In The Careless Society John McKnight takes a look at the service economy in the United States and how its rise has led to the decline in community. But the real gem in this book is the last chapter titled “Christian Service.” It rocked my world by proposing a revolutionary alternative to serving others.
Category: Books
Join the Trust Agents group blog project
I wanted to let you all know about a great opportunity at OurChurch.Com’s Christian Web Trends blog. We are facilitating a group blog project for Chris Brogan and Julien Smith’s new book…
Book Review: Fearless by Max Lucado
This weekend I read Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear, the latest book by Max Lucado. We certainly live in an era of fear. Every day the news is filled with stories…
How can a loving God send people to Hell?
I never much cared for hell. The idea of a loving God sending people to a place of eternal punishment always sounded overly-harsh and inconsistent with the character of a God who loves us enough to create us and sacrifice his Son for us. Then I read Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl in which N.D. Wilson explains hell in a way that totally rocked my world…
Book Review: Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl
In Notes from the Twilt-a-Whirl, author N.D. Wilson takes the reader on a ride befitting the title… I found it to be thought provoking and yet thoroughly fun to read. Kind of a Donald Miller meets C.S. Lewis. Not many people can cite the philosophies Nietzsche, Plato, C.S. Lewis, and David Hume in a way that is not only understandable to the average reader but interesting and even entertaining.
Book Review: The Hole in our Gospel
While in Kenya I had the opportunity to read The Hole in our Gospel by World Vision president Richard Stearns. In the book, Stearns claims that many Christians today view their faith as a personal transaction with God for eternal salvation and an internal belief system but have ignored the biblical call to serve orphans, widows, and the poor.
Flickering Pixels – Chapter 6 – Internet & Post-modernism
I forgot to mention this last week, but I’ve been participating in the group blogging project for the book Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps. Last week I had the privilege of blogging…
Free Books for Bloggers
Book publisher Thomas Nelson gets it when it comes to blogging and social networking. They have a Book Review Blogger club. Join and they will send you their books for free. All…
Tribes Day 6 – Are You Badgering, Begging, or Calling?
Today I have the privilege of leading day 6 of the Tribes group blogging project (pages 26-30). Leading from the bottom… Badgering and Begging… Calling People to a Movement… Vision Leaks… Stories Fuel the Cycle of Success… Food for thought
Tribes: A Group Blogging Project
John Saddington of Church Crunch has organized a “group blog project” for the book Tribes by Seth Godin. Nearly 30 of us will take a turn leading the conversation about a particular section of the book over the next month.