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These are June’s most read book reviews.  Pretty standard, one review from 2009, one about a bible passage, one on economics, one on

It is summer.  Over the next three weeks I am either on vacation or sort of on vaction.  Some of this time I will have lots of time to read and post, other times I will have no time to read and post. Today is our 14th anniversery.  And I have not have time to … Read more

My friend Vikki asked me to write a guest post about six months ago.  I kept forgetting to write it and so she re-asked again yesterday.  I kept with my original idea about why I think we need to intentionally re-read books.  It is up now.

I would love to get some ideas for another book discussion. These are three books that I thought might discuss well but I am wide open to other books. 1) No Argument for God: Going Beyond Reason in Conversations About Faith by John Wilkinson (amazon link) update: my review   I just received a review copy of … Read more

First, I want to thank everyone for their patience in the transition from MrShields.com to Bookwi.se.  I made some mistakes and broke the RSS feed for most people for two weeks.  But in spite of the problems, this months traffic will be about 20-25% higher than my best month at MrShields and I have about … Read more

I had a problem with the RSS feed.  It seems to have been caught in a loop with the MrShields.com and Bookwi.se but not actually getting the any of the RSS subscribers.  So here are the posts that you may have missed. Book Reviews Night by Elie Wiesel When Two Become One: Enhancing Sexual Intimacy … Read more

I love my kindle in large part because I do not need shelves for the books.  Part of my commitment to myself when I bought the kindle was to not build up a paper library.  So I give away almost all of my paper books once I have read them.  I also get a few, … Read more

Some of the books from previous Free Book posts are still available for free. If you want to see all free books as they come out you should follow Books on the Knob on their RSSor Twitter Feed. As always please check to make sure the books are still free before you “œbuy” them, especially from Amazon. Prices can change quickly. … Read more

Around Christmas, John Armstrong had a couple posts about this book.  The basic idea of the book is to encourage non-erotic (platonic) cross gender friendships among Christians. This is a fairly delicate subject because we all know affairs and issues that arise from cross gender friendship. I think this book makes a fairly strong case … Read more

The last post was about my favorite books.  This post is about the most read posts of 2010.  The first was actually written in 2009.  The rest of posts were written this year. A Millions Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller A Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Sterns Humility: True Greatness by … Read more