My project: novels for tweens

My project: novels for tweens

I’ve been up to a lot of things lately, and one of them is a series set in the fictional St. Louis suburb of Sugar Creek in 1969 or so. One protagonist is Ollie (left), a 15-year-old musician who just moved to Sugar Creek from New York. He’s having a...

Jerram Barrs on the importance of story

Jerram Barrs, a professor at Covenant Theological Seminary, thinks we need to be reading stories. But not just any stories. “The greatest stories not only entertain and enlighten us, but also teach us something about who we are–and how we fit into...