Short reviews of Planet Narnia, Beyond Left and Right, and Global Pentecostalism.

How the simplest art can become a form of prayer.

An apocalyptic Brian McLaren strives to reframe Jesus and discipleship.

Phyllis Tickle, Brian McLaren, and others weigh in on worship and evangelism in a plugged-in age.

Rising from the Ashes asks about the impact of alternative worship on the mainline church.

Short reviews of Disciples of All Nations, The Beauty of God, and Kennedy's Brain.

We need to stop mistaking other Christian activities for the spreading of the gospel.

Jan Karon's latest contains all her traditional charms but misses an opportunity.

Short reviews of books on American reform, shyness, and the clash of Rome and Jerusalem.

The author of The First Christmas reviews the other First Christmas.

At least four people brought the now-inviolable hymn to its current form.

It doesn't hurt to listen to what non-Christians think of us.

How to respond to the next blockbuster book/documentary/movie that questions traditional Christianity.

Sen. Clinton's youth group leader was one of her early influences toward social activism.

She is in lockstep with the United Methodist Church on almost all issues, says Paul Kengor, author of "God and Hillary Clinton."

Bush speechwriter takes a principled, though not always popular, stand.