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The Blind Side

6 Comments 23 December 2009

Last Thanksgiving my mother-in-law told me about a book she had just finished reading that she thought I would love. The book was Michael Lewis' novel about the evolution of football around the Left Tackle position and how that evolution changed the life of a once homeless black boy from Memphis who had been adopted by a rich white family. A few weeks later I got The Blind Side for Christmas and couldn't put it down.

Books, God Stuff

Books about Hell & Resurrection

1 Comment 24 September 2009

This past year I finally got around to finishing Brian McLaren's New Kind of Christian trilogy, which ends with the book aptly named The Last Word and the Word After That... The third book turns it's focus to the afterlife, specifically to the current Christian understanding of both hell and resurrection.

Books, God Stuff

Sex God

4 Comments 11 April 2008

As I’ve been preparing for an upcoming series on sexuality in our High School ministry I’ve been trying to read some fresh stuff that engages sexuality from a theological point of view with special attention towards discipleship. I’ve been pretty underwhelmed by so much of the church’s teaching on sexuality for so long. [...]

Books, God Stuff, Politics

Jesus for President: Post 2

5 Comments 08 April 2008

A few days ago I finished Jesus for President and I’ve already lent it out to the first person on the growing waiting list. What a magnificent book! If you went to seminary and constantly had your nose stuck in a Hauerwas or Yoder book but wished you could lend a more accessible [...]

Books, God Stuff, Politics

Jesus for President

5 Comments 03 April 2008

Last week I picked up a book that I've been looking forward to reading for several months now. I didn't even know that it had been released until I was wondering the isles of my local Barnes & Noble and bumped into the display for Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw's new book Jesus For President.

Books, God Stuff

What Would Jesus Deconstruct?

No Comments 15 January 2008

I just reviewed a chapter of John D. Caputo’s new book What Would Jesus Deconstruct? over at Church at Postmodern Culture. If you’re into that kind of stuff go check it out here. Send to Facebook