SMALL PRESS ROUNDUP
Such a Mind as This: A BiblicalTheological Study of Thinking in the Old Testament
by Richard L. Smith (Wipf & Stock, 2022). A Newfoundland-born scholar who has taught in Prague and Buenos Aires helps readers love God with their mind as well as their heart, and defends against anti-intellectualism (www.SuchAMindAsThis.com).
Walking Together: Intercultural Stories of Love and Acceptance
by Edith and Neill von Gunten (Mennonite Church Canada, 2022). Memoir by an Indiana Mennonite couple who worked in Indigenous and Métis communities near Lake Winnipeg for 38 years.
The Uncomfortable Pew: Christianity and the New Left in Toronto
by Bruce Douville (McGill-Queen’s, 2021). Examines the impact left-wing student radicalism of 1959–1975 had on mainline denominations and vice versa, challenging the idea that the New Left was atheistic and secular.
Cut Road: Stories
by Brent van Staalduinen (Guernica, 2022). Literary fiction about the loss and scars conflict leaves behind. Author is a former teacher and army medic in Hamilton, Ont. Reader discretion advised.
The Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex: Because Good Guys Make the Best Lovers
by Sheila Wray Gregoire and Keith Gregoire (Zondervan, 2022). A new book on sex and emotional intimacy from Ontario Christian marriage and sexuality speakers and researchers. Reader discretion advised.
A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers
by Ethan Brue, Derek Schuurman and Steven VanderLeest (IVP Academic, 2022). For Christians studying and working in engineering, computer science, technical design, architecture and related fields. Schuurman is Canadian.
Flying, Falling, Catching: An Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom
by Henri Nouwen and Carolyn Whitney-Brown (Harper, 2022). Some of the last writings of the late Christian author Henri Nouwen reflect on artistry, success, failure and forgiveness by drawing on his friendship with a trapeze troupe in a travelling circus.
Interceding for His Children: A Tapestry of Memoirs, Testimonies, and Teachings about God’s Intercession
by James Eagles (Intercede, 2021). Ontario author has served as president of Intercede International for 34 years.