of dignity, caring for others... these are the things that honour the image of God.