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Book Review: The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel

William · November 26, 2014November 26, 2014

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it …

Robust in Love

William · February 14, 2014February 14, 2014

With today being Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be appropriate to write on the topic of love. I am struck by this statement made by Eugene Peterson in Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing up in Christ.1 He states this as the subject of his book: “healthy in God, robust in love.”2 What does it …

Book Review: Giving Up Gimmicks by Brian Cosby

William · February 12, 2014

Brian Cosby is not proposing anything new in his book Giving Up Gimmicks. But, that’s exactly the point. Cosby is rightly concerned that the entertainment culture has infiltrated youth ministry. Giving Up Gimmicks, then, is written for youth pastors, volunteers and parents of youth, in order to remind us about what is truly important when it comes …

Andy Crouch and Culture Making

William · January 14, 2014January 14, 2014

I plan on writing a review of Culture Making once I’m done reading it, but I wanted to write an article on one of Andy Crouch’s points because I think it’s worth emphasizing. He makes the statement that “real culture making… begins with a decision about which cultural world… we will attempt to make something of.”1 Most …

Book Review: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs

William · January 10, 2014

New Year’s resolutions are meant to be broken, right? It only took one week for me to break mine. But, I am quite pleased to have done so. I’ll blame it on Alan Jacobs, the author of what will probably become a book I will recommend to many people. The Pleasures of Reading in an Age …

It’s Time for Some Risk

William · March 12, 2013March 12, 2013

I just finished reading Piper’s short book Risk is Right. This is an excellent little book on what it truly means to live an unwasted life. Here is my response. One of the most frustrating experiences is to know that I could have done more to serve God. This is why I tend to overwork …