Mar 4, 2025 | Book Review Blog
I love engaging in activities that make me do everyday tasks differently. Brush my teeth with my non-dominant hand, go a different way home from work, read a book aloud to people- all of these cause me to think differently and pick up on new things. It helps me make...
Mar 1, 2025 | Book Review Blog
My family has a shared practice of ‘comfort reads’. When we’re feeling low, overwhelmed, at sixes and sevens, or even just tired, we grab a book we have deemed a ‘comfort read’, find our preferred spot to relax, surround ourselves with hot beverages and blankets, and...
Feb 18, 2025 | Book Review Blog
by G. Jeffrey MacDonald, published by Westminster John Knox Press, addresses the problem of main-line Protestant congregations who can no longer afford full-time clergy. Due to declining membership and budget deficits, churches are switching to part-time clergy. This...
Feb 15, 2025 | Book Review Blog
A few weeks ago, I loaded up one of our vans with four young adults and their suitcases, all packed for a semester abroad. I had the honor of driving them to the closest international airport and sending them off on their grand adventure. I hugged them all, saving my...
Jun 19, 2024 | Book Review Blog
“Wait. THAT’S what this was about? I did NOT get that,” were the words out of my 21 year old daughter’s mouth when she and I were discussing my feelings about My Guncle and Me by Jonathan Merritt. She is an education major and regularly pores through my stacks to find...
Jun 18, 2024 | Book Review Blog
Finding resources to use with teens is challenging. Finding resources that are theologically sound is tricky. Finding resources to use with leaders who don’t teach full time is a tall order. Finding resources that are engaging and meaty is not easy. Finding resources...
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