reviews

Ravi Zacharias on the New Age Movement Author: Ravi Zacharias I first encountered Ravi back around Christmas, watching some of his videos on YouTube and following-up on some of my husband’s harder questions. Ravi is a modern day C.S. Lewis. He has the same verve – a stolid forthrightness – an acceptance that the truth is simply the truth, whether or not you like it, whether or not it is convenient. Along with this fearless, unapologetic seeking and speaking of truth, though, Ravi never comes off as self-righteous and there is a thread of kindness and love that runs throughout [...]

Chasing the depths... Author:  James Nestor Hold your breath.   How long can you do it?   How much better could you get with a little practice?  Well, there’s a vanishingly tiny group of athletes who devote their lives to this endeavor, taking one big breath and pushing themselves to dive deeper and deeper into the open ocean.  As you might expect, free diving is incredibly dangerous, but it’s also remarkably interesting.  Having no idea what he was getting himself into, journalist James Nestor – on assignment from Outside magazine – found himself at the Individual Depth World Championships in the town [...]

A Build Your Own Haunted House Story Author: Jennifer McMahon Most of us come home and complain about work and the torments of the rat race to our spouses. Most of us daydream about quitting that rat race in fanfare and embracing our full-time hobbies, good sense thrown to the wind. But, how many of us plan to actually do something about it? How many of us have the guts or the stupidity (arguments both ways) to go all the way, up stakes, quit jobs, and follow the weirdness of an elusive dream? Well, Nate and Helen have the gumption to take the path less traveled, and The Invited is their weird, ghostly story. Most spooky house [...]