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Rejoining the Conversation

For a variety of reasons I have been on an extended hiatus from my blog, but have decided to rejoin the conversation - at least periodically. I have been doing a lot of travel for the Doctor of Ministry program I direct as well as for the Ph.D. Research I have been doing. In addition, my teaching load this Fall was barely survivable, so all extraneous involvements needed to be pruned. However, I have missed the daily - or at least weekly - posts I had gotten used to making. The discipline of posting served as a daily deadline of sorts, not unlike what I imagine a newspaper columnist must experience, providing the creative tension that serves as a catalyst for effective analysis and synthesis. And so, I welcome myself back!

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Reading for Revolutionaries

  • Shane Claiborne: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

    Shane Claiborne: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
    This book will rock your world! I believe this is a must read for anyone serious about being a genuine Christ-follower. Read it and weep ... Read it and rejoice. (*****)

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  • John Wood: Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children

    John Wood: Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
    This is at turns and incredibly inspirational and convicting book. John Wood left a cushy job and promising future at Microsoft in order to devote his life to building libraries and schools in the villages of Nepal and other third world countries with low literacy rates. I wonder if this is what Jesus meant when he spoke to the rich young ruler? (****)


  • F. LeRon Shults and Steven J. Sandage: Transforming Spirituality: Integrating Theology And Psychology

    F. LeRon Shults and Steven J. Sandage: Transforming Spirituality: Integrating Theology And Psychology
    Shults and Sandage bring a fresh approach to this work on spiritual/personal/theological formation and its integration. As in their previous collaboration, "The Faces of Forgiveness," this book is a paradigm-breaking, creative, and invigorating contribution to the field of spiritual formation - though it deals as directly with subjects such as theology, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and sociology, weaving them all into a rich, integrated whole. Just a taste of what awaits in Transforming Spirituality ... "However, the reformative Pneumatology we have been outlining can help us understand that our way of being-present to others in space and time is our spirituality." (*****)

  • Kathryn Tanner: Economy Of Grace

    Kathryn Tanner: Economy Of Grace
    Theologian Kathryn Tanner explores alternative economies that are based on grace rather than greed and money. She provides a challenging and cogent argument for rethinking the foundations of current forms of advanced capitalism. Though I do not agree with all of her final conclusions, I agree with her primary premise that current systems are in need of change and rethinking our theology of economics is where we need to begin.

  • Larry L. King: In Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and Editor

    Larry L. King: In Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and Editor
    A powerful and sad tale about the troubled life of a near literary genius and how his dark side caused him to squander his talent and strengths. A sobering reminder of the need for Self-leadership!

  • Stanley J. Grenz: The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei

    Stanley J. Grenz: The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei
    This book addresses how an understanding of the triune nature of God should shape our concepts of "self" or "soul" as well as result in a more relational and communal church which takes responsibility for the "other." Because we are created with the imago dei, we can only find our true self-hood in relation to others. God is a social God. Grenz does an amazing job of debunking the post-modern concept of "possessive individualism" which is killing the missional focus of the church today. (*****)

  • Gerald Clarke: Capote: A Biography

    Gerald Clarke: Capote: A Biography
    This is an excellent biography of a brilliant writer whose life was sabatoged by the Dark Side. A study in how not to be a parent! This is an interesting read. (****)