Book Reviews
Lovers of Gospel Conversations
A Review of
Tongue-Tied: Learning the Lost Art of Talking about Faith
Sara Wenger Shenk
Paperback: Herald Press, 2021
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Reviewed by Tamara Hill Murphy for Englewood Review of Books, September 2021: https://englewoodreview.org/sara-wenger-shenk-tongue-tied-learning-the-lost-art-of-talking-about-faith-review/
A Flourishing Tree
A Feature Review of
Placemaker:
Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace
Christie Purifoy
Paperback: Zondervan, 2019.
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Reviewed by Tamara Hill Murphy for Englewood Review of Books, April 2019: https://englewoodreview.org/christie-purifoy-placemaker-feature-review/
An Invitation to Attention
A Review of
Make a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Our Hearts by Marilyn McEntyre
Hardcover: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018
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Reviewed by Tamara Hill Murphy for Englewood Review of Books, January 2018
Welcoming Christ Again, and Again
A Conversation with Luci Shaw
Interviewed by Tamara Hill Murphy for Englewood Review of Books, Advent 2017 print issue
I read Luci Shaw’s prose before I ever knew about her poetry. The anthology, The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (edited by Leland Ryken), included her essay, “Beauty and the Creative Impulse,” that taught me about the mutuality of art and faith. Throughout the more than 30 books of prose and poetry she’s written, Luci Shaw’s words reflect a Damascus-sized jolt that awakens readers again and again to the tandem beauty of body and spirit, heaven and earth. It was an honor to interview Ms. Shaw for this Advent issue.
