Book Reviews

I have been hearing nuggets about the book Drive fairly regularly since it came out last December.  Finally after yet another positive review from Tony Morgan, I picked it up. Drive is fascinating, although a little repetitive.  We are told over and over again, that the science of motivation is far from the business of actually motivating … Read more

Takeaway: Classic Christian biographies are well worth reading to show us what God has done before us, even if they occasionally fall into hagiography. One of the significant benefits of ereaders is that anything in public domain is essentially free.  Want to read Little Women, you can read it for free.  Want to read Anna Karenina, Hunchback of … Read more

Every once in a while I need something to clense the pallet.  Wait, that is how I started my review of No Way to Treat a First Lady.  Well I am a big fan of Christopher Buckley’s humor.  Darn it.  That is how I started the review of Boomsday.  At least I read Supreme Courtship … Read more

The Necromancer is the fourth book in a series. So not one I would recommend jumping directly into. These are not stand alone books.  The series starts with The Alchemyst, then The Magician, then the Sorceress (links are to my reviews). The first book I found free for kindle (it is no longer free).  The last three … Read more

I have been hearing about the book Rework in my web circle for a while.  I think John Saddington at Human3rror and ChurchCrunch were first, but also Carlos at RagamuffinSoul and most recently Michael Hyatt.  It was Michael Hyatt’s give away of 50 copies that finally convincenced me to pick a copy up.  I usually … Read more

I am not a pastor.  This book was written for pastors.  I would not have purchased it, except that Amazon was giving the book away free. But given that I am not a pastor, I am from a family of pastors.  My brother is a pastor.  My father and three uncles are pastors.  My grandfather … Read more

Radical is not an original idea.  Throughout Christian history authors and preachers have called Christians from their lax ways to a deeper devotion.  This is what the reformers were doing, what Bonhoeffer was doing, what the early modern missionaries were doing, what St Francis was doing, what Paul was doing.  With each new generation, there … Read more