Category: Book Review / Insight

It’s that time of year again, when you can barely open social media without being assaulted by every wanna-be’s top ten list. Because I fancy myself a wanna-be wanna-be (that’s an entirely different level of...

One of the most surprisingly-good books I read this year was The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. Like many of my favorite authors, Daniel Coyle has the ability to weave deep research...

Every once in a while I get introduced to a book that I’m pretty sure I won’t like. But when my friend Bob Adams – voracious reader and fellow book nerd – passes a title...

For the last couple of years I’ve been on a bit of a “next stage” kick. Maybe it’s becoming a Pops, maybe it’s turning 50 earlier this month, maybe it’s that I keep running into...

Back during this year’s summer reading list, my fellow book nerd buddy Bob Adams tipped me off to what would become one of my favorite books of the summer. Taylor Scott is an alum of...

If you’ve been around for a while, you know the drill: when Jason Young writes a book, I buy it. He’s an endless fount of wisdom in my life, and even though his books now...

I’ve long said that there is a disparity between those who write about guest services in the local church and those who are practitioners of guest services in the local church. While I’m grateful for...

I’m still a little shocked at how a traditional paper-and-pen guy like myself has adapted to e-books. Last year, out of the 70 books I read, a whopping 57 of them were on Kindle. But...

One of the most interesting – and by interesting I mean nerd territory – books that I’ve read over the last year is James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds. In it, he posits the idea...

Nerd week continues! In the last post, I shared ten titles (plus a bonus) that I hope you’ll consider for your summer reading. Today I’m sharing what I’m going to attempt to tackle between Memorial...