Books

Frederica Matthewes-Green’s new book, “The Illumined Heart: Capture the Vibrant Faith of Ancient Christians” is a very short exposition on the faith of early Christians and what we as “modern” Christians can learn from them. Frederica Matthewes-Green converted to Orthodoxy a few years ago, and that is important to know in reading her understanding of [...]

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While I was sitting in the waiting room at Safelite Autoglass today, I picked up the newest TIME Magazine and read the cover story, “Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith.” I was drawn to pick up TIME because of the unusual photo of Mother Teresa on the cover. I think I’m used to seeing a sweet [...]

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New Sadie Video: I put this together a few weeks ago; it’s not really amazing, but gives you a feel of what she’s like at the dog park.
five.sentenc.es: A friend of mine is apparently adhering to this idea. Basically, it’s a group of folks who are trying to keep their email responses to less than [...]

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1999: It was a hot day in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho at Camp Sawtooth. It was my first summer on staff and I was excited about working with students and making a difference in their lives. A pastor from the Boise-area was coming up to be the Dean (speaker) for the 4th Grade Camp, [...]

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There is a nasty rumor going around, and Diana Butler Bass decided it was time to debunk it. Think “MythBusters Meets the Mainline.” The rumor is that only the large, conservative evangelical churches are growing, and that liberal, Mainline churches are dying. Now, is the myth completely false? Perhaps not. The Presbyterian Church (USA) has [...]

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The title of the book is “Does This Dress Make Me Look Fat?” and it claims to be “A Man’s Guide to the Loaded Questions Women Ask.” It is written by therapists and friends, David Thomas and Stephen James. In this guidebook to relationships, they hope to help men decipher and understand what women “really [...]

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The first Barbara Brown Taylor book I read was The Preaching Life which I instantly fell in love with. Taylor’s way of telling stories and making the text come alive is very engaging. Taylor serves as an Adjunct Professor of Christian Spirituality here at Columbia, so I was looking forward to hearing her preach while [...]

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I just finished my copy of “An Emergent Manifesto of Hope” and I really enjoyed giving it a read through. There have been some reviews of it already - just read Jonny Baker’s this morning and thought it was a pretty fair review. One of his critiques was just that it was spread pretty thin. [...]

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Part 1: Mark Driscoll
Part 2: John Burke
Part 3: Dan Kimball
Part 4: Doug Pagitt
Part 5: Karen Ward
I’m glad I had the chance to read this book, and I continue to look forward to more Emergent books that come out using the collaborative method of writing. I will be blogging through some chapters of An Emergent Manifesto [...]

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