Category: Book Review / Insight

A friend and I have been working through David Benner’s Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality. If you’re a fan of Gentle and Lowly, it echoes with the theme of understanding God’s...

It’s almost here, fellow nerds: summer book season, where we load up our Kindles or stuff our beach bags full of the latest, the greatest, or just those that are in the pile we need...

When I first picked up Building Spiritual Habits in the Home: Small Steps You Can Take Today, I did so based on two assumptions: I’m happy to report that I was right on Assumption #1,...

I was first introduced to Jerry Bridges almost twenty years ago via his book The Discipline of Grace. That book remains my favorite of his, though I’ve gone on to read others like The Pursuit...

A speechwriter for Reagan and a consultant for The West Wing? Count me in. I’ve long been fascinated with Peggy Noonan, but on the recommendation of a friend I picked up On Speaking Well: How...

In the last post I told you that I love the final week of the year, because I’m a sucker for everyone’s lists. Especially book lists. While it was hard to narrow down my top...

Long-time readers know my love for British pastor and author Andrew Wilson. His book God of All Things is one of my favorites. He just dropped an incredibly short book specific to the season. It’s...

One of the more enjoyable books I read this year was Andrew Le Peau’s Write Better: A Lifelong Editor on Craft, Art, and Spirituality. Writers: you need this book. People who don’t view yourself as...

If you’ve never served on a church staff or in vocational ministry, you’ll be glad to know that our days are filled with chapel services, Chris Tomlin wafting through the offices (not Chris Tomlin songs,...

I’m going to shoot straight with you: there are plenty of books that I choose to read precisely because (a) I don’t want to and (b) I know I desperately need to. The Common Rule:...