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When the Secret Keepers Are Gone

When the Secret Keepers are Gone By Crystal Hawkins A Review by Dwight A. Moody, PhD “I never meant to write a book.” So asserts Crystal Hawkins on page 203 of her memoir. She got into it through therapy, which is a good thing considering all the drama and trauma she endured growing up. Reading this book will remind you of how bad some people have it. And it was bad. In California before and after they moved to South Carolina. Drugs and jails, debt and danger, poverty and flight, foulness of all kinds. Hawkins describes it all in stunning detail and shocking summary: Even though I was in constant battle with my mother, it was actually my father who pushed me to my breaking ...

June 24th, 2026|Categories: Book Reviews|

Baptist Preacher

November 8th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|

Five years ago, Lawrence Carter published a book.  Two years ago, I received my signed ...

Prine on Prine

October 17th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|

Interviews and Encounters with John Prine Edited by Holly Gleason Reviewed by Dwight A. Moody ...

Color of Compromise

October 4th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|

    The Color of Compromise The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity with Racism ...

Living with Hope

September 25th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews, Commentary|

Just published! Living with Hope: Navigating Political Division, Global Pandemic, and Personal Problems Twenty-five chapters ...

The Full Armor of God

June 27th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|

The Full Armor of God: The Mobilization of Christian Nationalism in American Politics By Paul ...

Serendipity

May 17th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|

Serendipity By J. Wallace Hamilton A Review by Dwight A. Moody For years, this book ...

When Prophets Preach

May 2nd, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|

When Prophets Preach Leadership and the Politics of the Pulpit By Jonathan C. Augustine   ...

Reading While Black

February 8th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews|

African American Biblical Interpretation As An Exercise in Hope By Esau McCaulley   I have ...