Book Review of One Hour in Paris by Karyn L. Freedman
As a pastor, I am faced daily with the possibility that I might be required to provide comfort and assistance to people in crisis. This is why I am grateful for the knowledge and wisdom…
Book Review: The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
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…
Robust in Love
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…
Book Review: Giving Up Gimmicks by Brian Cosby
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…
Andy Crouch and Culture Making
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…
Book Review: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
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…
It’s Time for Some Risk
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…
In God’s Favour
I decided to pick up and read Jonathan Edwards’ “Religious Affections.” I have had this book on my reading list for some time, and now I finally feel like I will have the time to…
Our Deepest Wish
I recently started reading Timothy Keller’s, King’s Cross, and it has been a refreshing look at the life of Jesus. In it, he talks about how we tend to think that if only we could…
Why We Love the Church
During the last semester at Prairie, I read a book called, “Why we’re not emergent,” by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck. Within the first few pages I knew I would enjoy their work. This prompted…
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