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Brittany Muller combines Christianity and the cards in ‘The Contemplative Tarot’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 13, 2022
(RNS) — ‘The Contemplative Tarot’ explains the history of tarot and gives some examples of how Christians can incorporate the cards into their spiritual practice.
You’ve seen ‘The Rings of Power,’ but have you heard of this tiny museum housing J.R.R. Tolkien’s treasures?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 2, 2022
(RNS) — The collection of letters and books has grown to become the Marion E. Wade Center, one of the foremost research centers not only on Lewis, but also Tolkien and five other British Christian authors who had influenced Lewis’ work.
Frederick Buechner, popular Christian ‘writer’s writer’ and ‘minister’s minister,’ dies at 96
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 15, 2022
(RNS) — Buechner died peacefully in his sleep on Monday (Aug. 15) at age 96, according to his family.
Ruth Ozeki’s ‘Book of Form and Emptiness’ wins Women’s Prize
By Jill Lawless — June 16, 2022
LONDON (AP) — A professor of English at Smith College in Massachusetts, Ozeki is also a filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest, and her novel was inspired in part by Buddhist philosophy.
Shooting survivor shares why Christians need to offer more than thoughts and prayers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 26, 2022
(RNS) — ‘If God’s answer to our prayers is one that requires personal sacrifice, are we willing to hear that?’ said Taylor Schumann, author of ‘When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough.’
How a witch is using her grandmother’s Slavic magic to aid Ukraine’s war effort
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 20, 2022
(RNS) — Madame Pamita's new book 'Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft' was released just after Russia's invasion of Ukraine — 'exactly at the time that it was so needed,' she said.
God is a mother, too, writes children’s book author Teresa Kim Pecinovsky
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 6, 2022
(RNS) — The author spoke to Religion News Service about why it’s important for people of all ages to see God as a mother and how the story of Hagar and Ishmael resonates for her.
‘So, what are you reading these days?’
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 29, 2021
(RNS) — Let’s hope we are not in for another lockdown. But if we are, these books will keep you company.
Native America has lessons for surviving an apocalypse, says Choctaw elder and Episcopal priest
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — The Rev. Steven Charleston talked to Religion News Service about his new book, 'Ladder to the Light,' and what Native America has to teach others about climbing out of darkness.
New children’s Bibles rethink how Christians share old, old story with young readers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 22, 2021
(RNS) — Parents are calling attention to whitewashed illustrations, almost exclusively male characters and an emphasis on memorizing morals over engaging with the divine in many existing children's story Bibles.
Jeff Chu on the daunting charge to finish Rachel Held Evans’ final book
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 2, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The crucial thing to remember is that with God, death is never the end of the story,’ Rachel Held Evans wrote in her final book for adults.
Christian writer Danté Stewart seeks revelation in Black experience
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 15, 2021
(RNS) — 'Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle' weaves together the stories of Black lives and Black literature with the stories of the Bible.
Amid pandemic and personal struggles, Max Lucado finds peace in divine purpose
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 28, 2021
(RNS) — The biblical book of Esther has helped the pastor and bestselling author through his own bout with a breakthrough case of COVID-19 and his recent diagnosis with a serious health condition, called an ascending aortic aneurysm.
Women are essential in the Bible. Now they’re in the Sunday readings
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 17, 2021
(RNS) — ‘What does it look like to tell the Good News through the stories of women who are often on the margins of scripture and often set up to represent bad news?’ asks the Rev. Wilda Gafney.
First Nations Version translates the New Testament for Native American readers
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 31, 2021
(RNS) — 'We believe it's a gift not only to our Native people, (but) from our Native people to the dominant culture,' said Terry Wildman, the lead translator and project manager of the First Nations Version.
