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July 2011

July 13, 2011

Mother Teresa, CEO: The Power of Silence

In a world that too often tells individuals to question their self-worth, to constantly re-evaluate...

July 11, 2011

Mother Teresa, CEO: Not Just for Business Leaders

I was pleasantly surprised to encounter a non-religious book that didn’t gloss over Mother Teresa’s...

July 08, 2011

Mother Teresa, CEO: Doubt Is Not Despair If You Act

This is the biggest encouragement of all: Even Mother Theresa had doubts. Her doubts give...

July 07, 2011

Mother Teresa, CEO: Joy, Discipline and Discovery

“Discover the Joy of Discipline” is an advice chapter offered in Mother Teresa, CEO: Unexpected...

July 05, 2011

Mother Teresa, CEO: Pay Attention to the Janitor

So, while I fully agree that I should “pay attention to the janitor,” at the...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

A Circle of Hospitality: A Review of “The Friends We Keep”

I highly recommend this book as a resource for discerning the relationship between Christian faith...

June 27, 2011

Hospitality: God, Humans and Animals

I recently read an excellent book by Professor Laura Hobgood-Oster called The Friends We Keep,...

June 16, 2011

Christianity, Compassion and Man’s Best Friend

"Isn’t it time we were blessing back to our dogs? Compassion – especially Christian compassion...

June 06, 2011

Falling Upward: A Review of Richard Rohr’s New Book

In his new book, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, Richard...

May 2011

May 03, 2011

Who Are The Sinners Today?

In his new book, Sinners, Greg Carey claims that Jesus “never calls ordinary sinners to...

April 2011

April 25, 2011

Humanity Among the Stars

Christian scientists Karl Giberson and Francis Collins encourage evangelicals to move away from the scientifically...

April 21, 2011

The Sinless Jesus? A Book Review of Greg Carey’s Sinners

Arguably even more provocatively titled than the book itself, Carey asks about “The Sinless Jesus?”...

April 21, 2011

Sinners: An Accessible and Uncomfortable Read

As a Christian, I find Greg Carey’s book Sinners an uncomfortable read. Repeatedly it adjusts...

April 20, 2011

The Unrespectable Jesus

Greg Carey's new book, Sinners, is a focused look on Jesus and his followers. We...

April 18, 2011

Jesus as Deviant: A Historical Review in the new book “Sinners”

What if the commonly accepted norm for Christianity marks a gross deterioration from God’s purposes...

April 18, 2011

Science is Not the Enemy

The best of science and the best of theology work together to give human beings...

April 11, 2011

The Language of Science and Faith: Both/And

A recent Gallup poll says 44% of people in the United States believe God created...

April 08, 2011

Creation and Evolution: What Must Christians Believe?

Sometimes I forget that there are large portions of the Christian population who don’t believe...

April 07, 2011

“The Language of Science and Faith”: Important Answers, but Limited Questions

As a future rabbi whose brother is a chemical biologist, I must write any review...

April 04, 2011

Translating the Language

In the last chapter of their book, “The Grand Narrative of Creation,” the authors of...

March 2011

March 24, 2011

Engaging Voices: Reflections on Japan’s Terrible Tragedy

What is there to say in the face of the thousands of dead, the images...

March 23, 2011

Engaging Voices: Silence and Listening

Roger Gottlieb's book Engaging Voices reminded me of an experience we used to have at...

March 18, 2011

Energizing Trail Mix: A Review of “Engaging Voices”

As a former jail chaplain, I was drawn into both the tensions and the lighter...

March 16, 2011

Engaging Voices: Let’s Begin!

As we’re drawn into the lively discussions with the spirited 'real-life' characters in Gottlieb's new...

March 11, 2011

Dancing with Scripture

Michael Card, in his book Luke: The Gospel of Amazement, describes the imagination as the...

March 09, 2011

Digging into the Story of Scripture

The bible is, first and foremost, a story - my story, presented in pieces of...

March 08, 2011

Responsible Creativity and Informed Imagination

The briefest overview of key biblical texts reveals the engagement and creative use of the...

March 07, 2011

How to Read the Bible (with Amazement)

This is the kind of Bible commentary that I not only find useful for study,...

March 04, 2011

Re-reading the Bible with Amazement

We typically don’t read the Bible expecting to be amazed. We’re surrounded by so many...

March 03, 2011

Bringing Our Whole Selves to the Bible

From the book’s cover alone I was intrigued to see how Card would engage the...