Frustration is probably the first thing I think about when I think of church prayer meetings. Maybe you have had much better experiences than I have. But when I think about my own church prayer meetings from the variety of churches that I have attended over my adult life, frustration is an accurate word. This … Read more
I have read a lot on prayer. I am interested for a number of reasons but most of them come back to my participation in Pastor’s Prayer Summits. These 3 or 4 day gatherings, usually with a facilitator from International Renewal Ministries, work to try to not only gather pastors and para-church leaders together from … Read more
Takeaway: Simple churches are more focused on the mission of the church. Purchase Links: Hardcover, Paperback, Audible.com Audiobook, Kindle Edition (You can also borrow this book on kindle, leave a comment or go to the lending page for more info) This is a summary review for a group blogging project that I participated in. I wrote my post … Read more
I picked up the audiobook version of Atlas Shrugged for $5 when it was on sale at Audible.com. It is 63 hours long. This will be my longest audiobook yet, beating our David McCollough’s Truman and Roy Jenkin’s Churchhill. Interrestingly, neither seem to be offered any more at Audible in their unabridged versions. I am not going … Read more
Takeaway: This is a book that should be read, because even if you really disagree with it, the ideas are important. I have a tendency (probably bad) to read a lot of books at the same time. What that means is that I often will put something to the side for a while before coming back to … Read more
This is another free book from Audible.com I am not linking because it has been removed from the site. I have never heard of the author before. It is a great example of Free being used to introduce people to authors. Evidently Schroeder isn’t a new author. He has 12 books (including three in this … Read more
As I have said before, I am a big fan of Baen publishers. They have been working with ebooks long before the Kindle. I have been reading Baen ebooks since around 2000. I started reading on my Dell Axim pda. I have now read well over 100 Baen books. Many of them are miliary based … Read more
This was another book that I purchased at a sale on Audible.com. It was $5 and 10 hours long. It was cheap and I knew a movie had been based loosely on it. Many people that I trust really liked the movie, but I have never seen it. It is an era of history that … Read more
This was a free audiobook from Audible.com. I saw the movie but hadn’t read the book before. The book was based in London instead of Chicago (Not New York, thanks Jay) but had a very similar sensibility. It was well written and much more centered around talking about sex than the movie. (And less about the … Read more
Like most people currently reading My Life in France, I recently saw the movie Julie and Julia. And like everyone that I know, the movie made me interested in Julia Child but a little repulsed by Julie Powell (at least as portrayed in the movie, although I have several friends that have read the book … Read more