I am continuing to work though a backlog of books that I have picked up from a variety of places. I found a Scott Brick narrated audiobook of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde free as a promotion last summer. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a story everyone knows but I at least have never … Read more
Takeaway: Creating culture and solving problems are often much more effective than protest. Purchase Links: Christianaudio.com audiobook, Amazon Hardback, Amazon Kindle At the end of my block is a church. I don’t often drive past it because most of the time I use the other entrance to our neighborhood. But about once a week I come that way. … Read more
Takeaway: The age of the book often has little to do with the quality of its advice. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook from Audible.com If I had said it once, I have said it well, a lot of times. You need to pick up christianaudio.com‘s free audiobook every month. I am often a month (or two or more) … Read more
Takeaway: A very realistic portrayal of the pressures of the intelligence services, from an author that did the actual work she writes about. Purchase Links: Hardback, Kindle Format, Audio from Audible.com I do not read a ton of fiction. But I seem to be drawn to political and spy fiction. Political and spy fiction matches the slight cynisim that I … Read more
Takeaway: Reading from different traditions really is a very good way to expand your understanding of the Christian faith. I found years ago, that I could listen to a dense book in ways that I would just not read a dense book. Part of this is that I literally cannot comprehend all of the book … Read more
Takeaway: A partially lame church is not going to show the fullness of the incarnation. Purchase Links: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook I have been participating in a group blog working through Primal. The group blog had a separate blogger blog through each chapter. You can find all the posts here. I blogged chapter 4 but wanted … Read more
Takeaway: Good introduction to an Eastern Orthodox conception of prayer. Purchase Links: Paperback, Audible.com Audiobook I have read a lot of books on prayer. According to my tag cloud on this blog I have 22 posts on books that are significantly about prayer. So maybe I do not really need to read more books about … Read more
You are jumping into chapter 4 of a group blogging project of Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity by Mark Batterson. Scroll to the bottom of the post for the list of previous and future chapters. ________ Chapter four really has one point, that Batterson hits from a variety of sides. The … Read more
Summary: A decent second book in a Christian science fiction (young adult) series. Falls a bit flat with some characters but overall worth the read. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook Eternitiy’s Edge is the second book in a contemporary Fantasy trilogy. I think it is officially listed as a Science Fiction, but seems … Read more
I am not sure when I stumbled across Anne Jackson‘s blog. It has been several years now. And while I am not an every day reader, it is in my Google Reader and I usually at least glance at it. As much as Anne’s writing, her sense of purpose and her desire to do something … Read more