I am still a few pages short of finishing Imagining the Kingdom. I will post my review next week. I am convinced that it is an important book for those that think about and plan both worship and spiritual development programs in the church. But it is not an easy book to read. I think … Read more
Slow Church Blog has a post (from the book Besides the Bible: 100 Books that Have, Should or Will Create Christian Culture) about Shusaku Endo’s masterpiece book Silence. It is Shusaku Endo’s birthday today, he would have been 90. I coincidentally picked up Silence yesterday to start reading today. Here is the opening of the … Read more
Lavonne Neff, a regular contributor at Christianity Today, has a very good interview with Rachel Marie Stone, author of the new Eat With Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food. Rachel Marie Stone is an interesting author. I have not read Eat With Joy, but I have been reading her blog lately and will probably read Eat … Read more
I am getting close to being finished with James KA Smith’s new book Imagining the Kingdom. I am both very impressed with the books and a little puzzled by it. It makes me want to go back and read the first book in the trilogy Desiring the Kingdom. James Merritt, a writer and pastor, has … Read more
I am about 1/3 of the way through Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works by James KA Smith. It is not an easy book to read, (fortunately for me according to this review it is about to get easier). However, I think this is a book that is worth struggling through. There was a blog post … Read more
Work, the stuff that the average Christian does to support themselves and their families, is often undervalued by the church except as a means for funding those that work for the church full time. That is not the way that Christianity officially thinks about work. Joanna at JoannaMuses.com has a review of the book Fruit … Read more
I am convinced that Grace, while being one of the topics that Christian like to talk about most, is one of the topics that Christians understand least and talk about most poorly. James Matichuk at the Thoughts, Prayers and Songs blog has a review of The Romance of Grace by Jim McNeely. I almost didn’t … Read more
Hugh Howey, author of the Wool series, was the feature of a very good article on Wall Street Journal over the weekend. The article is about how independent authors are changing the publishing industry. In particular it is about how Howey was able to make more than $1 million dollars on his Wool series even … Read more
Goodereader.com has a post about JK Rowling bringing two of her suplemental books about Harry Potter to ebook format for charity. Two books (Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) were originally written as fundraiser books for the charity Comic Relief. They are now are being brought to ebook and their proceeds will again … Read more
I am not the most driven person around. In fact, I am pretty lazy. Apart from reading, I tend to procrastinate on just about everything. I like to say that I am just trying to be balanced, but that is just not really true. Chris Smith, editor of Englewood Review of books has an interesting … Read more