Science and the Christian Faith in the 21st Century
Fifty years have passed since I took my first college biology course. In 1967, the genetic code had just been deciphered. For […]
The Top Ten Picture Books and Early Readers for the Elementary Classroom (and Beyond)
As a pre-K–5th grade librarian, I get asked all the time, “What is your favorite book?” I always answer, “That is like […]
The Top Nine Middle Grade Books from 2016 (Plus One from 2015)
Maya Angelou once said, “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his […]
The Top Ten Best Adolescent and Young Adult Books (For You and Your Student to Read as Soon as Possible)
This year I read many excellent adolescent and young adult books. Many of these books have a common theme: they take readers […]
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Meet Maya. Susan Cain describes Maya as the “redhead with a ponytail, wire-rimmed glasses, and a dreamy expression on her face” (251). […]
Does the Reformation Still Matter? by Karin Maag
Imagine you are at a teacher’s workshop. You introduce yourself to the teacher sitting next to you and say you are from […]
There and Back: Living & Learning Abroad by Donald G. De Graaf
Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges— Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. […]
Valuable Resources
For this issue of CEJ, we asked our panelists either to talk about a recent book they have read and its helpfulness […]
The Reason You Walk
Kinew, Wab. The Reason You Walk: A Memoir. Viking, 2015. Ningosha anishaa wenji-bimoseyan (I am the reason you walk). These Anishinaabe words […]
Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life
As is the case in any good story, Jerome Bruner’s book about stories includes a significant number of unexpected twists. This is […]