Category: Books
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Review: A Church Called Tov
Church culture matters. As we live in our culture and also into our culture, our culture begins to live in and into us. A good culture will shape us toward goodness; a toxic culture will shape us toward evil. Yes, we can resist and change the culture of a church, but resisting, at times, is…
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Your Husband May Not Be a Preacher – But Are You a “Preacher’s Wife”?
After I got engaged in 1979, I went to the Christian bookstore in search of marriage preparation advice, and had a visceral reaction to all of the books written by women with giant teased blonde hair telling me in very specific terms how to be a sweet Christian wife. As I recall, most of the…
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Born To Wander
Born To Wander: Recovering the Value of our Pilgrim Identity (Moody Publishers, 2018) Why are we so restless? All of us have a little wanderlust—a desire for that next thing, that new place, but this competes with our longings for security, control, and safety. We don’t like how it feels to be unsettled and uprooted.…
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Moments and Days
People rarely slow down to experience their days, and so they feel rushed through life even as they begin to suspect that life lacks significance. By introducing (and reintroducing) us to the feasts and festivals of the Bible, as well as the special celebrations of the Christian calendar, Moments and Days restores a sacred sense…
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If Only: Letting Go of Regret
The medical decision that led to negative consequences.The career choice that didn’t turn out the way it was planned.Regret. It can imprison us in the past, deplete our present, and disable our future. A seemingly endless loop of “if onlys” wears deep ruts in the souls of those with unresolved regret as we attempt to…
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ParableLife
In ParableLife many of Jesus’ most familiar parables are examined in three ways: From the context of the text, through an imaginative retelling of the story behind the story of the parable, and how the parable looks today in real time through actual stories of people living now. There is a growing conversation about what…