Our family just got back from a 1-night overnighter. We have wanted to get away for a family touchpoint and when the temperature reached 110 degrees, well – as good as a…
Category: Spirituality
Quick Review: The Imposter Cure
I read The Imposter Syndrome by Dr. Jessamy Hibberd last month and one might wonder why I would read this book within a month of finishing my Ph.D. In short, I have struggled…
Quick Review: Identity and Violence
I have been slow to post a quick review of Amartya Sen’s Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny, but I wanted to post just to draw some attention to it as most people…
Quick Review: The Little Book of Racial Healing
The Little Books of Justice & Peacemaking is a great series of books that convey key arenas of scholarship, theory, and methodology in manageable sizes (about 100 pages each book or 1/2…
Quick Review: Building Peace – Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
I have been wanting to read much more of John Paul Lederach’s work, but just haven’t made it happen – until now. I read through his Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies,…
Quick Review: The Art of Gathering
I was recommended this book this summer by Priya Parker called The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. And after reading it, I can recommend it to you as well. …
Quick Review: In the Name of Identity
I read this really interesting book this week, In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong by Amin Maalouf. Maalouf is Lebanese but has spent much of his life in France….
Quick Review: How to Think
I have greatly enjoyed Alan Jacobs’ How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. But at the time of writing, the e-book is $1.99 at last check so I’d encourage you to check it out if you haven’t…
Quick Review: Restoring Justice
I read a few weeks back Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice by Daniel W. Van Ness and Karen Heetderks Strong as one of several different peacemaking systems I’ve been reading…