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November 2009

November 24, 2009

Book review: The Bible As Improv

I heard Dr. Ron Martoia speak last month at the Story Chicago conference (I mentioned...

November 20, 2009

Together In One Place

I've heard of church and community leaders coming together in the wake of a crisis...

November 11, 2009

Mirror, mirror

‘I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else. For I...

November 05, 2009

Come to the table (Part 2)

Read part one here.True fiction for church leadersPart 2:The board put the PR machine in...

November 03, 2009

Come to the table

If you've ever been involved in church leadership, the following work of fiction might read...

October 2009

October 29, 2009

Story reprise

Slices of StoryChicago:1. "Weakness brings liberation. Confession transforms" - Dave Gibbons2. "Propositions will not save...

October 27, 2009

Listen to the Quiet – and contest info!

Listen to the Quiet I love the sound of a house full of kids. (Well,...

October 21, 2009

Review: Can God Be Trusted?

With a title like Can God Be Trusted? (FaithWords/Hachette), I imagined the content of Father...

October 15, 2009

Three Days (1, 2, 3) re-post

The series below was originally posted in early July of this year, but one of...

October 12, 2009

Review: Return Policy

Michael Snyder's Return Policy (Zondervan) follows the stories of three people who'd never typically connect...

October 11, 2009

Until death do us part

It was the 1970's, and as a refection of the times, we wrote our own...

October 03, 2009

Fire from heaven

"As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set...

September 2009

September 28, 2009

Review: A Million Miles In A Thousand Years

When I first began working at the Trinity Bookstore in 2004, Donald Miller's Blue Like...

September 27, 2009

Day of atonement prayer request

The holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, begins at sundown tonight. (You can...

September 22, 2009

What am I missing?

What makes the Church dangerous? In no particular order:1. Love2. Rabid intentionality about reflecting the...

September 19, 2009

Two reviews from the top of the stack…

Philip Yancey's introspective, wise writing has been both a mirror and a pair of binoculars...

September 17, 2009

In just five days…

This coming Tuesday, September 22 is the official release date of a beautiful new Bible....

September 12, 2009

It happened one Shabbat…

I am deeply fascinated by the stories Jesus told. Imagine what it would be like...

September 08, 2009

Home schooling’s “Great Omission”

"Will you home school me?" We could no longer ignore our kindergarden son's frequently-repeated question....

September 02, 2009

Hey lady, call the Fire Department to extinguish the fire in your bones

Yesterday's announcement from the nice people at Zondervan that they were going to suspend publication...

August 2009

August 30, 2009

Life’s tapas

We're going out for tapas tonight with our son and his fiance to celebrate their...

August 23, 2009

Late summer reading list

Recently, I've had an opportunity to read a handful of interesting non-fiction books. The first,...

August 19, 2009

Suffer the little ones…

During our search for a church some time ago, we landed for a season at...

August 10, 2009

Heading home via Deuteronomy 8

Imagine being a thirty-something who'd spent your entire life living a nomadic existence in the...

August 08, 2009

God’s recycling program

"I'm sorry, but there's no room for you in the program here," my advisor looked...

August 01, 2009

Up North Tour Guide?

When we first moved to Wisconsin in 1995, we had no idea how deep the...

July 2009

July 26, 2009

Twofer book reviews

It's been a while since I've posted a book review. I'm typically a blazing-fast reader,...

July 19, 2009

Primary-colored promises

I admit it. I love the sight of school supplies making their yearly center-stage appearance....

July 14, 2009

What’s a nice Jewish girl…?

Though I felt like I washed ashore schlepping my meager possessions and broken heart on...

June 2009

June 24, 2009

Michelle’s bookmobile

Does anyone else remember the bookmobile coming to their neighborhood on a steamy summer day?...