Category: Book Review / Insight

Earlier this week we kicked off Book Nerd Christmas: that time when the literary lovers start the summer by peering into each others beach book bag. In that post, I gave you ten titles that...

This week officially marks the beginning of Book Nerd Christmas: that time when the literary lovers among us kick off the summer reading season by peering into each others beach book bag. (You don’t have...

Not long ago our staff team read through Michael Reeves’ Authentic Ministry: Serving from the Heart. I was first introduced to Reeves a few years ago through his Delighting in the Trinity, which is –...

I’m a long-time fan of Jerry Bridges’ writings, but I’m rather late to the game on one of his classics, Respectable Sins. It’s an arresting title for a reason: Bridges’ thesis is that we are...

I’ve had Leslie Iwerks’ The Imagineering Story: The Official Biography of Walt Disney Imagineering on my “to read” shelf for way too long. I say that, because the documentary that inspired the book is one...

I first encountered Leveling the Church: Multiplying Your Ministry by Giving It Away back in 2020, and I recently stumbled across it again. I was reminded of what an underrated leadership book it really is,...

Almost two decades ago, I stumbled across a book called The Discipline of Grace: God’s Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness. That book was – as the kids say – a game...

I look forward to this week of the year every year: it’s a week of relaxation, stretchy pants, and – maybe best of all – everyone’s book list from the previous year. Here’s my own...

Ounce for ounce, one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read this year was Mark Sayers’ A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders. Sayers’ thesis...

I have a long-standing respect and admiration for Karl Vaters, the go-to voice for the smaller church in general and church health in particular. And so I was understandably skeptical – dare I say fearful...