AJB Recommends: The Sun Does Shine
I have gone to bed late every night this week because I stay up to read more of Anthony Ray Hinton’s new memoir, "The Sun Does Shine: How I Found…
William Recommends: Books About Racial Injustice for Middle Schoolers
Anyone looking for great books for middle schoolers that address issues of racial injustice? I asked William to share a few recommendations for books for middle schoolers from his summer…
AJB Recommends: The Best of What I Read, Watched, and Listened To on Vacation
I took 10 days of vacation at the beginning of August, and I had a chance to read and listen and watch a lot. Here are some podcasts, books, articles,…
AJB Recommends: Breaking Ground
There’s an embarrassment of riches on the new website Breaking Ground. This site has a threefold purpose: to learn from the past to see what is being revealed in the…
AJB Recommends: Resources About Antiracism, the Enneagram, and Church in the 1960s
#Blacklivesmatter. Cancel culture. Free speech. Antiracism. Marxism. Classical liberalism. Democracy. These are the ideas, words, themes that have been swirling in my brain for the past few weeks. Is Antiracism…
AJB Recommends: Reckoning with Our American Identity
As Americans across the nation gather (or don’t gather, as we are in a time of global pandemic!) to celebrate the 4th of July, many of us are reflecting on…
The Radical Generosity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton
Tonight at 7pm EST, Disney Plus will release a film version of the megahit Broadway musical Hamilton. Our whole family will gather in our playroom (with popcorn, candy, and anything…
Recommended Books, Podcasts, and Films about Race and Privilege
Post contains affiliate links. As I’ve written before, one part of a meaningful, transformational, humble, and holistic response to the history and current reality of injustice and social division in…
AJB Recommends: Resources for Hope
I talked about hope on my podcast last week (and tomorrow’s episode will be a bonus episode, also about hope), so I wanted to offer a few other recent podcasts…
AJB Recommends: Talking with Doctors Who Are Christians About COVID-19
I happened to listen to two doctors talking about COVID-19 from their vantage point as physicians and people of faith. In the first interview, Dr. Danny Avula, Director of Public…
