I am participating in another group blog. This time with the book “Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust“. This is a book about how to use social media properly. I have read enough that I bought the book for some people I know at a non-profit that I … Read more
If you are joining late to the game. This is a group blogging project. I am only writing about chapter 3 of Simple Church. (Note I linked to the Amazon Kindle version because at the time of writing, the paperback and hardback were not in stock at Amazon.) If you want to see the posts … Read more
Takeaway: Real people are complicated, which shouldn’t keep us from appreciating great work. I started reading this book because I did not know much about the creation of the atomic bomb or anything about Robert Oppenheimer. While it is interesting to learn about Oppenheimer and the bomb, what is most interesting for me is the history of … Read more
I am participating in another group blogging project. This time we are discussing “œSimple Church” by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. We hope you’ll join us on our individual blogs as we discuss individual chapters. Here’s the lineup that will start on October 5th. Andy Darnell ““ Chapter 1 ““ 10/5 – posted Anthony Prince … Read more
This is an unusual book. First of all, the in the US there is a pretty clear anti-drinking message by the church, so anything that merges drinking and God is usually suspect. The first chapter of this book does a good job giving a history of beer, civilization and the church. I think it makes a … Read more
When I started reading “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” I had never read a book by Donald Miller (or at least I didn’t think I had. When I was looking at Donald Miller’s Wikipedia page I realized I had read his first book “Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance“.) Many, many … Read more
Here is the good part, Baen is a great publisher and believes in DRM-free books. They sell their books at reasonable prices and give a lot of them away free. What is the bad part? This book is very predictable and not worth reading. I wish Ringo had skipped a few of these books and made … Read more
I have not read any books by Max Lucado (other than a couple of children’s books). I know who he is, how could anyone in the Christian world, at least the reading Christian world, not know who he is. But I have not read anything that he has written. I have always categorized him in … Read more
This is one of the books that my wife and I have used for an read together before we go to bed book. This is not a standard Christian marriage book. In fact, this is as unique a Christian marriage book as I have read. There are some parts I have issues with, but the … Read more
Takeaway: Our work is for God, not just for ourselves or those around us. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition (You can also borrow this book on kindle, leave a comment or go to the lending page for more info) The author (Shawn Wood) is funny, thoughtful and has a point. The basic point of this … Read more