Category: Books
-
I just re-read C.S. Lewis’ book Out of the Silent Planet (the first book in his Space Trilogy). Lewis is often overquoted in Christian circles, but every time I pick up a book he’s written I am reminded why… The guy was a genius! He is always so insightful into human character and the human…
·
-
I just finished another book (look out). I think I included a quote from it the other day in my post on what I’ve been reading. This latest book is called Mustard Seed Vs. McWorld – Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future by a guy named Tom Sine. I had to put the book…
·
-
[Warning: This long post is personal in nature and deals with some of what God has been teaching me lately. For the standard fluff, come back some other time…] The last few days I think I have purposefully been avoiding this place (meaning, the blog). It’s a strange thing to admit and a stranger thing…
-
I just finished re-reading Donald Miller’s Searching For God Knows What and this time I found the book to be just as good (if not better) than the first time around. I don’t know what it is but there was something so refreshing about it…like stepping into a room where fresh-baked bread has just been…
·
-
I’ve been re-reading Searching For God Knows What by Donald Miller. At times, I feel as if Don and I were twins who were separated at birth. Others must feel the same connection to his ideas, stories, and fresh take on Christian spirituallity since his books are widely popular now in certain circles. If you…
-
A regular discussion Christa and I often have centers around redemption and whether or not people can truly change who they are (i.e. character, behaviour, etc.) This sounds pretty straightforward on the surface, but as you dig a little deeper it becomes apparent that it is a complex issue. Typically, when we pose the question…
-
"There are two Gods," Tolstoy once said. "There is the God that people generally believe in–A God who has to serve them (sometimes in very refined ways, say by merely giving them peace of mind). This God does not exist. But the God whom people forget–the God whom we all have to serve–exists, and is…
-
I’m really digging Leonard Sweet’s book SoulSalsa even though I’ve only read through two chapters so far. There’s so much good stuff packed into it you have to process it slowly (which is difficult for me–a brainwashed consumer–even when it comes to reading!) Here’s a paragraph that struck me in my recent reading: You will…
·
-
In 1967 the sociologist Peter Berger defined secularization as the loss of "the sacred canopy." In other words, in the modern world we suffered the loss of an overarching religious belief system that provided personal and communal meaning. In historian Christian Smith’s recent look at American religion, he says that while we may have lost…
-
What an awesome time we had down in Long Beach, Washington. The pictures posted below really tell the whole story (well, not the whole story, but as the locals say, "What happens in Long Beach, stays in Long Beach" –wink-wink, nudge-nudge.) Anyway, instead of talking about the refreshing time the Yeti and Mrs. had down…
yeti speak... 