Return To Our Senses: Re-Imagining How We Pray (Book Review)
Instead of offering a formulaic approach to a successful prayer life, Christine invites us to reengage our spiritual imaginations – to rediscover the love of GOD and the joy of unceasing conversation with Him…
The Intentional Christian Community Handbook (Book Review)
The vision presented by Janzen for these radically counter-Christian-culture communities is very compelling and appealing and I feel that walking away from reading this book that I have gained valuable insights into the new monastic community…
A Call To Renew The Sabbath: 24-6 By Matthew Sleeth (Book Review)
24/6 is a powerful cultural critique, addressing consumerism, rootlessness, anxiety, and control…It offers a compelling vision of shabbat shalom– the peace and wellness that flows from a sabbath day of rest.
Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture by Ellen Davis (Book Review)
Reading Davis’ book has been deeply exciting and formative for me, as my two biggest passions and thus my callings…are studying Theology/Biblical Studies and practicing agrarianism/homesteading…
The Permanent Revolution by Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim (Book Review)
If you have been well-versed in the missional conversation this book will continue to expand your conception of the nature of the church and how to put feet to it. If you are just getting your feet wet in the missional conversation this book will blow your mind and then put it all back together again…
Reclaiming Our Food (Book Review)
“Across America, the grassroots food movement seems to be arising from a common feeling that we have lost our center…This book tells the story of people who are seeking to find a new center, to create meaning and purpose in their lives, to restore harmony and balance in their relationships with the land, food and each other…”
Year of Plenty (book review)
Year of Plenty is an insightful, profound yet humorous narrative that provides a refreshing perspective on the intersection between Christian faith and issues of economy, environment, community, consumption, justice and sustainability…
Jesus Died For This? (Book Review)
This book is wonderfully offensive…There is a bit of a gut-punch in their for all of us. And if we’re willing to leave our pseudo-piety behind we will discover that there is indeed a promised land for those of us who are willing to laugh at ourselves and strike out on a soul-searching journey towards the risen Jesus…
Crashing the Idols: The Vocation of Will D. Campbell…(book review)
Born in 1924, in southern Mississippi, Campbell came of age in one of the most racially divided parts of the most racially divided state in the Union…Campbell is an ordained Southern Baptist minister but, like most iconoclasts and prophets, no institution could find a good use for him, nor could he for them…
Pure Scum (Book Review)
Mike Sares and his church, Scum of the Earth, offer us a message of hope that maybe we don’t have to live in a spiritually toxic churchianity- maybe there is something true and real to following Jesus beyond the shiny plastic shellac of our Sunday smiles and proper prayers…
