Jul 5th, 2010
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” + President Harry S. Truman Here are some books that I have read so far this summer:: Irresistable Revolution (Shane Claiborne) The Emotionally Healthy Church (Peter Scazzero) The Life of the Soul (Samuel H. Miller) Simply Christian (N.T. Wright) Here are books that are next [...]
May 11th, 2009
While shopping at Ollie’s a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a pair of books by Dan Kimball entitled They Like Jesus but Not the Church. I had read a couple of reviews on the book, so when I saw it at Ollie’s for $5.99… I grabbed both copies without hesitation. Why BOTH copies? Because [...]
Mar 15th, 2009
Several months ago, my wife purchased a book that she read about in the May/June issue of Collide Magazine (it was actually the cover story). While reading it, she kept telling me that I also needed to read it… and she kept reading me quotes from it… and she kept talking about it… So I [...]
Mar 2nd, 2009
Just finished reading the short story by Ernest Hemingway called “Hills Like White Elephants“. I read it on recommendation from Landon, while sitting beside my lovely bride at Viva Espresso. Not an easy read but but very interesting stuff. Great story. Awesome imagery. I love reading great writing and then discussing the underlying meaning and [...]
Feb 14th, 2009
No matter your opinion of Mark Driscoll, there are many things to be learned from his leadership, mistakes, honesty, and missiology. This was my second Driscoll book to tackle (the first was “The Radical Reformission“… which was phenomenal) and it was read at a perfect time in my life… when I am re-contemplating the role [...]
Feb 12th, 2009
I have admired the innovative ministry that has been going on in Oklahoma City at LifeChurch.tv for several years now… so when Corey Trice kept talking about this book by Craig Groeschel (the founding pastor of LifeChurch.tv)… I decided that I needed to read it. Corey offered his copy for me to borrow and “mark [...]
Jan 21st, 2009
While I was reading M. Scott Boren’s “The Relational Way“, I was both challenged and encouraged. The first five chapters were stellar. Great words… much Truth mixed with experiential wisdom and a re-centering on the Way that the early church began. Even though the final five chapters were a little sluggish for me, I strongly [...]