NEW MEDIA ROUNDUP

■ Pentecostal Prophets: Experience in Old Testament Perspective by Stephen D. Barkley (Wipf and Stock, 2023). A campus pastor at Master’s College and Seminary explores connections between Old Testament prophets and the practice of prophecy in charismatic Pentecostal communities today.

■ Mental Health: God’s Way: A Guide to Healing by D. E. Attar (FriesenPress, 2023). Stories, Scriptures, encouragement and journalling prompts on the path to wholeness founded on knowing Jesus Christ. First book by an Ontario registered social worker and associate psychotherapist.

■ Happily Whenever After: A Hilarious, No-Holds-Barred Take on How to Thrive as a Single Woman by Bookie Adekanye (Oasis, 2022). Inspirational book about singleness and purpose by an Oshawa author (HappilyWheneverAfter.com).

■ Grassroots Ecumenism: The Way of Local Christian Reunion by Karen Petersen Finch (New City Press, 2022). A professor in Montreal at The Presbyterian College, who also teaches at McGill University, argues Christian unity should not be left to international leaders and that anyone can make neighbourhood contributions.

■ Refiguring Resurrection: A Biblical and Systematic Eschatology by Steven Edward Harris (Baylor University Press, 2023). A Saskatoon pastor (adjunct prof of theology at Horizon College and Seminary) rethinks the meaning of the resurrections of Lazarus, the widow’s son at Nain and more.

■ Preparing Sermons from the Page to the Pulpit: Exegesis to Exposition in Seven Steps by Wayne Baxter (Lexham, 2023). Prof of New Testament and Greek at Heritage College and Seminary in Cambridge, Ont., helps pastors move from study to sermon.

■ Wonder-Work: Selected Sonnets of Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg translated by Joanne Epp, Sally Ito and Sarah Klassen (CMU Press, 2023). Intense metaphysical poems by a 17th-century Austrian are matched with innovative and moving new English versions by three Winnipeg poets.

■ April’s Promise by Terrie Todd (Little Sparrow Press, 2023). Three sisters go through the 1930s and ’40s. The oldest carries a heavy secret, the second a load of resentment and the third a desperate longing to know who she really is. Seventh novel by award-winning Manitoba writer (TerrieTodd. Blogspot.com).