Our church leadership culture has failed. It is past time that we set aside the idolatry of corporate leadership structures and rediscover the vastly different way of leading modeled by Jesus.
Read More...Book Review: Lead like Jesus, not a corporate CEO, says author
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Book Review: Lead like Jesus, not a corporate CEO, says author
May 15, 2013 Posted by Leave a Comment
Our church leadership culture has failed. It is past time that we set aside the idolatry of corporate leadership structures and rediscover the vastly different way of leading modeled by Jesus.
Read More...Book Review: Richard Rohr’s latest offers true Christian wisdom
April 18, 2013 Posted by Leave a Comment
As a pastor himself, Richard draws abiding wisdom and warning from his years of dealing with others, himself and God. He provides first aid to folks who are recovering from religion, and he offers it with an openness one doesn’t often see in church leadership.
Read More...Book Review: Author guides us from finances to faithfulness
March 28, 2013 Posted by Leave a Comment
By Mark Norman, Special Contributor… Rich Church, Poor Church: Keys to Effective Financial Ministry J. Clif Christopher Abingdon Press, 2012 Paperback, 120 pages We are living in a shift. With cultural changes in the United States and our global financial situation in turmoil, it is important that the work of the church expands to talk about every aspect of discipleship, including church finances. In Rich Church, Poor Church, the Rev. J. Clif Christopher addresses a transforming understanding of stewardship. Some may say that the economic condition of the church and [...]
Read More...Book Review: Writer’s journey in faith enlightens and entertains
February 12, 2013 Posted by Leave a Comment
Despite his distinguished career as a writer and United Methodist leader, the Rev. James C. Howell recognizes the awkwardness of writing a memoir. The genre, he notes in his introduction, easily slides into self-obsession and personal analysis
Read More...Book Review: ‘Torn’ offers balanced talk on church & homosexuality
January 17, 2013 Posted by Leave a Comment
I have never met the author, but after reading Torn I feel as though I know him, and can’t help but like him. He’s funny, for starters. How he manages to keep a sense of humor in the midst of such difficult and painful struggles is pretty amazing. He also obviously has a strong desire to live his life as a faithful Christian and to take the Bible very seriously
Read More...Book Reviews: From theology to thrillers – a bishop’s reading list
January 15, 2013 Posted by Leave a Comment
By Bishop Larry Goodpaster, Special Contributor… Editor’s note: Bishop Goodpaster shares brief reflections on the books he read in the second half of 2012. The Faith of Leap by Michael [...]
Read More...Book Review: Pets in devotional book demonstrate God’s love
January 3, 2013 Posted by Leave a Comment
My life would be much less full without the love of my dogs. They pull me out of my introverted self and often serve as a catalyst for me to talk to perfect strangers. Animals can break down the barriers that we put up between ourselves.
Read More...Book Review: A path to uniting Christians in common mission
December 11, 2012 Posted by Leave a Comment
And God Spoke to Abraham: Preaching from the Old Testament Fleming Rutledge Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011 Paperback, 421 pages Fleming Rutledge is the most interesting preacher today working [...]
Read More...Book Review: ‘Saint Who Would Be Santa’
December 11, 2012 Posted by Leave a Comment
By Greg Garrett, Special Contributor… The Saint Who Would Be Santa Claus Adam C. English Baylor University Press, 2012 Hardcover, 246 pages Not many holy people get the bumper sticker treatment. There was St. Francis in the ’60s, oft-presented as a hippie tree-hugger who loved everything and everybody. There was Mother Teresa, improbably quoted and poster-ized. But above all, there is St. Nicholas, a creature of modern pop culture as much as Christian history, known worldwide for decades through the advertising of the CocaCola corporation. As with the case of [...]
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