Way Below the Angels: The Pretty Clearly Troubled but Not Even Close to Tragic Confessions of a Real Life Mormon Missionary
Craig Harline. Wm. B. Eerdmans, $22 (281p) ISBN 978-0-8028-7150-3
Life as a Mormon missionary makes for good humor and serious thought in this historian's memoir of his youth. Starred review.

Simplify: Ten Practices to Unclutter Your Soul
Bill Hybels. Tyndale Momentum, $22.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4143-9122-9
A pastor offers strategies for simplifying life.

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