Summary: 45 Reflections on how the bible pushes us toward disquiet. I am not a devotional guy. I rarely read devotionals and I even more rarely find them helpful. It is not that I am against them as a concept, but that they just don’t work well for me. I read too much and am … Read more
Summary: A decent (quick) book on the Christian understanding of marriage without a lot of Christian language. I generally don’t like reviewing books that have a lot of controversy. So I have not reviewed many of Rob Bell’s books (but I liked Velvet Elvis and Sex God). I went to college with Rob and Kristen … Read more
Summary: The history of how and why this Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison spread so widely and became so influential. At this point I have read far more about Bonhoeffer than by Bonhoeffer. That is not to say I haven’t read Bonhoeffer, but to say I have read a lot about Bonhoeffer, especially over … Read more
Takeaway: Someone that has found meaning in a new stream of Christianity may not be the best person to talk about the stream of Christianity that they walked away from. Over the past couple years I have been intentionally trying to read books about Catholicism and part of that has been reading several stories of … Read more
Note Bookwi.se now has a full review of Scribd Scribd is a document sharing and ebook subscription service. Originally it was mostly to share unpublished papers or articles, Scribd started its ebook subscription service about the same time as the better known Oyster, last year. At the time I tried and reviewed Oyster, but didn’t … Read more
Summary: The children’s classic story about running away, living in a museum and solving a great mystery all the while finding the important things in life. Children’s books are great for adults to read occasionally. In addition, to just being a change of pace, I find that the simple straight forward stories get to the … Read more
Reposting my 2013 review because the Kindle Edition is on sale for $2.75 Summary: SHORT, but helpful look at the essence of prayer. I am not an Anne Lamott devotee. So I do not read everything she writes. But I have read enough to know that she is a very good author and one that … Read more
Summary: Did you read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett? Well this is basically the same plot. I am trying to give KindleUnlimited a good shot. As I am posting this, I have finished nine KindleUnlimited books since it was released a bit over three weeks ago. What is good about a program like KindleUnlimited is … Read more
KindleUnlimited is a product that as a big reader I am interested in. But I do not think this is a product for everyone. After a day of playing with it and exploring the titles here are a few thoughts. (Here is my updated thought after 3 months). 1) Unlimited, but only ten titles at … Read more
The ECPA is a trade group for Christian Publishers. The winners of the Book of the Year was announced on Tuesday at an awards banquet at Focus on the Family headquarters. Bookwi.se has reviewed the overall book of the year – Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book About a (Really) Big Problem by Kevin DeYoung and … Read more