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Hate crimes against gay and transgender students are way up! And—we’ve got helpful resources.

Even as LGBTQ hate crimes are up, especially among the young, Michigan State University Journalism Bias Busters books can help change minds.

Byron Borger of Hearts & Minds says, ‘There’s power in telling these stories!’

An enthusiastic new review of Jeffrey Munroe’s ‘Telling Stories in the Dark’ THIS WEEK, we’re bringing you a video book review of Jeffrey Munroe’s new Telling Stories in the Dark—a review in a video podcast with Hearts & Minds bookseller Byron Borger. You can learn more about Byron’s bookstore at his website, HeartsAndMindsBooks.com Recently, Byron appeared on this […]

We clearly have questions about the ‘Nones’ among us. MSU Bias Busters have the answers!

The latest MSU School of Journalism Bias Busters "100 Questions & Answers" guide about religiously unaffiliated Americans is so very timely!

Laura Elizabeth welcomes hundreds of readers into an immersive dinner theater based on her cozy mystery

Beloved Cozy Mystery Characters Spring to Life—with an Author-Curated Soundtrack, as well EDITOR’s NOTE: In our 14-year history as publishers, we have never had an author turn a book’s “story” into dinner theater. So, we hope readers will understand how thrilled we are to see cozy-mystery author Laura Elizabeth stage a triumphant theatrical run in […]

‘Now what?’ An Idea Incubator at a creative Michigan church bursts with ideas for helping families to embrace ‘The Gifts and Challenges of Aging’

By DAVID CRUMM Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine Seventy men and women packed the “gathering space” at Clarkston United Methodist Church in Michigan for an “Idea Incubator” about “The Gifts and Challenges of Aging.” That’s the subtitle of our book, Now What? It’s a valuable resource book written by experts in aging—packed with helpful and inspiring […]

Loss and Remembrance: Barbara Braver on Mother’s elegant silk blouse—and the larger life

Prompted by Rusty Rosman's book Two Envelopes, veteran writer Barbara Braver reflects on the twisting paths of family dynamics, including the milestone of an elegant gray blouse her mother wore in her casket.

PBS network’s wonderful ‘Gospel’ series is a ‘multimedia experience with wall-to-wall music’

MSU Journalism's Bias Busters director Joe Grimm writes about the importance of the new PBS docuseries Gospel, hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Leanne Friesen’s ‘Grieving Room’ helps us chart the long journey of grief in the hope—of making room for hope itself

After a traumatic death, you can help by ‘making room’ By DAVID CRUMM Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine Halfway through Leanne Friesen’s new book, Grieving Room, my reaction was: This is both a daring and a rare book. By that I mean: It’s a startlingly honest letter sent out into the world, especially pitched for readers […]

Timely help for all of us: Mindy Corporon talks about spiritual and emotional resilience in the wake of tragedy in Kansas City

Author Mindy Corporon talks with Howard Brown on his Shining Brightly podcast about the long journey of reclaiming resilience after trauma.

During Lent 2024, these Texas Christians commit to being “cross yielding rather than cross wielding”

Hearing George A. Mason’s call for a different way of seeing our world By ANN BELL WORLEY Contributing Columnist I was surprised last week as I showed up to lead a new series of discussions in my congregation, Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Spring, Texas. We already had set up chairs—but so many people arrived […]