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Faith drives more books than publishing admits: memoirs of belief and doubt, church histories, and the questions people spend lifetimes on. These articles cover writing about faith with honesty, whether the writer is inside the tradition or outside it looking in.

A calendar showing March and April with Easter dates marked across different years, highlighting the range of possible dates.Faith

Why Easter Moves

Easter can fall anywhere across a thirty-five day window, and the rule that decides it involves a fictional moon. The calculation occupied European mathematics for centuries, it is the reason Orthodox and Western Easter usually differ, and it causes genuine…

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C.S. Lewis in his later years, seated and looking toward the camera with a contemplative expression.Faith

C.S. Lewis Day: The Argument With Tolkien

Lewis was an Oxford medievalist who became an unlikely broadcaster, wrote seven children's books in seven years, and produced a book about grief so raw he published it under a false name. His thirty-year argument with Tolkien about worldbuilding is…

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A person sitting with eyes closed in meditation or contemplation, representing the spiritual awakening discussed in the book.Book Reviews

Awareness

De Mello's "Awareness" argues that most people are running on programming they never chose, and he does not offer you a method to fix it. It's a book of recorded talks that works precisely because it reads like being argued…

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Imitation leather devotional book with zip-around cover and ribbon marker, lying open to show daily scripture, reflectionBook Reviews

Strength for Today for Men

This devotional works not because the writing is remarkable, but because the format is nearly impossible to fail at. A few minutes a day, a prompt to write to, and a structure that doesn't punish you for missing a week.

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Christian Writer’s Handbook

Cardboard saints are built from doctrine. Real believers approach God through their attachment patterns, and faith on the page only convinces when the psychology underneath it is real.

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The AlchemistBook Reviews

The Alchemist

A short, incredible fable of a shepherd's quest that genuinely changed my point of view, and that I loved every word of. Its spare, parable-like style is not a flaw but its strength, giving the story a timeless power. Brief,…

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