Category Archives: books
January Books
I have attempted this several times but never made it through a year. Let’s see if 2012 can be the year I write at least a sentence about every book I read! Creation Regained by Al Wolters is a book … Continue reading
Give Them Grace
Give Them Grace by Elyse Fitzpatrick My rating: 3 of 5 stars Give Them Grace asks readers a very important question: how does believing the gospel change the way that you parent? Fitzpatrick asserts that if the way that we … Continue reading
Books I Read in 2011
I didn’t read as much as in 2010, but it was still a pretty good year of reading. Here’s my list, categorized to highlight those I would most strongly commend to other readers. I Liked These Enough to Re-Read Them … Continue reading
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Still & My Life with the Saints
Still by Lauren F. Winner Still by Lauren Winner is aptly subtitled “Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis.” It is a collection of reflections from the middle, from a place of messiness, doubt and despair. That terrain is familiar to many … Continue reading
Odds & Ends IX
+ Happy Feast of St. Nicholas! It’s a good day to practice generosity, recite the Nicene Creed and punch a heretic in the nose. + Chuck DeGroat’s excellent post on Advent Disappointment is worth contemplating. + I finished Start Something … Continue reading
How to Get a Job… by Me, the Boss
Earlier this summer, Sally Lloyd-Jones graciously offered to send me a copy of her newest book to review. We received it the week we were moving, and it got misplaced for awhile. Here is our long overdue review! The third … Continue reading
Falling Together by Marisa De Los Santos
Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos My rating: 4 of 5 stars After enjoying her last novel quite a bit, I was excited to get a hold of Marisa de los Santos’ Falling Together. The story of three college … Continue reading
Winter Light by Bruce Ray Smith
Winter Light: A Christian’s Search for Humility by Bruce Ray Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars Winter Light by Bruce Ray Smith is one man’s journey towards humility. In the form of a journal, it exposes deep, honest thoughts … Continue reading
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht may have been the most anticipated debut novel in years. In no small part because Obreht was named by the New Yorker last year as one of the Top 20 writers under 40, at … Continue reading
Half the Church by Carolyn Custis James
Half the Church: Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women by Carolyn Custis James My rating: 4 of 5 stars So moved by reading Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Carolyn … Continue reading
Mini-Reviews
I am aiming to post a dozen or so times each month in 2011. I like sharing about books, so my plan is to combine longer reviews of books I think y’all might be really interested in such as Mere … Continue reading
Mere Churchianity
Mere Churchianity: Finding Your Way Back to Jesus-Shaped Spirituality by Michael Spencer My rating: 4 of 5 stars As the Internet Monk, Michael Spencer encouraged thousands through his blog, before he died of cancer last April. His one and only … Continue reading
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