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Centering Discipleship – EK Strawser
In seminary, there was this saying that 10% of the people do 90% of the work. In reality, that might be closed to 5/95. Now, volunteering and doing the work necessary to keep a church […]
Publisher: IVP
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In Church as it is in Heaven – Jamaal Williams and Timothy Paul Jones
What interested me the most with In Church as it is in Heaven was the subtitle: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture. I thought that phrase was interesting since, in my experience, many churches desire diversity, […]
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From Pandemic to Renewal – Chris Rice
COVID changed everything. It didn’t just expose the vulnerability of humanity despite all our technologies or the inadequacies of some health care and governmental systems, it disrupted us in our very souls. From the perspective […]
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What Jesus Intended – Todd Hunter
The title of What Jesus Intended: Finding True Faith in the Rubble of Religion left me a bit uncomfortable. On one hand, I absolutely believe that the name of Jesus has been co-opted for the […]
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Persevering Power: Encouragement for When You’re Oppressed by Life – Bruce D. Strom
Bruce D. Strom writes about important paradigm shifts that can help people endure suffering, sharing a combination of biblical advice, personal experiences, and touching stories from Administer Justice, the legal aid ministry he founded. He […]
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Epiphany: The Season of Glory – Fleming Rutledge
This book by renowned priest and author Fleming Rutledge focuses on the lesser-known liturgical season of Epiphany. Rutledge explains what Epiphany is and why it is an important part of the church calendar, saying that […]
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Working from the Inside Out: A Brief Guide to Inner Work That Transforms Our Outer World – Jeff Haanen
I have started reading more books about work and vocation recently, and Working from the Inside Out stands out as a particularly thoughtful and practical one. Jeff Haanen encourages Christians to recognize the importance of […]
Academic
C. S. Lewis in America: Readings and Reception, 1935–1947 – Mark A. Noll
This new look at the ever-popular topic of C.S. Lewis’s work focuses on the critical reception his early nonfiction works and science fiction trilogy received in America. This book focuses on his career prior to […]
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Rethinking the Police – Daniel Reinhardt
If you’re white, the past few years have exposed the culture of violence that seems inherent in police culture. If you’re not white, then you’ve known that for generations. Whether we’re talking about the blatant […]
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Now I Lay Me Down to Fight: A Poet Writes Her Way Through Cancer – Katy Bowser Hutson
In this collection of poems and essays, Katy Bowser Hutson shares insights from her journey with cancer. She wrote the majority of these poems while she was battling breast cancer, and she has written the […]