I have a review of Kent Dunnington's new book, Addiction and Virtue: Beyond Models of Disease and Choice in this month's Christianity Today magazine: "The Antidote to Alcohol and Drug Addiction." It begins:

A friend of mine, let's call him Bob, was a faithful ...

I'm working on an article for Parents.com which will offering advice about raising a child with Down syndrome. I have my list of bullet-points that I would offer, but I'm curious what you all would say. If you are the parent of a child with Down syndrome (or a child with special ...

I had the chance to hear Tim Keller speak last weekend on "The Gospel in a Pluralist Society." It was a great talk, in which he referenced theologian Lesslie Newbigen's book by the same name. At the end of his talk, someone asked whether Christians must be fanatics. He replied ...

Penny woke up every morning the first week of kindergarten and looked at me eagerly, "I get to go to kindergarten again?" Her tone held a mixture of incredulity and delight.

We've settled into a morning routine–pack lunch and a snack, make breakfast, get dressed. She and William ...

"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" is one of my very favorite hymns. We sang it during Penny's baptism, and I'd happily insert it into every other monumental worship service, from weddings to funerals. It's honest and hopeful and beautiful. I sang it again recently, and I was ...

I thought you might be interested in a few reviews of A Good and Perfect Gift that came in over the course of the past few days:

First, from the Oregonian, a review by Amy Wang. She writes:

"A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny," Amy Julia ...

I grieved after Penny was born. I wish it weren't true, but I can't deny it. I know, I know. It was a normal response, and I needed to go through it in order for things to change. Actually, one of the most challenging aspects of writing A Good and Perfect Gift was revisiting ...