SMALL PRESS ROUNDUP

Though I Walk: A Novel by Dale Harris (Word Alive, 2020). Love, longing and loss along with archaeology, mythology and theology all set against the coastlines of Nova Scotia and the Aegean Sea. Author pastors in Oshawa, Ont.

Fresh Joy: Finding Joy in the Midst of Loss, Hardship and Suffering by Heidi McLaughlin (Castle Quay, 2020). After the loss of her husband and then her second husband, this British Columbia author writes of discovering how pain and joy can coexist.

Advocating for Peace: Stories from the Ottawa Office of Mennonite Central Committee 1975–2008 by William Janzen (Pandora Press, 2020). Memories from a veteran Christian liaison between church and government.

Decolonizing Discipline: Children, Corporal Punishment, Christian Theologies and Reconciliation, ed. Valerie Michaelson and Joan Durrant

(University of Manitoba, 2020). Theologians, clergy, social scientists and Indigenous leaders explore calls to repeal Section 43 of Canada’s Criminal Code.

Farm Family Coach Insights: Seeds of Encouragement for Success in Farm Transition by Elaine Froese (Self-published, 2020). By a Manitoba Christian who consults on farm family transitions (www.ElaineFroese.com).

Christian Higher Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities, ed. Stanley Porter and Bruce Fawcett (Pickwick, 2020). Papers from the Toronto 2018 Symposium on Christian Higher Education.

Dear Younger Me: Wisdom for Family Enterprise Successors by David Bentall (Castle Quay, 2020). Vancouver business prof explores the nine most important character traits he wished he had been wise enough to develop when he was a young executive in the family real estate business.