Stones to Schools is the second book by Greg Mortenson. The first, Three Cups of Tea (my earlier review), tells of his failed attempt at climbing K2 and how he started the Central Asia Institute to build schools in Pakistan. Stones to Schools picks up where Three Cups of Tea leaves off, right at the earthquake … Read more
Takeaway: Sex and Christianity have an uneasy relationship, but that is not the way God intended. Purchase Links: Hardback, Paperback, Kindle Edition (This is the first book I have reviewed that had a trailer.) There are many books out there about sex, even a lot of books about sex oriented toward Christians. There are not … Read more
This is a hard book to review. First of all it isn’t an official book. Steven Brust wrote a fan fiction piece based on Joss Whedon’s Firefly/Serenity universe. My guess, based on the fact that it is a finished book and not sold, is that it was written to be sold, but Joss didn’t buy … Read more
Takeaway: There is a difference between the Gospel and the ramifications of the Gospel. This book is about the ramification of recieving the gospel without acting on the Gospel. Purchase Links: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook I have been sponsoring a child through World Vision for about a decade or so. We are on … Read more
Takeaway: Spiritual Growth requires intention and discipline. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life is one of the most useful, practical books on spiritual growth I have ever read. It is somewhat similar to Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline, but I think a little more accessible and less intimidating. … Read more
This is the fourth book in the Ancient Practice Series that I have read. Two previous books, The Sacred Meal (my review) and The Liturgical Year (my review) were provided free through the Thomas Nelson Blogger Review Program (now called BookSneeze for some reason). The third one, Fasting by Scot McKnight (my review) I bought on … Read more
Anne Lamott is one of those authors I keep meaning to read. Many people I know are great fans, but I have just not picked anything up before now. About midway through the book I glanced at some of the reviews on Goodreads and there were many that were not all that favorable. It seems … Read more
This is the first book that I have started reading by John Piper. (I know I did a review of his fasting book two weeks ago, but I started this long before that.) I have read some shorter works, pamphlet length things. And I am fairly impressed. The introduction has a wonderful section on how … Read more
I loved Time Traveler’s Wife. I own the paperback and the audio versions. It might be my favorite fiction book of the last decade. This was a very different book. At root it is a ghost story. I am not really a ghost story person. But the characterization kept me interested. There was one really … Read more
Takeaway: Good book for Third Day fans. Listen if you can. Purchase Links: Kindle Edition, Paperback, Audible.com Audiobook, christianaudio.com MP3 Audiobook This audiobook was a short interesting look into the life of Christian musicians. I picked it up from ChristianAudio (they are the site that gives away a free book once a month.) It was … Read more