David Crumm's Blog: David Crumm's Read The Spirit

This is the widely used "Abraham Lincoln's Prayer for Peace" that was crafted from Lincoln's own words by historian Duncan Newcomer.

Lincoln scholar Duncan Newcomer writes a summary of the key themes he has explored in his books about the 16th president's spiritual life.

Veteran journalist David Crumm reports on historic cooperation between American Evangelicals and U.S. Catholic bishops in prophetic appeals.

Douglas J. Brouwer, author of the award-winning memoir The Traveler's Path, looks more deeply at his own lifetime of "summer mission trips."

For Women's History Month, Najah Bazzy writes about the human instinct for compassion that can inspire us to make new friends with others.

The fifth illustrated book on Native Walter Walkers reminds Americans of all ages of Native American wisdom in caring for our planet.

In this second of two stories on religious diversity, ReadTheSpirit looks at the religious and political challenges of Christian Nationalism.

Scholar Robert Meagher reminds readers of Christianity's core calling to help the vulnerable among us, just as Alex Pretti tried to do.

Grief expert Rodger Murchison has written this recommendation of a new book by Bob Cutillo about the challenges we all face with grief.

Front Edge Publishing's Susan Stitt writes about the timely importance of books and magazine articles her team has published over two decades.