Local Opinion Editorials

In the last month, I’ve reviewed a couple of monster movies. King Kong: Skull Island considered the impact of man

Forever Friday by Timothy Lewis Waterbrook Press Paperback 282 pages Adam Colby is a divorced estate-sale businessman. After watching twelve

High debt levels … lack of savings … the inability to budget – these problems all have several causes, but

Don’t worry too much if you haven’t heard, but April is National Stress Awareness Month. Of course, stress can present

Scary, ironic, and exciting, Life takes staples of its genre and twists them with little ironies that make an old

Her Deadly Inheritance by Beth Ann Ziarnik Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, 2016 PB, 255 pages This novel is a

NO GOD BUT ONE by Nabeel Qureshi Zondervan PB, 320 pages In No God but One, Nabeel Qureshi takes the

When you retire, some of your expenses may go down – but health care is not likely to be one

Full disclosure: the King Kong movies make me emotional. The determination of people to capture the giant ape after barging

ZONDERVAN ESSENTIAL ATLAS OF THE BIBLE By Carl G. Rasmussen Zondervan Publishers PB, 160 pages Packed with information on each

It’s tax time again – which for many Americans means that a tax refund is on its way. If you’re

When comedian and horror-fan Jordan Peele wrote and directed his own scary movie, I was not sure what to expect.

The Wedding Shop By Rachel Hauck Zondervan PB, 384 pages Through the lives of two women connected through an old

Honestly, when I first saw posters for Jackie starring Natalie Portman as the former First Lady, I was deeply skeptical

If you are a “millennial” – a member of the age cohort born anywhere from the early 1980s to the

THE CALL OF ELLA MCFARLAND by Linda Brooks Davis Mountainview Press 978-1-94129122-1 PB, 376 pages, $14.99 Farm dweller and aspiring

Are you a “do-it-yourselfer”? If you can take care of home repairs, lawn work and other types of maintenance by

M. Night Shyamalan tries too hard. For years, I have mused over why he has struggled to make a film

LONG WAY GONE by Charles Martin Thomas Nelson Co. PB, 291 pages Cooper O’Connor needs only his voice and a

At this time of year, your life is probably more hectic than usual – so you may have assembled an

La La Land tells the story of Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), an aspiring actress and a jazz

Mentor for Life: Finding Purpose through Intentional Discipleship by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson Zondervan, PB 272 pages Church programs teach all

Manchester by the Sea, a film getting a lot of early Oscar buzz, focuses on family dysfunction and grief in

We’re just about ready to open the door to 2017, so you might be thinking about some New Year’s resolutions.

THE GREAT SPIRITUAL MIGRATION by Brian D. McLaren Penguin Random House, PB, 266 pages An insightful work, The Great Spiritual

Back in 2005, I wrote a review for Mr. & Mrs. Smith starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, rumored to

Now that we are in the heart of the holiday season, you may be thinking about ways you can put

If I Could Do It All Over Again: Christian Leaders Share the Most Important Lessons of Their Lives Compiled and

As a woman with a Ph.D., I have a bit of a soft spot for stories in which the hero

Thanksgiving is almost here. Over the years, this holiday has taken on a variety of meanings, most of them centered