The Walker Cleaveland Book Sale

Date May 15, 2008

In an effort to “lighten our load” a little bit, Sarah and I went through all of our books last night and set aside over 180 paperbacks, 40 hardcovers, 22 reference books (Bibles, Biblical reference books, language books, etc), 27 DVDs and 3 DVD Boxed Sets. These are books we’ve read, ones we don’t think [...]

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Top 10 Youth Ministry Books

Date April 5, 2008

An Episcopal friend of mine recently received a call to a position that included doing some youth ministry, something that he’s never done before. He wrote asking for a recommendation of some youth ministry books that a more progressive person might be able enjoy reading and find fruitful. Some of these I’ve read, and some [...]

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“We’re Looking For A Few Good Bloggers!”

Date March 24, 2008

The Ooze, the Web’s most prolific ‘emerging church & friends’ website, is looking for 50 participants in a unique partnership with quality publishers. You will be mailed books for blog review on an every-other-month to quarterly basis, free of charge. These are books on culture, theology, church history, justice, faith & science, global issues, spirituality, [...]

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Book Tagged

Date January 22, 2008

So I was recently tagged in a books post. I’m not generally a fan of questions like “What is your favorite book?” or other “favorite” questions like that. But I thought I’d give this one a try, since I do like books.
1. One book that changed your life
That’s a pretty bold claim, a book that [...]

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Brian McLaren & Jim Wallis at Princeton Seminary

Date January 8, 2008

As part of Princeton Theological Seminary’s Spring Book Club Series, both Jim Wallis and Brian McLaren will be at Princeton Seminary during April of 2008. Jim Wallis will be speaking about his book, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America on April 10th from 6.30–8.30pm (register here) and Brian McLaren [...]

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Free Book Giveaway

Date October 9, 2007

Over the past couple years, publishers have started to realize the potential impact and persuasiveness of bloggers and what they review and recommend on their blogs. So, they started sending out books to bloggers to review. I certainly don’t mind the free books - and most of the time, they’re good books - but I’ve [...]

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The Year of Living Biblically: A Review

Date October 7, 2007

What happens when the editor at large of Esquire magazine and New York Times best-selling author decides to live according to the Bible for a year? A. J. Jacobs, author of “The Know It All,” shares with us his journey in his new book, “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow [...]

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God is Dead: A Review

Date October 5, 2007

Sarah and I went to Borders a few months ago for a date night. We each had 15 minutes to pick out 5 books we thought the other person might want - and then we were able to select which one we wanted and we got it. She picked out some good ones for me, [...]

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PostSecret: Bringing Grace, Absolution & Authenticity

Date January 23, 2007

Sarah and I hung out with Frank Warren last night at B&N, along with many others (Frank is pictured above speaking to the crowd). For those who don’t know, Frank Warren began the PostSecret website a few years ago, after he began the project by handing out 3,000 postcards to random people on the street, [...]

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Books, books, books.

Date December 31, 2006

While I can’t necessarily compete with Marko’s Christmas gifts, I did pretty well. Got some new pants ($10/pair at Gap Outlet), some extremely comfortable slippers (with memory foam!) and some cash. Sarah and I received some items still needed off our registry and we treated ourselves to new luggage (yup, using Christmas money for luggage…I [...]

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